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November 4th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Shimla, Nov 4 (IANS) Forty-five people, mostly women, were killed and five injured when a private bus rolled down a 200-metre deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district Tuesday morning, officials said. ...
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October 29th, 2008 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Oct 29 (Xinhua) More than 160 people were killed and scores of others injured in a powerful quake that rattled Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province Wednesday morning, the DawnNews television channel reported.The ...
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October 23rd, 2008 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Bharatpur, Oct 23 (IANS) At least 26 people were killed and 20 others injured in an explosion in an illegal fireworks factory in this Rajasthan district, the police said.The incident occurred Wednesday ...
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September 27th, 2008 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
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Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 27 (IANS) What is the smell of flood? Rotting cattle carcasses. Why do people wading through floodwaters carry heavy sticks? To keep at bay the snakes swimming alongside.Over ...
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September 26th, 2008 - 4:03 pm ICT by ANI
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Kendrapada (Orissa), Sept 26 (ANI): Self help groups and government authorities are carrying out relief operations in flood-hit Orissa.
Authorities have deployed the Naval units and paramilitary forces in Kendrapada district of ...
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September 25th, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by ANI
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Lucknow, Sept 25 (ANI): At least 30 schoolchildren were feared to have drowned after the boat they were travelling in capsized today in Uttar Pradesh''s, Sair river in Pratapgarh District.
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September 25th, 2008 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Sep 25 (IANS) Thirty school children were feared to have drowned after the boat they were travelling in capsized Thursday in Sair river in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district, the police said. ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 (IANS) Desperate for relief after days of being marooned without food and shelter, Orissa's flood hit blocked roads and attacked officials in several places as the government admitted Wednesday ...
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September 23rd, 2008 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Sept 23 (ANI): Five comprehensive diving teams with all technical support elements from the Eastern Naval Command have been pressed into action for rescue and relief operations in the ...
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September 23rd, 2008 - 8:54 am ICT by ANI
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Bhubaneswar, Sept 23 (ANI): Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil will arrive in Orissa today to take stock of the situation in the flood-hit areas of the state.
During his visit, he ...
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September 22nd, 2008 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
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Bhubaneswar, Sept 22 (ANI): Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday undertook an aerial survey of the flood affected regions of his state to assess the impact of the calamity that ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 10:57 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi , Sept 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today reviewed the relief and rehabilitation efforts in the Flood hit Bihar at a high level meeting here.
Meanwhile Bihar ...
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September 9th, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Sep 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh is to launch a survey of all flood-hit areas so that compensation amount could be awarded to the victims after the state government earmarked a whopping ...
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September 8th, 2008 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Sep 8 (IANS) Over 17,000 employees of the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB) donated Rs.10 million for relief and rehabilitation work in flood-hit Bihar."The CSEB employees wanted to help out the ...
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September 2nd, 2008 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
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By Praful Kumar Singh
New Delhi, Sep 2 (ANI): The Armed Forces are confident that they will be able to rescue all people stranded in remote locations of flood hit areas of ...
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September 1st, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
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Bhubaneswar, Sep 1 (ANI): Orissa is limping back to normalcy as all academic institutions are opened on Monday in the Phulbani sub-division of the states communally sensitive Kandhamal District.
In the ...
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September 1st, 2008 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
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Patna, Sep 1 (IANS) Relief and rescue operations were intensified in flood-hit Bihar Monday, with hundreds of defence personnel joining the administration in evacuating millions of marooned people, officials said.“All three wings ...
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August 28th, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Aug 28 (IANS) Major rivers in Uttar Pradesh including Gomti, Sharda, and Kuwano are in spate following torrential rains across the state, officials said Thursday. Some of the rivers have crossed ...
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August 27th, 2008 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Madhepura (Bihar), Aug 27 (IANS) All 75 prisoners in Bihar's Supaul district jail escaped in the chaos that followed when floodwaters inundated the premises, officials here said.Police sources in Supaul, about 60 ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 6:57 pm ICT by ANI
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Ahmedabad, August 13 (ANI): Heavy downpour for the last 24 hours has thrown life out of gear in Gujarat. Incessant rains have brought entire region to a near standstill with water ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 3:11 am ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Dhaka, Aug 11 (Xinhua) The US and Bangladesh soldiers Sunday started a four-day joint disaster relief exercise in the country's Gazipur district, officials said. The Bangladesh Army and the US Marine Force ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Hyderabad/New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) At least 32 people were killed and eight injured when a passenger train caught fire in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh early Friday. Five coaches of Gowtami ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Hyderabad/New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed and three injured when a passenger train caught fire in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh early Friday. The cause of the ...
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July 19th, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Kabul, July 19 (Xinhua) Two French humanitarian aid workers working with a Paris-based international relief organisation have been abducted in central Afghanistan, the aid group said in its website. Action Against Hunger ...
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July 2nd, 2008 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, July 2 (Xinhua) China has praised the domestic media for its timely and transparent coverage of rescue and relief operations after the May 12 earthquake that killed thousands and left over ...
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July 2nd, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, July 2 (Xinhua) China Wednesday praised domestic media for their timely and transparent coverage of rescue and relief operations following the killer earthquake that hit southwestern Sichuan province May 12, killing ...
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June 26th, 2008 - 10:37 pm ICT by ANI
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Basta (Orissa), June 26 (ANI): The flood ravaged areas in Orissa are under threat of possible outbreak of diseases due to lack of healthcare facilities as floodwaters recede.
The villagers having lost ...
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June 22nd, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
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Midnapore (West Bengal), June 22 (ANI): Air Force officials today airdropped relief material in flood-affected Midnapore today.
West Bengal authorities had asked for the Armys assistance in the relief operations.
Though the ...
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June 21st, 2008 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
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Balasore (Orissa), June 21 (ANI): Authorities in flood-hit Balasore district of Orissa have stepped up relief operations in the affected areas.
The situation is grim even days after the flash floods hit ...
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June 21st, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhubaneswar, June 21 (IANS) Thousands of tourists, mostly from West Bengal, are stuck in Orissa's Puri town following floods that washed away roads and a railway track, an official said Saturday. "The ...
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