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AFP beefs up presence in West PH Sea due to China’s new Coast Guard law enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 10) — “Alarmed” by China’s enactment of a law that allows its Coast Guard to fire on foreign vessels, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces said he has ordered the deployment of more forces to the West Philippine Sea. “It’s quite alarming,” AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana told reporters on Wednesday. “As a reaction to...

New Philippine military chief Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana flags the new China Coast Guard law as 'alarming'

Mukesh Ranjan Tribune News Service Joshimath, February 8 Twentysix bodies have been recovered while 171 persons were still missing as a multi-agency rescue operation was underway at the NTPC hydel

737 Chamoli (Uttarakhand), February 9 Even as ITBP ADG (Western Command) Manoj Singh Rawat on Tuesday reviewed the ongoing rescue efforts at the Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric project, rescuers had dug in and moved about 120 metres into a blocked tunnel in an effort to reach around 3 dozen persons feared trapped nearby. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) said that only a stretch of 50-60 metres was left to be cleared after continuous effort through the night to reach a bent in the tunnel wh...

ITBPs search operation underway at Tapovan project ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Tue, Feb 9 2021 13:18 IST | ​ 0 Views NDRF in Tapovan tunnel rescue work.. Image Source: IANS News Chamoli : , Feb 9 (IANS) Even as ITBP ADG (Western Command) Manoj Singh Rawat on Tuesday reviewed the ongoing rescue efforts at the Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric project, rescuers had dug in and moved about 120 metres into a blocked tunnel in an effort to reach around 3 dozen persons feared trapped nearby. T...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said saving lives and extending all help to the families of the deceased is the state governments priority. Union ministers Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and R K Singh as well as Pauri MP Tirath Singh Rawat, Uttarakhand minister Dhan Singh Rawat also met the affected families in disaster-hit Tapovan and Raini and assured them of all support. Two power projects-- NTPCs 480 MW Tapovan-Vishnugad project and the 13.2 MW Rishi Ganga Hydel Project were exte...

Read more about Multi-agency operation on to rescue those trapped inside tunnel in Tapovan on Business Standard. A multi-agency operation to rescue 34 people trapped inside a big tunnel at Tapovan was carried out overnight after a glacier burst-triggered deluge killed 10 people while over 140 are missing

, Feb 8 (IANS) The ITBP has deployed its sniffer dog squad for rescue operations and the force has so far cleared 90 meters inside the tunnel near Tapovan Dam in Chamoli district, which was damaged after a glacier burst triggered a flash flood ...

Three more bodies of the more than 140 missing after the glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district have been recovered, taking the death toll to 10, officials said on Monday, as massive efforts were underway to rescue at least 30 workers trapped in a tunnel at a power project site.

34 people estimated to be stuck inside