Rescue
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Several efforts were made to rescue Sujith Wilson: Tamil Nadu CM
India | Oct 29, 2019, 02:37 PM ISTRescuers early on Tuesday pulled out the decomposed and mangled body of Sujith Wilson from deep inside the unused borewell, after a futile 80-hour attempt to save the child who had fallen in while playing near his house in Nadukattupatti in Tiruchirappalli.
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Bihar's rain related death toll reaches 30; relief and rescue gains mo
India | Oct 01, 2019, 09:56 PM ISTIn Nawada district, about 110 kms from here, bodies of two young men who were swept by strong current in a river two day ago were fished out by personnel involved in rescue operations Tuesday morning, official sources said.
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Batala blast: Rescue operations under way
India | Sep 05, 2019, 10:59 AM ISTRescue operations on Thursday continued at a firecracker factory site where 23 people were killed and 27 injured in a powerful explosion here, officials said. Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were trying to find out any person still trapped under the debris.
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Coast Guard rescues Army officer from drowning off Goa beach | Video
India | Jun 13, 2019, 09:18 PM ISTThe Indian Coast Guard on Thursday rescued an Army officer at South Goa's Cabo de Rama fort after he slipped on rocks and fell into the rough sea.
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Meghalaya mine collapse: Rescue operation hits dead end as Navy, NDRF divers fail to reach pit's bottom
India | Dec 31, 2018, 07:31 AM ISTAccording to Navy officials, the depth of water from the surface till the bottom of the pit was expected to be over 150 feet.
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Thailand cave rescue: How 12 boys 'took care of themselves' during the 18-day ordeal
World | Jul 11, 2018, 12:38 PM ISTThe 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand have lost weight during their 18-day ordeal but had water while they were trapped.
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Thailand cave rescue mission: Four boys rescued, nine left to go
World | Jul 08, 2018, 10:03 PM ISTThe operation to rescue the 12 boys and their coach by having them dive out of the flooded cave began in the morning, with expert divers entering the sprawling complex for the complicated and dangerous mission.
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Elephant calf rescued from a pit in forests of Mahulapunji, Dhenkanal (Watch Video)
News | Jun 13, 2018, 12:43 PM ISTElephant calf rescued from a pit in forests of Mahulapunji, Dhenkanal after a four-hour long operation
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Michigan man attempts suicide, 13 trucks to the rescue
Trending | Apr 25, 2018, 01:19 PM ISTThe drop was visibly more than 7 meters and would have resulted in instant death if the first officers haven’t got to the Coolidge Highway bridge
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Bengaluru rains: Woman rescued from car submerged in water heroically
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Muslim scrap dealer Irfan Sheikh was first to rescue Fadnavis from crashed chopper
India | May 26, 2017, 06:51 PM ISTThe first person to rush to the rescue was small-time scrap dealer Irfan Shaikh, who shouted "Our king (CM) is trapped in the chopper"
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No trace of Indian Air Force's AN-32 after hours of search operations
India | Jul 22, 2016, 08:40 PM ISTThe National Disaster Response Force is set to join the IAF, Navy and Coast Guard in their search for the aircraft in the Bay of Bengal.
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24 dead in West Virginia floods; search and rescue continues
World | Jun 26, 2016, 06:47 AM ISTClendenin: Surrounded by muddy devastation, Cathy Light and her husband Chris thought it was "heaven sent" they had free burgers to munch on in a Clendenin parking lot. To their left, the roof of
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IAF rescues Israeli mountaineer in Ladakh
India | Aug 09, 2015, 08:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: An Israeli mountaineer, who had accidentally fallen off the summit of the 20,182 high Stok Kangri mountain in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region and was badly injured, was rescued by the Indian Force
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4-storey building in west Delhi collapses, 15 feared trapped
India | Jul 18, 2015, 11:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: A four-storey building collapsed tonight in Vishnu Garden area of west Delhi and over 15 people were feared trapped under the debris.Eight fire tenders, teams of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF), local police
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German Member of parliament vote 'yes' to Greek bailout talks
World | Jul 17, 2015, 10:56 PM ISTBerlin: The German parliament on Friday voted an overwhelming "yes" to start formal negotiations on a third Greek bailout plan.A total of 439 lawmakers voted in favour of the talks, 119 opposed and 40 abstained, giving
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Mother and Baby rescued four days after Colombia plane crash
World | Jun 26, 2015, 07:46 AM ISTBogota: A Colombian woman who survived a plane crash with her months-old baby was rescued four days after they were lost in the jungle.Maria Nelly Murillo and her child were aboard a twin-engine Cessna that
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UP government evacuates 7,000 including 30 foreigners stranded in Nepal
India | Apr 30, 2015, 11:25 AM ISTLucknow: Uttar Pradesh government has evacuated around 6670 Indian citizens and 30 foreigners who were stranded in Nepal after Saturday's earthquake. Evacuated people, most of whom belong to UP and Bihar reached UP on Wednesday.The
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#NepalDevastated: India to send UAVs to map destruction
India | Apr 27, 2015, 09:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: India is sending unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to map the destruction in Nepal and also to help intensify rescue and relief efforts in earthquake hit Himalayan nation.The quake hit communications lines and roads
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Indian scientists devise new technique to hasten rescue of air-crash victims
India | May 07, 2014, 05:06 PM ISTGandhinagar: In a technique that could be of immense global interest, Indian scientists have devised a method to not only predict the time a plane will hit the ground after losing contact but also the