Last Updated: Saturday, October 12, 2013, 09:12
National Disaster Response Force director general Krishna Chaudhary said that 23 NDRF teams have been deputed in Odisha, and 11 in Andhra Pradesh at locations identified by the state government.
Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 14:45
The Uttarakhand government has asked the Centre to sanction Rs 15 crore for the repair and reconstruction of 139 middle schools destroyed in the mid June calamity in the hill state.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 23:05
Andhra Pradesh CM reviewed the preparations to face the impending cyclone.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 21:02
Children were affected most during the Uttarakhand flood disaster and many of the kids continue to have trauma and afraid of rains, the NDMA said.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 11:10
Over eight lakh people may die if an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale occurs in the seismically-active Himalayan states from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, National Disaster Management Authority`s Vice Chairman M Shashidhar Reddy has warned.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 10:57
At least 21 people have been killed by lightning across Bihar, officials said Sunday.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 16:12
Paying tribute to security forces personnel who sacrificed their lives during rescue operations in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said the work done by the martyred soldiers was exemplary.
Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2013, 13:16
Underlining the need to learn "right lessons" from the Uttarakhand tragedy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the country has to equip itself in a better way to prevent disasters and check their fall out.
Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 21:53
At least 30 people in Cambodia have died in recent floods caused by heavy rains and the Mekong River overflowing its banks, a disaster relief official said on Monday.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 22:09
Modern satellites are helping scientists monitor how quickly Venice - the "floating city" of romance - is sinking with an unprecedented level of resolution.
Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 22:15
It was a proud moment for fire brigade and National Disaster Response Force personnel, after they pulled out a five-year-old girl alive from the debris of the ill-fated BMC building.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 20:06
With Odisha being frequently hit by natural disasters like flood and cyclone, the state government today decided to turn the cyclone and flood shelters into social hubs.
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