Odisha train accident: Indian Army, Indian Navy, NDRF personnel deployed for rescue and relief, Indian Air Force helicopters for evacuations

Rescue workers with heavy equipment at the site of Balasore train disaster. (Photo via Twitter) New Delhi/Balasore/Bhubaneswar: The three services of India's armed forces – Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force – have be...

‘Operation Dost’: India among few nations helping earthquake-hit Syria, Indian Army field hospital operational in Turkey

The Indian Army field hospital in Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey has started functioning. (Photo: Foreign ministry) New Delhi: As earthquake-ravaged Turkey and Syria are grappling with the widespread devastation of cities and towns, India’s res...

Syria-Turkey earthquake: India’s ‘Operation Dost’ in full swing as death toll passes 11,000

India’s NDRF personnel seen in a search-and-rescue mission in Turkey’s Gaziantep. (Photo: Foreign ministry)New Delhi: In the deadliest earthquake worldwide in over a decade, more than 11,000 people have been confirmed killed in Turkey and...

Syria-Turkey earthquake: India rushes aid to temblor-hit countries

An NDRF rescue-and-relief team before boarding an IAF plane for Turkey. (Photo: Foreign ministry/Twitter)New Delhi: India has ramped up its aid-and-rescue mission to Syria and Turkey, which were hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake with multiple follow-...

MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt to visit Dharchula

New Delhi: MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt reviewed the flood situation in Uttarakhand in a meeting with Director General Border Roads (DG BR), in New Delhi on August 31. Heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides that have blocked several highways.Bhatt inquir...