Wanted: a Natgrid for disasters
For almost two days, those sitting in the Dehradun secretariat were clueless about the intensity of the disaster that had struck Uttarakhand. It was only when it became clear that lakhs of visiting...
View ArticleIAF chief honours chopper crash victims
Tweet New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Indian Air Force (IAF) chief N.A.K. Browne Friday paid tributes to the five air warriors who died in a helicopter crash during a rescue mission in Uttarakand. Air...
View ArticleChopper crash lands in Uttarakhand
Zee Media Bureau Dehradun: Three days after an MI-17V5 helicopter, deployed on rescue mission in disaster-hit Uttarakhand, crashed...
View ArticleModi met only industrialists in Mumbai, not common man: Cong
June 28: Maharashtra Congress today targeted Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi by pointing out that the BJP leader met industrialists while in Mumbai, but did not meet "the common man". Apart from...
View ArticleUttarakhand flood: 1,000 still stranded in Badrinath, over 2,000 missing
Dehradun, June 29: Over 1,000 people are still stranded in the holy town of Badrinath in flood ravaged Uttarakhand. According to certain media reports, over 2,000 people are still said to be missing....
View ArticleIndia rescue operations pick up pace
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View ArticleUttarakhand disaster: Harsil fully evacuated, 1,400 still stranded in...
Gauchar/Dehradun: Thirteen days after the Uttarakhand disaster, rescue workers were on Friday near the end of their mammoth mission with Harsil sector totally evacuated and they made a final push in...
View ArticleRahul meets kin of officer killed in rescue operation
LUCKNOW: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met family members of junior warrant officer Akhilesh Kumar Singh who died in a helicopter crash in Uttarakhand on June 25. Rahul arrived at...
View ArticleUttarakhand floods: Death toll uncertain, minister says 10,000 just an...
Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: Even as Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has said that the exact number of those dead in the state can never be known, state Health Minister Surinder Singh Negi on...
View ArticleUttarakhand chopper crash: Karunanidhi condoles death of pilot Praveen
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday condoled the death of Madurai-born chopper pilot Flt Lt K Praveen, who was killed in a chopper...
View ArticleShinde and Bahuguna honour soldiers killed in Uttarakhand chopper crash
Tweet Dehradun, June 28 (ANI): Twenty soldiers, who lost their lives in Tuesday's chopper crash while rescuing stranded people in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, were given a 'guard of honour' in...
View ArticleWe will never know the exact death toll: Uttarakhand CM
Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: The confusion over the death toll in the Uttarakhand floods refuses to die down with Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna saying that it is practically impossible to know the...
View ArticleUttarakhand Speaker pegs death toll at 10,000; Shinde, CM disagree
Dehradun/New Delhi: Confusion prevailed over the death toll in the Uttarakhand rain-flood tragedy with the state assembly speaker claiming over 10,000 people had perished as union Home Minister...
View ArticleUttarakhand Speaker pegs death toll at 10,000; CM disagrees
Dehradun/New Delhi: Confusion prevailed over the death toll in the Uttarakhand rain-flood tragedy with the state assembly speaker claiming over 10,000 people had perished as union Home Minister...
View ArticleUttarakhand lawmaker says 10,000 dead as over 800 rescued from Badrinath...
Tweet Dehradun/New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Confusion prevailed over the death toll in the Uttarakhand rain-flood tragedy with the state assembly speaker claiming over 10,000 people had perished as union...
View ArticleGuard of Honour for 20 bravehearts in Uttarakhand today
Zee Media Bureau Dehradun: All 20 Indian Air Force (IAF), ITBP and NDRF personnel, who died in a chopper crash on Tuesday while returning from a rescue mission, will be given a 'Guard of Honour' in...
View ArticleIAF rescue chopper crashes, 8 killed
Tragic end: Toll likely to go up; helicopter was carrying 19 people At least eight people were killed on Tuesday evening when an Mi-17 V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF), engaged in...
View ArticleHard lessons learnt from Uttarakhand: NDMA (A month since the Uttarakhand...
Tweet New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The unprecedented rain-flood tragedy that hit Uttarakhand a month ago has taught the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the apex body for disaster...
View ArticleOver 1,800 people still stranded in Uttarakhand: NDMA
New Delhi, June 27: Around 1,800 people are still stranded in Uttarakhand but would be...
View ArticleRescue ops over in Uttarakhand, search on for dead bodies: Shinde
Zee Media Bureau Dehradun: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Friday praised the multiple agencies involved in the relief and rescue operations in the flood-devastated Uttrakhand and said all...
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