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  Uttarakhand: Rescue operations in Badrinath end

  India | July 02, 2013 23:02 IST

  Dehradun, July 3: Seventeen days after the Uttarakhand disaster, the mammoth multi-agency rescue operations to evacuate all stranded pilgrims and tourists concluded today with a group of 150 people being taken to safety from Badrinath.In

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  Uttarakhand: All policemen evacuated from Kedarnath, over 200 rescued from Badrinath, mass cremation to take place under joint supervision

  India | June 30, 2013 21:40 IST

  Dehradun, Jun 30: All policemen of Uttarakhand police were today evacuated from the holy town of Kedarnath ravaged by flash flood. This security personel were facing shortage of food for the last four days. They

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  Uttarakhand: Choppers evacuate over 500 people from Pithoragarh, 200 villages devastated

  India | June 30, 2013 9:29 IST

  Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, June 30: While choppers have been pressed in to rescue over 500 people stranded in Pithoragarh, the local administration officials are yet to reach most of the village cut off due to landslide,

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  Uttarakhand: Rescue people fast, SC tells Centre, state

  India | June 25, 2013 17:03 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 25:  The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and Uttarakhand government to step up rescue operations to evacuate people caught in flash floods in the state.The Centre and state government, meanwhile, filed

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  Uttarakhand: NDRF, ITBP rescue 32,772 people

  India | June 24, 2013 21:57 IST

  New Delhi, June 24: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel have so far rescued 32,772 people from different areas of Uttarakhand following landslides and floods, an official said Monday.Of the

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  Uttarakhand: Many pilgrims died of starvation, survivors still waiting for rescue

  India | June 22, 2013 17:30 IST

  Sonprayag (Uttarakhand), Jun 22: Having gone without food or water for nearly a week, scores of pilgrims are on the verge of death, while others who managed to reach Sonprayag on foot have complained that

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  Uttarakhand: 40 choppers deployed for rescue, focus on Kedarnath

  India | June 21, 2013 14:37 IST

  Dehradun, Jun 21: Massive rescue operations were today launched in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand with 40 helicopters pressed into service to evacuate over 9000 people from Kedarnath and Badrinath areas as the state government said the toll

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  Uttarakhand: Relatives protest in Dehradun, netas, babus want to rescue their kin first, looting in Kedarnath

  India | June 22, 2013 7:25 IST

  Dehradun/Rishikesh, Jun 22: A large number of relatives of pilgrims trapped in the upper reaches of Uttarakhand, today staged a noisy protest outside Dehradun's Jolly Grant airport, and tried to block road traffic. The relatives

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  Madhuri Dixit rescues seven puppies

  Bollywood | June 12, 2013 18:19 IST

  Mumbai, June 12: Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit interrupted the shoot of the sixth season of "Jhalak Dikhla Jaa" to rescue seven puppies who were struggling for their lives.The 46-year-old was at Filmistan Studio Sunday with

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  Playing Alzheimer's patient helped Winestone rescue stranger

  Hollywood | January 27, 2013 13:49 IST

  Los Angeles, Jan 27: Actor Ray Winestone says playing the role of an Alzheimer's patient in upcoming movie "Ashes" helped him save a man on streets.Winestone says it was his knowledge about the disease of

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  Brothels rescue cash-strapped Greek soccer team

  Football | October 18, 2012 18:25 IST

  Larissa, Oct 18: The world's oldest profession is giving a whole new meaning to love of the game. Players on a cash-strapped Greek soccer team now wear pink practice jerseys with the logos "Villa Erotica"

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  200 miners stuck in West Bengal mines rescued

  India | July 31, 2012 20:58 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 31: Two hundred miners trapped in West Bengal coal mines have been evacuated, while efforts are going on to rescue 65 others stuck in Jharkhand mines.265 miners were trapped in various coal

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  Bebe rescues Manchester United in Cape Town

  Football | July 22, 2012 17:10 IST

  Cape Town, Jul 22: Portuguese winger Bebe scored in injury time to give Manchester United a 1-1 draw against Ajax Cape Town in the Premier League team's second pre-season game.Substitute Bebe arrived at the far

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  Police Raids Brothel At GB Road, Rescues A Woman From WB

  India | April 01, 2012 18:26 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 1: A 24-year-old woman from West Bengal, who was allegedly being forced into prostitution and confined in one of the brothels for past one month here, has been rescued, police said today.Namrata

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  SP, BSP, Trinamool Rescue UPA Govt In Rajya Sabha

  India | March 20, 2012 21:11 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 20: Outside supporters SP and BSP and UPA constituent Trinamool Congress again came to the rescue of the Government today to defeat Opposition-sponsored amendments on NCTC in Rajya Sabha, providing relief to

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  CCTV Footage Of Chinese Cop Saving Woman & Kid Trying To Jump Off Bridge

  World | March 01, 2012 12:51 IST

  Beijing, Mar 1: CCTV footage has been released showing the moment a police officer saved the life of a young mother and her baby as she tried to jumping off a bridge. Officer Qiao Jinhai

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  Truck Driver, Cleaner Trapped Rescued As Acid Spilled Over On Road In Gujarat

  India | February 09, 2012 10:21 IST

  Nadiyad, Gujarat, Feb 9: A driver and cleaner trapped inside a truck which met an accident on Wednesday were rescued after two hours of efforts by a fire brigade rescue team and sent to the

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  China Rescues 178 Children In Trafficking Bust

  World | December 07, 2011 22:12 IST

  Beijing, Dec 7: Chinese police arrested 608 suspects and rescued 178 children in busts of two separate child trafficking networks, authorities said Wednesday.The Ministry of Public Security said prosecutors were preparing cases against the suspects,

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  10 Injured In Karachi Cinema Hall Blast

  World | November 21, 2011 8:29 IST

  Karachi, Nov 21: At least 10 people were injured when a bomb went off inside a cinema hall in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi on Sunday, police and rescue service officials said.The explosive device was planted

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  Kanpur Worker Dies, Another Rescued As Manhole Soil Caved In

  India | November 16, 2011 14:23 IST

  Kanpur, Nov 16: Two workers, Santosh and Pankaj, who had entered a 30-feet-deep clogged manhole for repairs on Tuesday were trapped inside as soil suddenly caved in.A JCB machine was brought for rescue operations. While