A company building a hydroelectric power plant confirmed Wednesday that 17 of its workers had died and seven were critically injured as a result of the earthquake that shook the Himalayas in and ar

Sunday's earthquake, which left a trail of destruction in Sikkim, has caused massive damage to some structures at two of the five project sites of the 1,200-megawatt hydro-power project in the upper reaches of the Teesta river. It claimed the lives of 16 workers and officials and caused injuries to several workers.

Thousands of terrified survivors of a Himalayan earthquake that killed 81 people and rattled parts of India, Nepal and China crowded Tuesday into shelters and relatives' homes or stayed out in the

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AIZAWL: The Central government has sanctioned 134 projects worth Rs.2,610 crore for poverty alleviation, development of infrastructure and providing basic services in the urban areas of the eight Northeastern states, an official release said here Sunday. “Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), 134 projects with a cost of Rs.2,610 crore have been approved,” said the release quoting union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja.

SHILLONG: Another mild intensity earthquake of 4.3 magnitude on the Richter Scale shook parts of Meghalaya at 12:52 am on Monday, under seven hours after Sunday evening’s 6.8 magnitude tremor.

The Sikkim earthquake has not impacted the functioning of the country’s 20 nuclear power plants with a total generation capacity of 4,780 Mw. Their continued function proves that the nuclear power plant structures, systems and equipment have been designed in a way that enables them to take the effect of such calamities, an official with the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) said today.

A 6.9 -magnitude earthquake hit the region's Bangladesh, north-east India and Nepal leaving seven people dead and 40 injured. Five of them were killed in Nepal alone and two in India.

Strong tremors were felt in North and Northeast India as an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit the Sikkim-Nepal border around 6.11pm on Sunday.

AIZAWL, Sep 18 (IANS): The central government has sanctioned 134 projects worth Rs.2,610 crore for poverty alleviation, development of infrastructure and providing basic services in the urban areas