Manipur landslide: Recovery operations formally called off, 5 untraced

During the deliberations, several key decisions were taken on the basis of demands put forward by the Makhuam village authority.

Manipur Landslide Tragedy: 56 bodies recovered, 5 still missing

56 bodies have been recovered so far from the landslide site, while 5 others are still missing.

Manipur Tragedy: Search & rescue operation extended by 3 days

#Northeastlive | The search operations at the landslide tragedy site in Noney have been extended by 3 more days till the 16th of July. This was decided during a review meeting of the district authorities and the NDRF, SDRF and the Army yesterday. A final call on continuation on search operations will be taken on […]

Manipur Tragedy: Last rites of 2 more Assam workers performed

#Northeastlive | The mortal remains of two more Assam workers were cremated in their native village at Morigaon today. The mortal remains of Hanuman Konwar and Utpal Phukan arrived from Manipur’s Noney today. Emotional scenes were witnessed as families of both the deceased workers bid their final adieu.

Tripura: One killed, 2 children injured in separate landslides

A 21-year-old man was killed and two children were injured on Wednesday in two separate landslides caused by incessant rain in South Tripura district, a senior official said. One Narayan Bhowmik, a daily wage labourer, died at 4 am when the mud house, where he was sleeping, collapsed on him at Sarasima village in Belonai […]

Landslide blocks NH-10, cuts off Sikkim from Bengal

A landslide has blocked National Highway 10, snapping the arterial road link between Sikkim and West Bengal on Thursday, an official of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said. Following heavy rain, a massive amount of rocks and slush rolled down the hill and blocked the highway at 29th Mile area in neighbouring West Bengal, around […]

10 dead, several buried under debris as massive landslide hits Himachal’s Kinnaur

Ten persons, including one child and five women, are confirmed dead and scores are still missing after a massive landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district left several vehicles buried under debris. A state-run bus, a truck and a few cars were trapped after the landslide blocked the Reckong Peo to Shimla highway. The bus, travelling […]

Incessant rains wreak havoc in Sikkim; landslides cut off NH-10

Incessant rainfall since the past 24 hours have wreaked havoc in Sikkim, with multiple landslides blocking the state’s vital National Highway 10. The key highway serves as the main link between state capital Gangtok and Siliguri. With the blocking of the Siliguri-Sikkim highway, the hill state is essentially cut off from the rest of India. […]

Four children killed in massive landslide in Mizoram

Four children were killed and two others injured as a massive landslide swept away a building in Aizawl in Mizoram, police said on Saturday. The incident happened around 9.30 pm on Friday at Thuampui neighbourhood in the Bawngkawn police station area in the northeastern part of the city, they said. An Assam-type building, in which […]