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  EC to take call on J&K assembly poll: Rajnath Singh

  Politics | September 08, 2014 16:04 IST

  New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday said the Election Commission will take a final call on holding assembly elections in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir."Whatever decision will be taken will be taken by the Election

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  J-K floods: Social networking sites aid rescue, relief work

  India | September 08, 2014 15:49 IST

  New Delhi: Hundreds of people have logged on to social networking sites likes facebook and twitter to share information on floods, which have created havoc in Jammu and Kashmir, and are even collecting aid for

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  J-K floods: Massive rescue operations underway as situation remains grim

  India | September 08, 2014 13:28 IST

  Srinagar/Jammu:  Massive rescue operations were underway today to evacuate tens of thousands of people stranded in floods in Jammu and Kashmir as the situation remained grim with most parts of Srinagar city still under water

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  Home Ministry sends team to Srinagar to monitor rescue operations

  India | September 08, 2014 0:03 IST

  New Delhi: A team of officials, headed by the joint secretary (Disaster Management) of the Home Ministry, has been instructed to make it base at Srinagar and monitor the rescue and relief of the flood-affected

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  Assam flood situation grave

  India | August 27, 2014 20:38 IST

  Guwahati/Majuli: The flood situation in Assam remained grave today with more than 12.65 lakh people affected in 16 districts as the toll rose to eight after a boy was washed away by the Brahmaputra.Union Youth

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  Thousands affected as flood situation worsens in Bihar

  India | August 16, 2014 12:00 IST

  Patna: The flood situation in Bihar worsened on Saturday with a river breaching its embankment in Darbhanga district and affecting thousands, officials said.Kamala Balan river, swelled by the flood waters of its tributaries, breached the

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  Pune landslide death toll soars to 134

  India | August 05, 2014 6:48 IST

  Pune: The death toll in Maharashtra's worst-ever landslide in Pune district's Malin village climbed to 134 on Monday with the majority of the victims being women."By this evening, we have recovered 134 bodies, including 64

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  Landslide disaster toll climbs to 109, 50 more feared trapped

  India | August 04, 2014 12:58 IST

  Pune: With the recovery of three more bodies from under the massive landslide debris at Malin village near here, the death toll in the calamity has climbed to 109, even as the NDRF operation to

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  Government swings into action in view of flood threat from Nepal

  India | August 02, 2014 17:38 IST

  New Delhi: A landslide in Nepal has led to creation of an artificial dam on river Kosi, triggering possibility of a flood that could affect parts of Bihar, government said here today as it swung

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  Pune Landslide toll rises to 41, hopes of finding survivors fade

  India | August 01, 2014 0:01 IST

  Pune: Rescue workers waged a grim battle with a hostile weather and difficult terrain, looking for signs of life under the monstrous heap of mud and stones today at the landslide-hit Malin village, where 41bodies

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  Pune Landslide: 17 dead, 160 trapped; 400 NDRF personnel up for rescue operation

  India | July 30, 2014 21:00 IST

  Pune: Over forty houses in a village in Pune district were buried in a landslide triggered by heavy rains on Wednesday. Around 17 dead bodies have been taken out from the debris, confirmed reports.

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  Heavy rains lash parts of Gujarat; flood-like situation in Valsad

  India | July 30, 2014 9:13 IST

  Ahmedabad: Heavy rains lashed many parts of Gujarat with Valsad district facing a flood-like situation due to continuous downpour."Valsad city has received 18 inches of rainfall during last 24 hours. Kaprada, Dharampur Pardi, Umergam and

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  2013 Uttarakhand disaster: Rajnath reviews restoration

  Politics | June 20, 2014 15:24 IST

  New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday reviewed the progress of restoration work following the 2013 natural disaster in Uttarakhand, a home ministry statement said.He reviewed the status in respect of the number of missing

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  NDRF Team Finds No Radiation Leak In AMRI Hospital

  India | December 09, 2011 16:50 IST

  Kolkata, Dec 9: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel checked the sub-basement of fire-ravaged AMRI hospital today to check radiation leaks and found there was no danger of it.The team comprising six NDRF personnel had