Nepal Earthquake

After a pivotal gathering of experts from Patna University and disaster management authorities, Bihar’s earthquake monitoring network, known as BSTN, is on the brink of launching. This initiative, prompted by the catastrophic 2015 nepal earthquake, aims to install telemetry stations throughout the state.

Gujarati tourists returning from quake-ravaged Kathmandu have been giving accounts of a panic-stricken people running for life after the tremblor struck.

A group of online volunteers helps with search and relief work for the quake-hit people.

Nepal was jolted by sixty-five aftershocks of varied magnitude following a powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, which rattled the Himalayan nation on Saturday.

From public structures to homes, Nepal may be unfortunately paying the price for preserving its architectural heritage.

Four fresh tremors on Sunday jolted Nepal, triggering panic among the people already battered by the devastating earthquake and about 160 aftershocks as the death toll crossed 8,000.

Seven missing Indian women pilgrims from Assam were confirmed dead in earthquake-hit Nepal on Monday. They were part of a group that had left for Nepal on April 23.

A man pulled from the rubble of a collapsed hotel by a French rescue team more than three days after the deadly nepal earthquake says he was forced to drink his own urine to survive.

Human compassion can never be weighed in numbers. But so overwhelming has been the response to TOI’s appeal for help for nepal earthquake victims, that the numbers have begun to tell a tale of how much goodness we are capable of for a deserving cause.

Racing against time, rescuers on Sunday waded through tonnes of rubble of flattened homes and buildings in Nepal to look for survivors of the earthquake that has killed over 2,500 people, including five Indians, and left more than 6,000 others injured.

A part of India slid about one foot to 10 feet northwards and underneath Nepal in a matter of seconds during the devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the neighbouring country on Saturday, a US scientist has said.

A new 7.3-magnitude earthquake and several powerful aftershocks shook Nepal today killing at least 42 people and triggering panic in the Himalayan nation already devastated by a massive temblor less than three weeks back that had claimed over 8,000 lives.

Deeply religious, at times bordering on superstition, Nepal is fighting hard to come to terms with the devastation.

People have been caught carrying away temples' wooden beams, bells and carved bricks — if someone has surreptitiously taken off with figurines.

As the Nepal administration struggles to help its people, young Nepalis and local groups are going where the government hasn’t.

Shekhar Dunghana, 32, is not at his home or what is left of it in the hilltop village of Jiwanpur in Dhading, Nepal. His father and nephew died when his house collapsed on April 25. But on the third day, he pushed out of the village to search for work.

Endless political wrangling may make Nepal lose focus on its effort to handle post-quake problems.On Saturday, the number of deaths went beyond 7,100.

A girl, perhaps in her early 20s, sits in front of Dr Ramnath Singh at the Vayodha hospital in Kathmandu's Balkhu area.

An Indian Army expedition team has rescued over 61 climbers from Mount Everest while it retrieved 19 bodies after the devastating earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday.

The devastating earthquake that struck the Nepalese capital has turned the 500-year-old Kasthamandap temple to rubble, killing several under the debris of the historic structure from which the city derives its name.

The intensity of tremors that have hit Nepal can be gauged by the fact that after the massive 7.8/9 magnitude first one, it has had 18 more tremors since then, all of them with the magnitude of over 4.

There is little left in Bhaktapur. A quarter of this 12th century city has fallen; half of it lies abandoned, its buildings leaning dangerously. This heritage city will have to be rebuilt almost entirely, and it will take years.

Two tremors struck Nepal on Monday, keeping people on the edge as the country struggled to rehabilitate millions of people affected by a devastating earthquake one month ago that killed nearly 9,000 people.

For people living in the Nepalese capital, the destruction of the iconic Dharahara Tower in last month’s earthquake was not just a physical loss, but an emotional blow that robbed the nation of a crucial part of its cultural history.

Between the almighty’s wrath and an overwhelmed Nepal government, India as the first mover seems to have made a place in the hearts of the Nepalese.

Around 200 Buddhist monks and nuns were killed when about 1,000 monasteries collapsed in the massive April 25 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks in Nepal, according to authorities.

With the poor interiors of Nepal devastated by earthquake, fear of human trafficking for child labour and prostitution has begun worrying authorities in the Himlayan republic and India.