Nepal

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…

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS): The toll in India following Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal has gone up to 75 with Bihar accounting for 58 deaths, a senior official said on Tuesday. Addressing the media here, union Home Secretary…

More than 500 plumbers from Odisha's Kendrapara district, who have been left stranded in earthquake-hit Nepal, are yet to return home. Their well-being is yet to be ascertained. Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda, who came to know about these…

Guwahati and Srinagar are the two Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake, with 36 other cities in areas prone to earthquakes, according to government data. Guwahati and Srinagar fall in what is called “very…

Kathmandu, April 28 (IANS): The toll in the earthquake that devastated Nepal on Saturday has shot up to 4,347, authorities said on Tuesday. The Ministry of Home Affairs said that among one dozen worst affected districts, capital…

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS): A total of 5,400 Indians have been evacuated from quake-hit Nepal, officials said on Monday. "These many people have been evacuated from Nepal till now," Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar told a press conference…

Kathmandu, April 27 (IANS): The death toll from the 7.9 magnitude temblor that struck Nepal was on Monday placed at 3,815, with Kathmandu accounting for nearly 1,000 deaths. The home ministry said in a statement another 6,515 people had…

The death toll in Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal, has now gone up to 3,726. While some Nepal government officials fear that the toll could reach 10,000, local media reports hint at 5,000 deaths. Over 6,500 people have been…

New Delhi, April 27 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday thanked Indian doctors, military personnel and rescue teams for going to the aid of earthquake-battered Nepal. In a series of tweets, Modi said that while he appreciated…

Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS): A young Telugu film actor died in the Nepal earthquake. K. Vijay, 25, was in Nepal along with the unit of Telugu movie etakaram.com for shooting. Music director Kishan said in Hyderabad that he received…