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Intense rain briefly disrupts local train services during the rush hour between Kalyan and Thakurli stations

In all 51 persons were trapped in the flood waters, and 41 persons were rescued using DDRF boats and a Navy helicopter that reached the spot from Eluru in Andhra Pradesh when reports last came in. Efforts were still on to rescue the remaining 10 persons.

NDRF teams have launched rescue efforts to save the 19 persons who were stranded after flood waters of the Peddavagu stream rose at Katta Maisamma temple area at Narayanapuram on Thursday.

National Disaster Response Force, which is conducting rescue operation, says one person rescued

According to officials, seven bodies have been recovered in the operation that continued through Saturday night

Cops say the rescue operation was a challenging one as the team had to face the precarious hilly region in darkness and amid rains

Bodies of three labourers Saturday pulled from the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a construction site in the Vasant Vihar

To rescue such people and avert property damage, the cops have set up the flood rescue team. Besides a constable from each police station, 20 special party cops have also been mobilized to form the FRT.

According to the National Disaster Rescue Force, 74 people have been rescued alive from the spot, while 14 have been declared dead.

Earlier, the Director of Delhi Fire Services Atul Garg has said that a child had fallen in the borewell, but Delhi Minister Atishi after her visit to the spot said that a person had fallen in the borewell.

With temperatures rising, authorities are pulling out all stops to mitigate fire accidents

The mock drills which are being conducted jointly by NDRF and railway teams are aimed at assessing and improving the staff's efficiency and alertness to meet the challenges that arise during an accident

The blaze at Blue Jet Healthcare in MIDC Mahad in Raigad district, some 170 kilometres from here, started at 11am on Friday, the National Disaster Response Force official added.

All the State Reserve Police (SRP) units stationed at their headquarters in different parts of the state have also been put on "alert position" for quick deployment in case of any emergency situation, he added.

National Disaster Response Force rescued people stranded in different locations after heavy rainfall lashed Gujarat

Being the national capital, Delhi should have an infrastructure that enables it to host a big event like the G20 Summit on a week's notice, Lt Governor V K Saxena said.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the state government will decide on declaring taluks beset by deficit rainfall as drought-affected areas on September 4.

A consignment of food items and medicines was delivered to the remote areas of the rain-battered Mandi district with the help of Air Force helicopters on Friday

According to officials, more than 250 people from landslide-affected areas have been shifted to safe places in the last three days.

According to officials, seven members of the family, including three children were inside the Shiv temple when it collapsed.