Nepal Earthquake
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Nepal quake: Death toll mounts to 6,166
World | May 01, 2015, 10:40 AM ISTKathmandu: The toll in the massive earthquake that devastated Nepal has risen to 6,166, the Nepalese home ministry said on Friday.According to Nepal Police, the total number of injured is over 10,000, Kantipur News reported.As
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Nepal earthquake: Woman rescued alive after 128 hours
World | May 01, 2015, 09:47 AM ISTKathmandu: A woman was rescued alive from rubbles of a collapsed building after 128 hours in Nepal, which has been hit by a massive earthquake on April 25, a media report said.Krishna Devi Khadka, 24,
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Nepal quake toll may go up to 15,000; two miraculously rescued
World | Apr 30, 2015, 10:54 PM ISTKathmandu: Miraculous pullouts of a teenaged boy and a woman alive today lifted the gloom on a rainy day while three fresh aftershocks kept people on edge, even as Nepal's Army Chief feared that the
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Nepal may let Everest climbs restart despite massive quake
World | Apr 30, 2015, 09:29 PM ISTKathmandu, Nepal: Despite a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that triggered a landslide that killed 19 people at Everest base camp, government and trekking officials in Nepal said Thursday that expeditions to summit Mt. Everest may
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India dispatches 8,450 tents to quake-hit Nepal
India | Apr 30, 2015, 09:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: A total of 8,450 tents were dispatched to Nepal on Thursday for people affected by the devastating earthquake, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said here.An NDRF statement said 750 tents received from
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Israeli field hospital in quake-hit Kathmandu conducts delivery
World | Apr 30, 2015, 09:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: As part of its quake-relief efforts, Israel has set up its biggest field hospital with 125 personnel and a range of wards, including an obstetrics department in Kathmandu which also conducted a successful
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Top Five News Headlines of April 30
India | Apr 30, 2015, 09:02 PM ISTMoga molestation: Bus belongs to us, admits Punjab CM Prakash Singh BadalThe incident of sexual harassment in Punjab's Moga district is now taking a political turn as the entire opposition is demanding strict action against
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Outrage in Nepal after Pakistan sends 'beef masala' to quake victims
World | Apr 30, 2015, 05:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: At a time when Nepal is struggling to bring back normalcy after a massive earthquake of 7.9 magnitude hit the Himalayan state, the relief material sent by Pakistan has created a new controversy
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Nepal economy shattered by quake, recovery to take years
World | Apr 30, 2015, 04:49 PM ISTKathmandu: What took moments to flatten will take years to rebuild.In mere seconds a powerful earthquake devastated a swathe of Nepal. Rebuilding the impoverished Himalayan nation's fragile economy will require a long slog, financed by
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We work in consultation with Nepal, says India
India | Apr 30, 2015, 02:53 PM ISTKathmandu: India made it clear on Thursday that its rescue teams were working in consultation with Nepalese authorities, after coming under attack from a section of the Nepalese media.India has the largest rescue team in
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India's earthquake monitoring system not working for last 8 months: Report
India | Apr 30, 2015, 02:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: India's earthquake monitoring system has been non-functional for last eight months.According to a report published in Hindustan Times, if an earthquake were to hit India right now, let alone early warnings, scientists may
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Israel evacuates its surrogate babies from Nepal,leaves mothers behind
World | Apr 30, 2015, 02:44 PM ISTSeveral homosexual couples of Israel, on Tuesday, flew to the quake-hit country Nepal and brought back their newborns which they had from surrogate women in Nepal. However, none of the surrogate mothers coping with the
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#NepalDevastated: Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar do their bit
Bollywood | Apr 30, 2015, 01:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Bollywood celebrities Karan Johar, Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Preity Zinta are fronting a campaign, launched on Wednesday by media and entertainment conglomerate Star India in association with NGO CARE India, to collect
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Doing everything as per Nepal's requirements: Parrikar
India | Apr 30, 2015, 12:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today assured Nepal of India's continued support in the wake of the devastating earthquake and said that all requirements will be met as per their request.Noting that scaling down
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Sharif condoles India's quake deaths, lauds rescue efforts
World | Apr 30, 2015, 12:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi to express condolence over the deaths in India due to the quake and appreciated India's rescue operations in Nepal."Got a
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#NepalDevastated: British survivors return
World | Apr 30, 2015, 10:07 AM ISTLondon: A plane carrying 120 British people who survived the Nepal earthquake that killed over 5,000 people, has arrived in Britain, media reported on Thursday.The flight - Department for International Development (DFID) chartered Boeing 767
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Indo-Nepal border vulnerable to terrorists due to quake chaos, says IB
India | Apr 30, 2015, 09:27 AM ISTThe chaos caused due to the earthquake in Nepal has opened the Indo-Nepal border to terrorist infiltrations. The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has alerted Uttar Pradesh through a communiqué about the anticipated terror.The bureau has warned
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Nepal PM faces fury of earthquake victims
World | Apr 30, 2015, 08:29 AM ISTKathmandu: Protests on Wednesday greeted Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala in relief camps as anger spilled over to the streets with people seizing food and water supplies, four days after a devastating quake claimed over
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20 Indian mountaineers stuck at 18K ft desperately call for govt help
India | Apr 30, 2015, 08:06 AM ISTHyderabad: 20 mountaineers from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are stranded at 17,598 feet above sea level since five consecutive days of the Nepal earthquake and are desperately calling for help.The team took off on the
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Villagers in quake epicentre facing slow death due to total cut off
World | Apr 30, 2015, 06:57 AM ISTGurkha/Barpak: Hundreds of villagers at the earthquake epicentre of Nepal – Gurkha and Barpak - have been totally cut off from the rest of the areas due to major landslides and are hence dying a