Army doctors said 46 workers who were rescued on Saturday have been brought to the military hospital in Jyotirmath. Two of them have been referred to AIIMS, Rishikesh. Three of the workers are in critical condition, Lt Col DS Maldhya said.
At least eight workers are feared trapped after a portion of an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Telangana on Saturday. The collapse occurred on a portion of the tunnel behind the Srisailam dam when some workers had gone inside to repair a leak. While dozens of them managed to escape, eight workers are feared trapped inside, and a rescue mission has begun to bring them out to safety. The tunnel has collapsed over 10 metres and mud has spread over 200 metres, said a senior official.
A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Tibet on January 7, impacting at least 126 people and causing widespread destruction. Rescue teams are working tirelessly to find survivors in the devastated region, where hundreds of houses have been flattened. The quake’s epicenter was located about 80 km north of Mount Everest, and tremors were also felt in Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
A parallel pit has been dug. Rescuers were using their hands to make a passage between the pit and borewell to reach the boy, Raghogarh Congress MLA Jaivardhan Singh told PTI over the phone from the spot.
A complex rescue operation is underway to free 32-year-old speleologist Ottavia Piana, who became trapped in the Bueno Fonteno cave near Bergamo after falling eight meters into an unexplored section. Despite suffering fractures to her legs, chest, and face, Piana remains alert and stable under medical supervision. Over 126 Alpine Rescue technicians are working to widen narrow passages using small explosive charges. The operation could take several days, with Piana's safe extraction expected by Thursday morning. This is not her first incident in the same cave, as she was previously trapped for 40 hours in July 2023
The death toll from the hoarding collapse in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area climbs to 14, with 74 injured. NDRF teams, alongside Mumbai Fire Brigade and other agencies, are conducting rescue operations. The 100-foot-tall illegal billboard fell during dust storms and rains. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde orders a structural audit of all city hoardings and announces Rs 5 lakh aid to the families of each victim. Stay updated on the ongoing search and rescue efforts.
The Indian Navy conducted a successful rescue operation in the Gulf of Aden, saving 23 individuals from the Liberian merchant vessel MV MSC Sky II after a drone strike by Houthi rebels. Among those rescued were 13 Indian nationals. INS Kolkata swiftly responded to the incident, deploying specialized teams to aid in firefighting and assess risks. This highlights the Navy's efficient crisis response amidst recurrent attacks in the region.
Since November 12, when a section of the tunnel collapsed, trapping the workers within, the tunnel has been closed. November 28 marks the 16th day of the rescue operation and the workers will hopefully be out of the tunnel.
Officials, at an afternoon news briefing, said that the technical problem that stalled the drilling on Wednesday had been set right, and the operation would begin in the next couple of hours.
The drilling resumed around midnight Tuesday but then there was the other, relatively minor, second setback the next night.
He did not elaborate on the nature of difficulties this time, and it was not immediately clear that this will lead to any major delay in the rescue operation that has entered its 12th day.
Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who was present at the site of India’s worst rail accidents in over two decades, has announced an investigation into the crash that left more than 900 people injured
UN aid chief Martin Griffiths described the earthquake as the worst event in 100 years in the region and predicted the death toll would at least double
The officials said a rescue operation was launched immediately and 18 injured people, including 11 students, were rushed to the Udhampur district hospital for treatment.
At least 16 people have been killed while 15,000 pilgrims, who were stranded near the Amarnath holy cave in Jammu and Kashmir due to a flash flood triggered by the cloudburst, have been rescued
Three days after the quake struck the mountainous heart of the country, sniffer dogs and emergency crews continued to scour the town of Amatrice, which was leveled in the disaster, but there was no sign of life beneath the debris.
Rescuers today intensified their search operation near Cuddegal iron ore mine site in South Goa where three people are feared killed after collapse of a 'tailing stack'.