Tag: Rescue operation
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25 people left missing after boat carrying migrants capsizes in Mediterranean Sea
The coastguard went to the rescue of an "overloaded and already listing boat six nautical miles from the island of Lampedusa" with about 50 migrants on board shortly after midnight on Monday, a statement said.
October 7, 2019 -
Challenging operation to retrieve bodies of climbers from Nanda Devi begins
After a night halt at Bugadiya, the team will head for the Nanda Devi base camp on Friday.
June 13, 2019 -
Snag hits rescue operation for child trapped in Punjab borewell
The officials said it would take two-three hours to resume the operation.
June 9, 2019 -
Indian Navy officer Lt Rahul Dalal saves drowning man at Vypin Beach in Kochi
Feeling good and satisfied after hearing the voice of a man whom I saved; proud to be a part of the Indian Navy, says Lt Rahul Dalal after getting a call from the Aurangabad man whose life he saved
April 8, 2019 -
Operation to rescue five jawans trapped in avalanche resumes
The rescue operations to trace the five missing jawans of 7 J&K Rifles in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh resumed as weather cleared on Friday. A team of six jawans were buried alive in an avalanche while patrolling Namgia Dogri at the Shipki La border post in Kinnaur district on Wednesday afternoon. One of the …
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February 22, 2019 -
Uttarakhand | 7 of family killed as landslide damages house in Tehri
One member brought out of the debris alive; landslide triggered by cloudburst; incident took place when all members of the family were sleeping
August 29, 2018 -
Kerala flood: Death toll touches 26 | Schools shut, massive rescue ops on
The death toll in rain-battered Kerala touched 26 on Thursday even as the state government, the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and other Central forces battled all odds to rescue people stranded due to flooding in many parts of the state.
August 9, 2018 -
Indian Army evacuates 680 people in massive rescue ops in Tawang
The Indian Army conducted a massive rescue operation of nearly 680 people who were stuck in Sela Pass near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh following heavy snowfall in the region. Around 320 vehicles full of people – both locals and tourists – got stuck in two feet of snow in the afternoon of Monday as they …
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March 13, 2018 -
Woman rescued after two days stuck in Australia mine shaft
A woman has been pulled alive from an abandoned Australian mine shaft where she was trapped in searing heat for two days until a drone found her, police said on Monday. The 26-year-old vanished from her home in Lightning Ridge on Friday after going for a walk, sparking a large-scale search and rescue operation. She …
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December 18, 2017 -
Ludhiana factory collapse toll rises to 10
The death toll in the building collapse of a plastic factory in Ludhiana, in Punjab, has risen to 10, an official said here on Tuesday. The five-storeyed building, located in a congested part of the Industrial area near Cheema Chowk, had collapsed on Monday afternoon following a powerful blast triggered by a major fire in …
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November 21, 2017 -
Noise detected in Atlantic not from missing Argentine submarine
The Argentine Navy has confirmed that a noise detected in the South Atlantic area, was not from the ARA San Juan, a submarine with 44 crew members on board which disappeared last week. “That noise was analysed, the acoustic signature, and it does not correspond to a submarine, to a pattern of what would be …
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November 21, 2017 -
Hunt on for missing Argentine submarine
The Argentine Navy continues to coordinate with international allies in the search for its submarine, a media report said. The submarine disappeared last Wednesday along the country’s Atlantic coast with 44 crewmen on board. Helping to search for the ARA San Juan are Chile, Brazil, the US, the United Kingdom, Colombia, Uruguay and Peru, although …
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November 20, 2017 -
As night falls, rescue workers search for survivors of Mexico quake
Alberto Montes de Oca stood patiently in the shadows of a once leafy residential street in Mexico City’s Del Valle neighbourhood as Red Cross workers, troops police and volunteers scrambled to find survivors buried under the rubble of a toppled building. His sister Blanca lived on the sixth floor of a seven-floor building that came …
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September 20, 2017 -
School near LoC under Pak shelling, 120 students rescued
As many as 120 students of the government school at Panjgrain near the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district were on Monday rescued by the district authorities when the school came under heavy mortar shelling by the Pakistani troops. The district administration had ordered closure of all schools early morning, however, 120 students were held up …
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July 17, 2017 -
Goa bridge collapse: Divers resume search operation
Search operations resumed on Friday morning for at least two persons feared to have drowned in a river in Goa where an ageing bridge had collapsed under the weight of scores of onlookers watching a man trying to commit suicide. Two persons had drowned while around 20 swam to safety after the bridge, connecting Sanvordem …
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May 19, 2017 -
Several trapped as Jharkhand coal mine caves-in
Several people and vehicles were trapped as a coal mine caved-in in Jharkhand on Thursday night, police said on Friday. Rescue operations began in the morning. Heap of mud caved-in at the entry point of Latmatia mines of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) in Godda district, the police said. At the time of the cave-in at …
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December 30, 2016 -
IAF rescues 24 labourers caught in Telangana floods
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday rescued 24 labourers who were caught in floods in Telangana’s Medak district since Saturday. The rescue operation, which was aborted Saturday evening due to heavy rains, resumed on Sunday morning. Two Chetak helicopters pressed into service, airlifted the labourers stranded in Manjeera river at Yedupayala, officials said. The …
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September 25, 2016