India Quake Toll

A powerful earthquake struck the north-east before dawn today, killing at least eleven people and injuring nearly 200, though the toll was expected to rise, with rescue efforts hampered by severed power supplies and telecommunication links.

There is no tsunami threat to the country in the wake of the powerful 7.5 earthquake epicentered in Afghanistan that also shook north India and Pakistan.

The death toll following the two devastating earthquakes that have struck Nepal has reached 8,635 with over 300 people, including 89 foreigners, still missing.

Bihar government has ordered an inquiry into row over pasting of 'bhukamp' stickers on the foreheads of injured brought to the Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) after Saturday's earthquake.

Desperate to leave, thousands of people began gathering from before dawn outside the main bus station after the government promised to lay on special services to far-flung rural areas.

Britain's Nepalese community will hold prayers at London's iconic Trafalgar Square for those affected in the devastating earthquake which has killed over 4,000 people in Nepal.

Bihar truckers and bus operators today decided to defer their one-day strike on April 30 against the Centre's Transport Safety Bill and collection of toll tax on 49 bridges by the Bihar government for relief operations in earthquake-devastated Nepal and Bihar.

The Indian community today mourned the death of avid mountaineer Renu Fotedar, who became the first Australian killed on Mount Everest in the avalanche triggered by the devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Nepal.

The United States is sending a total of $10 million in relief to help the victims of the Nepal earthquake, US Secretary of State John Kerry said today as the death toll passed 4,000.

German development worker Caroline Siebald and her boyfriend Charles Gertler, an American glaciologist, were on a rafting trip in Nepal when the earthquake struck and initially panicked about how to let their families know they were safe.

Amid massive shortage of petroleum products including LPG in Nepal following a ravaging earthquake, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said that India will augment fuel supply to the neighbouring country to meet its requirement.

Hundreds of Nepalis are today fleeing the capital Kathmandu, for the plains, following the massive earthquake on Saturday that has so far killed 3,726 people and injured 6,500. At Nepal's only international airport in Kathmandu chaos continued today with hundreds of people waiting to be evacuated. Indian choppers are being used to evacuate people f...

The toll in Bihar rose to 45 this morning from Saturday's devastating earthquake, which had its epicenter in Nepal and affected the eastern part of India. So far, 58 people have died and 237 have been injured in the three states bordering Nepal -- Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

At least 7,271 people have been confirmed dead from the 7.9-magnitude April 25 quake while the number of injured has risen to 14,267, with Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat saying the death toll is expected to climb "much higher".

Four days after a devastating earthquake measuring a forceful 6.8 on the Richter scale struck large parts of north east India, rescue and relief teams are still trying to reach thousands of people trapped in remote areas.

A powerful earthquake struck the north-east before dawn today, killing at least eleven people and injuring nearly 200, though the toll was expected to rise, with rescue efforts hampered by severed power supplies and telecommunication links.

There is no tsunami threat to the country in the wake of the powerful 7.5 earthquake epicentered in Afghanistan that also shook north India and Pakistan.

The death toll following the two devastating earthquakes that have struck Nepal has reached 8,635 with over 300 people, including 89 foreigners, still missing.

Bihar government has ordered an inquiry into row over pasting of 'bhukamp' stickers on the foreheads of injured brought to the Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) after Saturday's earthquake.

Desperate to leave, thousands of people began gathering from before dawn outside the main bus station after the government promised to lay on special services to far-flung rural areas.

Britain's Nepalese community will hold prayers at London's iconic Trafalgar Square for those affected in the devastating earthquake which has killed over 4,000 people in Nepal.

Bihar truckers and bus operators today decided to defer their one-day strike on April 30 against the Centre's Transport Safety Bill and collection of toll tax on 49 bridges by the Bihar government for relief operations in earthquake-devastated Nepal and Bihar.

The Indian community today mourned the death of avid mountaineer Renu Fotedar, who became the first Australian killed on Mount Everest in the avalanche triggered by the devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Nepal.

The United States is sending a total of $10 million in relief to help the victims of the Nepal earthquake, US Secretary of State John Kerry said today as the death toll passed 4,000.

German development worker Caroline Siebald and her boyfriend Charles Gertler, an American glaciologist, were on a rafting trip in Nepal when the earthquake struck and initially panicked about how to let their families know they were safe.

Amid massive shortage of petroleum products including LPG in Nepal following a ravaging earthquake, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said that India will augment fuel supply to the neighbouring country to meet its requirement.

Hundreds of Nepalis are today fleeing the capital Kathmandu, for the plains, following the massive earthquake on Saturday that has so far killed 3,726 people and injured 6,500. At Nepal's only international airport in Kathmandu chaos continued today with hundreds of people waiting to be evacuated. Indian choppers are being used to evacuate people f...

The toll in Bihar rose to 45 this morning from Saturday's devastating earthquake, which had its epicenter in Nepal and affected the eastern part of India. So far, 58 people have died and 237 have been injured in the three states bordering Nepal -- Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

At least 7,271 people have been confirmed dead from the 7.9-magnitude April 25 quake while the number of injured has risen to 14,267, with Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat saying the death toll is expected to climb "much higher".

Four days after a devastating earthquake measuring a forceful 6.8 on the Richter scale struck large parts of north east India, rescue and relief teams are still trying to reach thousands of people trapped in remote areas.