01-05-2016

y As large parts of Uttarakhand’s forest are engulfed by fire, three teams of the National Disaster Response force are deployed for Kumaon and Garhwal regions and six thousand forest staffs struggle to contain the flames.

y At least 12 people die when a building collapsed in Nairobi, officials, say as rescuers scramble to find more survivors after torrential storms which killed another seven people.

03-05-2016

y Industrialist and independent Rajya Sabha member Vijay Mallya who left India early in March resigns his membership of the Upper House.

y A 29 years old Sikh man’s turban is desecrated during a scuffle at a bus terminal in Pakistan’s Punjab province and six persons are booked under blasphemy law according to officials.

04-05-2016

y Rains bring partial relief to Uttarakhand, where operations to put out forest fires continue on a war footing. Showers fall in the higher....

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