UTTARKASHI: The search for Babita Pandey, 24, an MBA student from Nainital who went missing from Ghoi campsite on the Dayara Bugyal trek around midnight on May 29, has exposed an alleged fake-permit racket in which her name and those of her two co-trekkers were pasted on an expired physical permit to bypass mandatory registration,…
Silchar: The search for a 10-year-old girl who went missing in the Barak river at Kanakpur in Silchar entered its fourth day on Monday, with rescue teams yet to find any trace of the child.The missing girl, identified as Tania Begum, is the daughter of Jabir Hussain. The family, originally from Damchhara in Dima Hasao…
Varanasi: In the aftermath of recent boat tragedies in Mathura and Jabalpur that claimed more than 20 lives, the Varanasi district administration has intensified efforts to enhance safety on the Ganga, where thousands of devotees, tourists and residents rely on boat services every day.With passenger safety at the forefront and a focus on minimising disaster…
Rainy Saturday in Ludhiana Ludhiana: A sweeping civil and defence mobilisation is on to protect the city from catastrophic monsoon flooding, threatening severe disciplinary action against bureaucrats who delay preparation.Deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain on Saturday ordered the creation of multi-agency quick-response teams (QRTs) across all subdivisions. Bringing together elite assets from the Army, National Disaster…
Eight people, including two children and a driver, are missing after a vehicle carrying tourists reportedly met with an accident in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district, prompting authorities to launch a search and rescue operation in the remote mountainous region. The incident is suspected to have occurred near Kalaban on the Bairagarh-Sach Pass-Killar route in Churah…
CITIZEN-LED CLIMATE ACTION: THE GREEN INDIA CHALLENGE MODELHyderabad: Green India Challenge founder Joginapally Santosh Kumar said the India’s most urgent climate policy gap is the continued exclusion of heatwaves from the list of notified disasters under State Disaster Response Force SDRF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) calling for a broad citizen led climate action…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday expressed sorrow over death of three teenaged boys who drowned in the Rapti river while bathing near Rajghat area of Gorakhpur on Tuesday evening. He directed officials to provide all admissible govt assistance to the bereaved families at the earliest and personally coordinate with them.Describing the incident as…
Chennai: Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai said the Centre did not receive any memorandum from the Tamil Nadu govt seeking financial assistance for the Ditwah cyclone that hit the state in 2025.Rai made the remark in a recent letter written in Tamil to Sudha R, who had raised the issue during…
Varanasi: Police commissioner Mohit Agarwal patrolled on foot the security arrangements at Dashashwamedh Ghat, Godaulia, Namo Ghat and Assi Ghat areas, on Tuesday. Suspicious persons were questioned and thorough review was done of security arrangements, while officers were directed to take action against those encroaching public land. He instructed officers to update regularly security equipment…
Ghaziabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while hailing the service of the National Disaster Response Force, urged it to work to achieve the goal of zero casualty from minimum casualty in times of natural disaster. Shah said this in a ceremony in which the President’s Colour Award was bestowed on NDRF at its 8th Battalion…
