Army Rescue

The Israeli military said its troops had rescued on Saturday four Israeli hostages alive from Gaza after a "complex daytime operation".

The army engaged in a fierce gunfight with unknown armed people and rescued 75 women of a social and cultural institution in Manipur, according to a statement by the military on Sunday.

India will bring in and prosecute 35 Somali pirates its navy captured on a hijacked ship off Somalia, a navy official said, in a departure from its recent practice of rescuing vessels and crew but leaving the disarmed pirates at sea.

An army officer, who was kidnapped from his Manipur home this morning, was rescued by the Indian Army this evening after nearly 10 hours, the Army said in a statement.

The Trishakti Corps men rushed to the rescue and provided succour to the stranded tourists, the Army said.

Rescue teams in Japan on Tuesday struggled to reach isolated areas hit by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with reports of more than 20 people dead in a disaster that toppled buildings and knocked out power to thousands of homes.

A three-year-old girl was rescued from an open borewell in Ran village in Devbhumi Dwarka district of Gujarat on Monday night, nearly nine hours after she fell into it, in an operation that also involved teams of Army and NDRF, officials said.

A 3-year-old girl fell 30 feet into a borewell in Devbhumi Dwarka in Gujarat on Monday and teams comprising Army personnel and local authorities were engaged in a rescue operation, an official said.

In the wake of unprecedented floods ravaging southern districts of Tamil Nadu, the Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have joined hands to undertake rescue operations.

Unprecedented heavy rainfall battered districts of Tamil Nadu and has brought regular life to a standstill following massive flooding in the state's southern districts.

As many as 61 tourists stuck at Gulmarg in northern Kashmir were rescued by the Chinar Warriors on Saturday.

Lebanon on Sunday rescued more than 50 people, mostly Syrians, from a sinking migrant boat off the country's north coast, the army said.

Soldiers had even vacated their barracks to enable the accommodation of the stranded tourists, the officials added.

Indian Army on Wednesday rescued more than 800 tourists stranded in high altitude areas in eastern Sikkim, officials said.

The 41 workers trapped in an Uttarakhand tunnel for 15 days were dealt another blow when officials said that the giant drill working on their rescue has collapsed. Indian Army has joined the operation and been tasked with the manual drilling.

The Israeli military said its troops had rescued on Saturday four Israeli hostages alive from Gaza after a "complex daytime operation".

The army engaged in a fierce gunfight with unknown armed people and rescued 75 women of a social and cultural institution in Manipur, according to a statement by the military on Sunday.

India will bring in and prosecute 35 Somali pirates its navy captured on a hijacked ship off Somalia, a navy official said, in a departure from its recent practice of rescuing vessels and crew but leaving the disarmed pirates at sea.

An army officer, who was kidnapped from his Manipur home this morning, was rescued by the Indian Army this evening after nearly 10 hours, the Army said in a statement.

The Trishakti Corps men rushed to the rescue and provided succour to the stranded tourists, the Army said.

Rescue teams in Japan on Tuesday struggled to reach isolated areas hit by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with reports of more than 20 people dead in a disaster that toppled buildings and knocked out power to thousands of homes.

A three-year-old girl was rescued from an open borewell in Ran village in Devbhumi Dwarka district of Gujarat on Monday night, nearly nine hours after she fell into it, in an operation that also involved teams of Army and NDRF, officials said.

A 3-year-old girl fell 30 feet into a borewell in Devbhumi Dwarka in Gujarat on Monday and teams comprising Army personnel and local authorities were engaged in a rescue operation, an official said.

In the wake of unprecedented floods ravaging southern districts of Tamil Nadu, the Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have joined hands to undertake rescue operations.

Unprecedented heavy rainfall battered districts of Tamil Nadu and has brought regular life to a standstill following massive flooding in the state's southern districts.

As many as 61 tourists stuck at Gulmarg in northern Kashmir were rescued by the Chinar Warriors on Saturday.

Lebanon on Sunday rescued more than 50 people, mostly Syrians, from a sinking migrant boat off the country's north coast, the army said.

Soldiers had even vacated their barracks to enable the accommodation of the stranded tourists, the officials added.

Indian Army on Wednesday rescued more than 800 tourists stranded in high altitude areas in eastern Sikkim, officials said.

The 41 workers trapped in an Uttarakhand tunnel for 15 days were dealt another blow when officials said that the giant drill working on their rescue has collapsed. Indian Army has joined the operation and been tasked with the manual drilling.