Gangtok: A total of 1217 tourists, including elderly, women and children, stranded in high altitude areas of East Sikkim were successfully rescued by the troops of Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps, Defence PRO said on Thursday.
Uttarakhand: Trapped 41 labourers expected to be pulled out from Silkyara tunnel soon
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday confirmed that the pipe-laying work to reach the trapped 41 labourers inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand has been completed.
Israeli national rescued by IAF in Ladakh
Srinagar/UNI: An Israeli national on Friday was rescued by the Indian Air Force braving odds in Ladakh, Srinagar-based defence spokesman Col Emron Musavi said Saturday.
Meghalaya: One body fished out of mine after 42 days
Guwahati, Jan 24 (IBNS): The Indian Navy on Thursday managed to fish out the decomposed body of one of the 15 miners who went missing in an illegal rat-hole mine at Ksan area in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district 42 days ago.
Miner rescue operation to continue: Centre, Meghalaya assure SC
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IBNS): The Union as well as the Meghalaya governments on Monday assured the Supreme Court that it was not abandoning efforts its rescue efforts, more than a month after 15 miners went missing in a flooded illegal mine, said reports.
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IBNS) : The Government has rescued three Indian and seven Nepalese girls from Kenya, who held captive by an organised crime syndicate for human trafficking, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday.