Rescue Operation
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Toddler falls in borewell in Rajasthan, rescue operation launched
India | Jan 07, 2014, 12:32 PM ISTJaipur: A two-and-a-half-year-old boy Radheshyam fell into a 200-feet deep borewell in Rajasthan's Churu district on Monday evening while he was trying to cross over the open shaft which was covered with a sack. Local
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Head-on train collision in Switzerland, watch rescue operation in pics
World | Jul 30, 2013, 04:12 PM ISTBerlin, Jul 30: Two trains collided head-on in western Switzerland, killing one of the drivers and injuring 35 passengers. The accident happened on Monday in Granges-pres-Marnand shortly before 7pm (2230 IST). The force of the
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Tourist bus falls in Italy, watch rescue operation in pics
World | Jul 29, 2013, 03:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: A tourist bus filled with Italians returning home after an excursion plunged off a highway into a ravine in southern Italy after it had smashed into several cars that were slowed by heavy
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Uttarakhand: Over 2,000 from UP still missing
India | Jul 09, 2013, 07:17 PM ISTLucknow, July 9: More than 2,000 people from Uttar Pradesh are still missing in Uttrakhand, where flash floods following heavy rains had wreaked havoc last month. Special Secretary (Home) Rakesh Chandra said here that with
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Uttarakhand: 20 killed as IAF rescue chopper crashes near Gaurikund
India | Jun 26, 2013, 06:55 AM ISTNew Delhi/Gaurikund, June 26: A newly-acquired Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17 V5 helicopter crashed while engaged on a rescue mission in Uttarakhand Tuesday killing 20 people, a top official engaged in the relief operations said.
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Rescue operation picks up pace in landslide-hit Himachal
India | Jun 20, 2013, 12:26 PM ISTShimla, June 20: The Himachal Pradesh government and the Indian Air Force today paced up its operations to airlift tourists stranded for the past five days in Kinnaur district, which has been cut off following
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31 hostages killed in Algeria rescue operation
World | Jan 19, 2013, 07:40 PM ISTAlgiers, Jan 19: As many as 31 workers, including 19 foreign nationals, who were taken hostage by an armed group in a gas field in Algeria, have been killed since the beginning of the Algerian
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'Mantralaya' toll mounts to 5, police launch probe
India | Jun 22, 2012, 08:16 PM ISTMumbai, Jun 22: Investigators were probing whether there was a sabotage angle behind the devastating fire at the Maharashtra secretariat as two more bodies were recovered today raising the toll to five. (Mantralaya on Fire)The
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Grim search for dead after Nigerian plane crash
World | Jun 05, 2012, 07:50 AM ISTLagos (Nigeria), June 5: Emergency crews wearing masks to protect them from the acrid smoke and the stench of the dead searched for bodies in a shattered neighborhood near the airport Monday after the crash
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Pak To Dig 130-Foot Tunnel To Rescue Buried Soldiers
World | Apr 13, 2012, 09:42 AM ISTIslamabad, Apr 13: Pakistani troops are set to dig a 130-foot tunnel in their search for 138 people buried in an avalanche in the Siachen sector, close to Indian borders, as the rescue operation entered