Nepal Earthquake
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I felt the walls would cave in and trap me: Quake survivor
World | May 02, 2015, 01:44 PM ISTKathmandu: "It looked like the walls of the house were converging and I would get trapped between them," recollects Sudha Upadhaya, a week after the devastating earthquake rocked Nepal on a balmy Saturday morning.Upadhyaya, 54,
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5.1-magnitude quake again hits Nepal
World | May 02, 2015, 01:18 PM ISTKathmandu: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake on Saturday struck Nepal at 11.30 a.m. with its epicentre at Barpark in Gorkha district, seismologist Mukunda Bhattarai from the National Seismology Centre (NSC) said.This is the third quake with its
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Facebook raises funds for Nepal earthquake victims
World | May 02, 2015, 12:50 PM ISTKathmandu: Social networking website Facebook has raised funds over $10 million within two days to support earthquake-torn Nepal.The Himalayan nation was rattled by a powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on Richter Scale on April 25 which
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Relief material sent to Nepal by SSB Siliguri
India | May 02, 2015, 12:37 PM ISTDarjeeling: SSB Siliguri Frontier has sent relief material to Nepal and provided medical assistance for the quake-hit victims.According to a press release by Sashastra Seema Bal, a truck with relief material like dry foods, blankets,
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Fear looms large as people of Kathmandu return to homes
World | May 02, 2015, 12:24 PM ISTKathmandu: Though thousands of residents of the Nepali capital living in tents since a devastating quake jolted the country last week, have started to return to their houses, the fear of the temblor's return is
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No possibility of finding more quake survivors, says Nepal govt
World | May 02, 2015, 09:31 AM ISTKathmandu: A week after a massive earthquake hit Nepal, Nepal's government ruled out the possibility of finding more survivors buried in the rubble."It has already been one week since the disaster. We are trying our
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Nepal govt renews its appeal for more tents, food supplies
World | May 02, 2015, 08:31 AM ISTKathmandu: Nepal's government renewed its appeal to international donors to send tents, tarpaulins and basic food supplies in the wake of last weekend's devastating earthquake, saying some of the items being sent are of little
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Indian Army mistakenly flies into Nepal's sensitive China border
World | May 02, 2015, 07:53 AM ISTKathmandu: Nepal's Army Chief said on Friday that the Indian Army made one flight into Nepal's northern region bordering China due to a misunderstanding of Nepal's geography.Addressing his first press conference after the devastating earthquake
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India 'a life saver', say Nepal earthquake survivors
World | May 02, 2015, 06:35 AM ISTNarayan Ghat (Nepal): Nepal's quake survivors are grateful to India for its prompt response and have described it as "a life saver".India was quick to respond to the disaster by launching a massive relief and
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IAF evacuates 3,358 from Nepal, relief operation on
India | May 01, 2015, 11:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: The number of people evacuated from Nepal by the Indian Air Force (IAF) reached 3,358 as another flight carrying the evacuees landed in India on Friday, the defence ministry said."One of the last
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#PappuCantWriteSala: Rahul Gandhi trolled on twitter for 'copycat' act in Nepal Embassy!
Mouthful | May 01, 2015, 11:19 PM ISTSocial media trolling is back for Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who seems to be in a love and hate relationship with the controversies.Already facing questions over his mysterious disappearance for 56 days, the Gandhi
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Top Five News Headlines of May 1
India | May 01, 2015, 09:00 PM ISTNSA Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar meet PM Sushil Koirala; offer all help to NepalTop Indian officials today took stock of the situation in the battered country as they assured Nepal of all possible
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Quake unveils gay couple and surrogacy connection of Israel and Nepal
World | May 02, 2015, 09:18 AM ISTThough the 7.8 magnitude Earthquake hit Nepal and devastated thousands of people in the country, yet there were some, around 3000 miles from Nepal, who got equally affected. These were the gay couples in the
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Copycat Rahul Gandhi: Congress Vice President caught on camera
National | May 02, 2015, 08:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was caught copying a condolence message while writing in the Visitor's Book at Nepal Embassy today. The Gandhi scion today visited the embassy to express solidarity to the
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Earthquake in Andaman and Nicobar, no danger of tsunami, say experts
India | May 01, 2015, 05:22 PM ISTPort Blair: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands this afternoon at 2.30 pm. There is no tsunami warning, said experts.The small chain of islands lie hundreds of
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Over 2,50,000 buildings damaged in Nepal quake
World | May 01, 2015, 04:32 PM ISTKathmandu: Around 1.4 lakh buildings have been completely destroyed in Nepal due to the powerful temblor that flattened houses and uprooted electric poles and trees besides killing over 6,300 people.The 7.9-magnitude Saturday earthquake, the country's
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Bihar quake: Nitish's colleagues to donate their salary
National | May 01, 2015, 02:39 PM ISTPatna: A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar donated one month's salary for the earthquake victims in the state, his cabinet colleagues, JD-U legislators and MPs will follow the suit in a day or
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'Overshadowed' Nepalese army wants foreign rescue teams to be sent back
World | May 01, 2015, 01:57 PM ISTKathmandu: Furious over the race among the foreign rescue teams to take credit for relief operations, Nepalese Army wants them all to be sent back. According to a report published in Navbharat Times, Nepalese Army
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Netanyahu thanks Modi for help in rescuing Israelis from Nepal
World | May 01, 2015, 01:35 PM ISTJerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for helping Israel in its rescue work in quake-hit Nepal.Netanyahu in a telephonic conversation yesterday thanked the Indian PM for providing helicopters
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China pulls up PLA over India's swift rescue operations in Nepal
World | May 01, 2015, 12:43 PM ISTBeijing: The Indian military's swift evacuation of thousands of Indians from earthquake-hit Nepal has put China's PLA on the defensive with questions raised as to why its efforts to rescue stranded Chinese nationals did not