Earthquake

Kathmandu/New Delhi, May 12 (IANS): At least 57 people were killed and over 1,000 others injured when a massive earthquake and 14 aftershocks shook Nepal on Tuesday causing panic in the Himalayan nation which is still recovering from the…

New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The home ministry said on Tuesday that it was in constant touch with states following the fresh earthquake in Nepal and parts of India. A quake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale jolted Nepal on Tuesday. The…

As the 7.4 magnitude quake hit the Nepal-China border at 12:38 PM IST today, tremors were felt across Odisha, triggering the panic button. People moved out of their houses and offices out of panic. The tremors were felt twice within a gap…

A powerful earthquake, measuring 7.4 on the Richter Scale, hit Nepal at around 12:38 PM IST. According to the USGS, epicentre of the quake was at a place on Nepal-China border, which is 22km SE of Zham, Tibet (China). The place falls in…

Kathmandu, May 11 (IANS): The toll in the April 25 devastating earthquake in Nepal rose to 8,151 on Monday, police said. As per latest updates from the Nepal Police headquarters, 7,941 bodies have been handed over to the kin of the…

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday congratulated the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for its "exemplary work" in Nepal after the April 25 earthquake devastated the Himalayan country. At a function…

Kathmandu, May 7 (IANS): The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Nepal has risen to 8,413, the Nepal Red Cross Society said on Thursday. A Red Cross report put the number of injured at 17,576, adding 260 people were still…

Dusk has begun to fall and Thakurnath Nepal, puffing on a beedi, sits opposite a funeral pyre. The pyre makes a crackling sound when he tries to stoke it with a thick wooden stick so that the body is burnt completely. Nepal, 60, is tired…

Kathmandu, May 5 (IANS): The death toll in Nepal's April 25 earthquake has risen to 7,557, the home ministry announced on Tuesday. As many as 10,718 buildings were destroyed in the massive earthquake while 14,741 sustained partial…

Washington, May 5 (IANS): A 7.5-magnitude earthquake jolted 139 km south of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 k.m, was initially determined to be at 5.6 degrees…