Rescue teams backed by army engineers using explosives tried to force their way on Tuesday to the remote epicentre of a powerful Himalayan earthquake that killed 83 people in India, Nepal and Tibet.

India's most famous footballer Baichung Bhutia told Tuesday of his desperate eight-hour journey on foot and by bus to reach his pregnant wife after the earthquake in his home state of Sikkim.

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The death toll in the powerful earthquake rose to 40 with 19 people being killed in Sikkim, five in West Bengal, two in Bihar, seven each in Nepal and Tibet even as rescue and relief operations were on Monday stepped up in the affected areas.

The death toll in the powerful earthquake has risen to 44 with 23 people being killed in Sikkim, five in West Bengal, two in Bihar, seven each in Nepal and Tibet even as rescue and relief efforts were

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday sanctioned Rs.2 lakh to the next of kin of each of those killed in the earthquake centred in Sikkim that wrought large-scale damage in large parts of northern a

Over 5,000 troops and nine helicopters have been dispatched by the Army to carry out rescue and relief operations in quake-hit Sikkim, officials said on Monday.

At least 50 people, including 23 in Sikkim, have been killed in the powerful earthquake that triggered widespread landslides and road blockages making rescue work on Monday more difficult in the worst-hit Himalayan state.

Fallen trees, downed power lines and rockfalls - the road to India's deadliest earthquake in a decade was strewn with the evidence of the tremor's destructive power.

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Two army jawans were killed and military buildings damaged in the strong earthquake that rocked Sikkim on Sunday.

Three army vehicles and a bus with soldiers are also reported missing in the North Si

Taking advantage of the earthquake on Sunday, prisoners in Jalpaiguri jail tried to escape as some of the doors and windows collapsed under the impact of the tremor, prison authorities said.

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