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Over 3,200 people airlifted as Army, IAF continue rescue work

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 23:47

Fighting against unfavourable weather conditions, the Army and the IAF on Sunday continued their rescue operations in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand.

Army medical team help deliver babies in rain-hit U`khand

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 23:40

An Army medical team on Sunday helped deliver two babies - a boy and a girl - at a makeshift centre in Sabola area of rain-ravaged Uttarakhand.

Symbolic funerals for missing victims of Uttarakhand floods in MP

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 20:01

Having lost all hopes of retrieving the bodies of near-and-dear ones who died in flash-floods in Uttarakhand, "symbolic funerals" are being conducted at many places in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Over 50 tourists trek out of Himachal`s Sangla Valley

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 19:48

Over 50 stranded tourists were evacuated on foot from Himachal Pradesh`s picturesque Sangla Valley, which has been cut off from rest of state following last week`s flash floods, officials said.

Uttarakhand floods: MP deploys buses in Haridwar to bring back stranded pilgrims

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 17:25

Madhya Pradesh government has deployed 10 buses at Haridwar to bring back the safely stranded pilgrims in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand, official sources said on Sunday.

Uttarakhand floods: Families seek video footages of relief camps

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 17:21

Relatives of people stranded in Uttarakhand have asked authorities to shoot video footages of the relief camps being run by them, saying the visual evidence shown to them can serve as an assurance.

Uttarakhand floods: Rescue work to take another fortnight, says CM

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 17:11

Rescue teams will take another fortnight to evacuate flood victims as the roads leading to affected areas have been badly damaged, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has said.

Uttarakhand floods: Biggest ever rescue operation launched by IAF

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 17:06

Indian Air Force has launched its biggest ever helicopter based rescue operation to provide succour to the stranded people in flood and rain-hit Uttarakhand, a top IAF commander said.

Rescue operation suspended in Himachal after chopper snags

Last Updated: Saturday, June 22, 2013, 20:09

The airlifting of stranded tourists resumed from the landslide-hit parts of Himachal Pradesh but was soon suspended owing to snags in the Indian Air Force helicopters and the state`s chopper being deployed on election work.

Uttarakhand floods: Rescue operations to take two more days, says DG ITBP

Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 16:43

The chief of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is quite hopeful that all the stranded pilgrims in Uttarakhand will be rescued within two days also the rescue operations will be majorly completed by Saturday.

Kedarnath Valley floods: List of rescued people

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 16:10

The temple town of Kedarnath in Uttarakhand and the surrounding Valley have been severely damaged and submerged in mud and slush.

Indian-American jumps into 100-ft mine shaft to `appease gods`

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 15:38

A 28-year-old Indian-American jumped into a 100-foot mine shaft at a meteor impact site in Arizona to "appease the gods" and was pulled out following a massive eight-hour rescue operation.