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KATHMANDU, Nov 4: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, along with Energy Minister Shakti Basnet and Maoist leader Janardan Sharma, has arrived in Jajarkot via a Nepali Army (NA) helicopter to support relief and rescue efforts in the earthquake-affected areas.
KATHMANDU, Nov 4: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Purna Bahadur Khadka has said that saving the lives of the people injured in the earthquake is the first priority for the government at present.
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Earthquake shook buildings as far away as New Delhi in India
Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their hands on Saturday, searching for survivors after the country's worst earthquake in eight years killed 137 people and shook buildings as far away as New Delhi. The quake struck the Jajarkot region in the west of the Himalayan nation at 11:47 p.m. (1802 GMT) on Friday with a 6.4 magnitude, Nepal's National Seismological Centre said. The German Research Centre for Geosciences measured it at 5.7 and the U.S. Geological Survey at 5.6.
According to the home ministry, at least 95 people have lost their lives in the disaster in Jajarkot while the death toll in West Rukum stands at 43 so far.