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  Earthquake: Death toll in Bihar mounts to 51, over 170 injured

  India | April 27, 2015 7:10 IST

  Patna: The death toll in Bihar due to day before yesterday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake mounted to 51 today amid reports of widespread damage to property and crops from various parts of the state.At least 173

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  Nepal sleeps out in open as aftershocks spread fear

  World | April 28, 2015 15:15 IST

  Kathmandu: Almost everyone spent the night outside as tremors kept hitting Nepal's capital Kathmandu and most of the Himalayan nation throughout the night.As the country was coming to grips with Saturday's destruction, another powerful quake

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  #NepalDevastated: Survivors sleep in open for second day, death toll crosses 2500-mark

  World | April 27, 2015 6:54 IST

  Kathmandu: Shell-shocked and sleeping in the streets, tens of thousands of Nepalese braced against terrifying aftershocks Sunday while digging for survivors in the devastation wrought a day earlier by a massive earthquake that ripped across

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  #NepalDevastated: Air services resumed to Kathmandu

  India | April 26, 2015 20:59 IST

  New Delhi:  Air services to Kathmandu today resumed though the airport in the quake-hit Nepalese capital had to be shut down for several hours in the afternoon due to a powerful aftershock.While national carrier Air

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  Aarti performed at historic Pashupatinath temple in Nepal

  World | April 26, 2015 21:10 IST

  Kathmandu: Aarti was performed at Nepal's famous Pashupatinath temple today evening for the safety of people hit by massive earthquake.Yesterday's earthquake was centred roughly 50 miles from Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, putting it dangerously close

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  Panic grips flight passengers as fresh tremors rock Nepal

  India | April 26, 2015 17:12 IST

  New Delhi: Panic and anxiety gripped passengers, mostly Nepali citizens, on board a SpiceJet flight that had to return to Delhi halfway from Kathmandu after fresh tremors in the Himalayan country on Sunday forced the

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  #NepalDevastated: All Kashmiris in Nepal safe says police

  India | April 26, 2015 17:02 IST

  Srinagar:  All Kashmiris working in Kathmandu, the capital of earthquake-hit Nepal, are safe, a police spokesman said."As per the information available, there has been no casualty (death) among the Kashmiris in Kathmandu due to the

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  Air services to Nepal hit again after powerful aftershock

  India | April 26, 2015 16:36 IST

  New Delhi: Air services to Kathmandu were hit again today as flights of Air India, SpiceJet and IndiGo failed to land in the earthquake-hit Nepalese capital and returned here as ATC personnel at Tribhuvan International

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  #NepalDevastated: Air India resumes flights to Nepal

  India | April 26, 2015 10:08 IST

  New Delhi: National carrier Air India resumed its flights to quake-hit Nepal with two services- one each from Delhi and Kolkata - leaving for Kathmandu early this morning.Both the flights left around 7:30 AM with

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  #NepalDevastated: NGRI to study seismic hazard level

  World | April 26, 2015 7:53 IST

  Hyderabad: The National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) will study the characteristics of the earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday."NGRI is currently operating a network of seismograph stations along the Himalayan belt and our scientists are

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  Indian Air Force planes fetch 546 people back from Kathmandu

  India | April 26, 2015 7:51 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Air Force planes have fetched around 546 of its citizens, including several infants, back from quake-hit Kathmandu since late Saturday with more sorties firmed up during Sunday, officials here said.The first Indian

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  #NepalDevastated: Nearly 1,500 killed in magnitude-7.9 earthquake

  World | April 25, 2015 23:30 IST

  Kathmandu: Nepal was struck by the worst earthquake in 80 years on Saturday, leaving nearly 1,500 people, including two Indians, dead in flattened houses and buildings including the iconic Dharhara tower and renowned Darbar Square in

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  Nearly 700 killed in magnitude-7.9 earthquake in Nepal

  World | April 25, 2015 18:34 IST

  Kathmandu: Nearly 700 people were killed after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on Richter scale struck Nepal today flattening houses and buildings including the centuries-old Dharhara tower and triggering an avalanche on Mt Everest.The earthquake

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  LG calls meeting of disaster mgmt agency; Delhi unscathed in quake

  India | April 25, 2015 17:27 IST

  New Delhi: To check the city's preparedness in the event of an earthquake, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung has called a meeting of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and various other government agencies later this evening

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  Mountaineers returning Nepal to climb Mount Everest

  World | April 01, 2015 10:49 IST

  Kathmandu:Climbers are returning to Mount Everest as the climbing industry recovers from last year's deadly disaster on the world's highest peak, a Nepalese mountaineering official said Wednesday.Climbers from four teams have already been issued permits

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  Nepal's only international airport reopens after runway cleared

  World | March 08, 2015 12:48 IST

  Kathmandu: Flights today resumed from Nepal's only international airport here as it reopened four days after a Turkish jet skidded off its runway and was removed successfully with the help of Indian Air Force technicians

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  Nepal's only international airport to remain closed at least another day

  World | March 06, 2015 18:30 IST

  Kathmandu (Nepal): Nepal's only international airport will remain closed at least another day as workers attempt to remove a Turkish Airlines jet that skidded after landing, blocking the single runway, aviation officials said Friday.Civil Aviation

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  Kathmandu-Varanasi bus service flagged off

  World | March 05, 2015 17:06 IST

  Kathmandu: Nepal and India today launched a direct bus service between Kathmandu and Varanasi from here, linking the two prominent cities - home to Pashupatinath and Kashi Vishwanath temples.The regular Kathmandu-Varanasi-Kathmandu bus service was flagged

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  Modi returns home, says "Thank You, Kathmandu"

  India | November 27, 2014 23:47 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight returned here after a three-day visit to Nepal where he attended the SAARC summit and held bilateral talks with leaders of a host of neighboring countries.“Thank you, Kathmandu,”

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  PM Narendra Modi flies to Kathmandu after SAARC retreat

  World | November 27, 2014 16:40 IST

  Kathmandu: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday flew back to Kathmandu in his chopper from the Dhulikhel resort at the end of the retreat for Saarc leaders.Modi and the other South Asian leaders were in