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Cyclone Fani has passed, leaving behind a trail of devastation. The early warning system, effective disaster response plans, investments in disaster shelters and systematic deployment of volunteers on...

Sir — Cyclone Fani wreaked havoc in several cities and districts of Odisha, especially in Puri, leaving people dead and bringing down power and communication links (“Town cut off as power and phon...

Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan on Sunday to rescue people stranded in flooded homes as the death toll from a ferocious typhoon climbed to at least 19 with more t...

The golden jackal that was saved by morning walkers and residents of a housing complex in Barasat 10 days ago had steel plates inserted in its left hind leg on Friday.The animal is now recuperating in...

SK Puri police have lodged a case of unnatural death on the basis of a statement by the father of 10-year-old Dipak Kumar, who fell into an open drain adjacent to Punaichak locality on Saturday.Despit...

Captive elephants Champa and Rajni will soon have company as a rescued female jumbo is likely to join them at Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary in a couple of days. The 50-plus elephant and her mahout Sanjay K...

The 88-year-old British doctor who touched the lives of thousands on the city’s streets, railway platforms and drainage pipes on Thursday unveiled a plaque to start work on his NGO’s new education...

Policemen were seen managing traffic on Thursday morning on the stretch in Nagerbazar where a child was run over by a bus two days ago but violation of road rules by pedestrians and guardians accompan...

Nathan, 17, had run to safety when a powerful earthquake struck his high school on Friday in Palu, on the island of Sulawesi. But he couldn’t resist going back to rescue his motorbike.He died when h...