Dhubri: More than 100 people have been found dead and the death toll from the boat accident in the Brahmaputra River in Assam's Dhubri continues to rise. As rescue teams searched for survivors, the families of those who died and those who were missing were inconsolable. A day after the ferry capsized, very few bodies have been recovered. There is no clarity on the number of people dead. While there...
09:08 PM, May 01, 2012
Cuddalore: Cyclone Thane came and went, and claimed 42 lives alongwith. Rescue operations are on in Puducherry and other areas that bore the brunt of the storm. However, Cuddalore, the worst-hit of all, still remains without milk and electricity, two days after the storm. CNN-IBN visited Thottampattu, a village of 400 families, almost 6 km away from the coast in interior Cuddalore. Over 50 homes in the village have been...
08:01 AM, Jan 01, 2012
Ercis: Rain and snow on Thursday compounded difficulties for thousands rendered homeless in the powerful earthquake that hit eastern Turkey, and the government said the death toll has gone up to 534. The prime minister's center for crisis and emergency management said 2,300 people were injured and 185 were rescued from the rubble. Meanwhile, a moderate earthquake, measuring 5.4 according to Turkey's Kandilli seismology center, hit the neighboring province of...
05:31 PM, Oct 27, 2011
New Delhi: Over 10,000 food packets were airdropped in the quake-hit areas of north Sikkim as two major roads connecting the region remained blocked due to landslides after Sunday's powerful temblor. Home Ministry officials on Friday said 10,000 food packets have been air-dropped so far in the northern part of North District while another 5000 food packets are ready for being sent to Chungthan, Lachung and Lachen. "15 helicopters of...
06:06 PM, Sep 23, 2011
New Delhi: Just days after a massive earthquake hit Sikkim, the northeastern state was on Thursday hit by flash floods. The flash floods hit Lachung, located in north Sikkim district near China border, damaging at least two houses, including one Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp. As many as 100 people have been stranded due to the flash floods that occurred on Thursday. Meanwhile, rescue operations are on in the quake-hit...
01:21 PM, Sep 22, 2011
The earthquake that shook Sikkim and adjoining states on Sunday has claimed 112 lives so far. ...
08:58 AM, Sep 22, 2011
Nine villages in Sikkim are still cut off and it's a tough task for the Border Roads Organisation as huge boulders have made the roads impassable. ...
08:19 AM, Sep 22, 2011
The Sunday's earthquake in Sikkim has left widespread destruction behind. ...
11:03 PM, Sep 21, 2011
Gangtok: Three days since the earthquake struck Sikkim, the devastation still unfolding. With 20 more bodies have been recovered on Wednesday, the total death toll climbed to 112, mostly in Sikkim. Several hundreds are still believed to be stranded in the worst affected north districts of Sikkim. Sikkim has suffered a loss of about Rs 1 lakh crore due to the 6.8 magnitude earthquake, said Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling....
09:21 PM, Sep 21, 2011
Gangtok: The road to north Sikkim beyond Mangan, the epicentre of the Sunday's earthquake, remains blocked even as the relief and rescue workers have raced against time to open the arterial National Highway 31A that cut off the state since Sunday evening. By Tuesday evening rescue workers were able to clear the blockades caused by landslides both from Bagdogra to Gangtok and Gantok to Mangan. In the process two army...
08:59 PM, Sep 20, 2011
The first pictures of Sikkim's worst-hit town Mangan revealed devastation all around. ...
05:44 PM, Sep 20, 2011
SP East Sikkim Mandeep Singh said most of the rescue operations have finished as far as east district is concerned. ...
09:47 AM, Sep 20, 2011
Rongpo: Fear is what greets you when you enter Sikkim. People huddled together, children sleeping under the open sky, families cramped inside cars. Sita Pradhan, 26, is still shaken, with an ailing 65-year old mother, she is on the streets with her seven-month-old baby, unable to sleep. Pradhan said, "We are scared and we will spend the night out here." Eight-year-old Minal did not go to school today. She heard...
07:01 AM, Sep 20, 2011
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