6/11/2013: Nation: YASHPAL ARYA

State Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Minister Yashpal Arya said the administration is on alert to deal with any emergency. Stranded pilgrims and people living in areas close to the rivers in spate like the Ganga and Bhagirathi are being evacuated to ...

Air force helicopters and rescue teams searched for survivors in northern India after days of monsoon rains triggered flash floods and landslides, killing at least 138 people and leaving hundreds missing. Parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, ...

Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies Wednesday to thousands of people stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India and neighbouring Nepal, killing more than 160, officials said. Thousands of pilgrims and ...

The terrible magnitude of nature's fury in Uttarakhand unfolded today as the death toll rose to 150 with fears that it may go up substantially as large parts the area remained under water while hundreds of houses and buildings lay in ruins. Skies ...

Different political parties in Uttarakhand including the ruling Congress and BJP, on Wednesday asked their workers to offer help to the district administration in supplying relief material to people affected by the natural calamity triggered by ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after an aerial survey of the Kedarnath area in Uttarakhand along with Sonia Gandhi said what they saw was distressing and rescuing the stranded was of the utmost priority. He also announce a relief of Rs 1,000 crore ...

RISHIKESH, India (AFP) Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and landslides in northern India, leaving at least 60 people feared dead and thousands stranded after the monsoon covered the country ahead of schedule, officials said Tuesday. ...

Vikas Bajaj, who is looking for any news about his family. Among the many stranded in the flood-hit areas of Uttarakhand is a family of 17 from Akola district, Maharashtra. Vikas Bajaj, is desperately looking out for his family members, including ...

More than 60 people have died in India as the country is battered by floods and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains. Some 45 people lost their lives in monsoon-related incidents in the worst-hit northern state of Uttarakhand, near the Chinese ...