relief operation

Kathmandu, May 15 (IANS): More than 60 hours after it was reported missing, a search and rescue mission on Friday recovered the debris of a US helicopter that crashed in the mountainous terrain of Nepal. The UH-1Y Huey helicopter, which…

Kathmandu, May 15 (IANS): A quake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale on Friday jolted Nepal reeling in the aftermath of major tremors last month and earlier this week which caused massive damage and claimed more than 8,000 lives. The…

Shimla, May 13 (IANS): The Himachal Pradesh government has provided relief in the form of 25,000 blankets, amounting to Rs.1 crore, to the people in earthquake-hit Nepal, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said here on Wednesday. Nepal has…

The US military is preparing to deploy helicopters in Nepal to support the ongoing relief efforts in the quake-hit country. The US State Department on Friday said the move was aimed at conducting humanitarian assessments and delivering…

A woman was rescued alive from rubbles of a collapsed building after 128 hours in Nepal, which has been hit by a massive earthquake on April 25, a media report said. Krishna Devi Khadka, 24, was rescued by a joint team of Nepal Army,…

Kathmandu, April 29 (IANS): The toll in the devastating earthquake in Nepal rose to 5,057 on Tuesday evening, as Prime Minister Sushil Koirala warned it could go as high as 10,000. While still battling food and water shortages, the…

Relief work began Friday in Pithoragarh and Chamoli towns of Uttarakhand which were hit by a snow storm Thursday, officials said Friday. State government officials told that district officials along with rescue teams equipped with satellite…