Indian Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel and local authorities were involved in the rescue operation in Balsamand village after Nadeem Khan fell into the borewell near his house while playing on Wednesday evening. read more

“At least 15 people are possibly still under the debris and it’s unlikely they will survive,” an emergency official said. read more

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy expressed “shock” over the incident. He said he had advised the chief secretary of the state to ensure that experts were flown in to Dharwad to help in rescue efforts. read more

Spread across 148 sqkm, Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is home to four adult tigers – one male and three female, nine sub-adult tigers, and seven cubs (all three to four months old). read more

The incident took place in Kumareshwara Nagar area of the district. Officials said around 40 people are believed to be trapped in the debris of the five-storey building. read more

The tigress, named T-4, was injured in the neck by a nylon wire snare in September 2017. T-4, since then, had remained elusive and was spotted again on May 5, 2018. read more

Forest officials said the tigress was weak and injured when she was tranquilised. read more

The owner of the tugboat, Ravi Kiran Iyer, 47, identified the missing person as Abdul Azeez. He is a resident of West Bengal and has been working on the vessel for the past eight months. read more

The foot overbridge, called Himalaya Bridge, was part of 296 bridges audited by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. The report, which came out in 2018, had described it as not dilapidated, but in need of minor repairs. read more

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper declared a state of emergency due to the storm and said he had activated the state National Guard to assist in search and rescue operations. read more

The women officers said that they found some of the best training and facilities available with the CISF. Officials attached to the team said that the sub-inspectors, both women and men have recently passed out and have joined their respective units. read more

The 65 new sub-inspectors were trained at the force’s Special Tactics and Training Wing (STTW) based at Hyderabad. The team demonstrated “VIP rescue and protection” during a terrorist attack, the rescue of hostages from a moving bus and neutralising... read more

Army rescue teams have managed to recover the body of one soldier who was among five soldiers who had been missing for the last 12 days after an avalanche in Namgia Dogri outpost along the China border in Kinnaur district. read more

An avalanche was triggered on February 20 when a glacier near Namgia Dogri in Himachal Pradesh slid, burying six soldiers of Jammu and Kashmir Rifles when they were on a routine patrol. read more

While the request is still pending with the DGS&D, the MCG, which oversees Haryana Fire Services in Gurugram, set aside Rs 14 crore in its 2019-20 budget for the fire department, Rs 10 crore of which are specifically meant to buy the turntable ladde... read more