The toll in the devastating weekend earthquake in Sikkim on Tuesday went up to 40 with five more bodies being recovered during overnight operations from separate places, an official said.

Workers rec

The death toll from a 6.8-magnitude quake that hit the India-Nepal border has risen to 83, officials said on Tuesday, with much of the worst-affected area cut off by landslides.

At least 50 people we

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.

Nearly

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 today.

"Around 5,000 troops in 105 columns a

The death toll in the earthquake rose to 19 in Sikkim on Monday as the army took lead of rescue operations along with the local administration, officials said.

The casualties have occurred mostly in

Here is a list of major earthquakes to have struck India following a quake in Sikkim that rocked northeast India and the surrounding region late on Sunday.

September 18, 2011: Border between India's

An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude on the Richter scale shook parts of Meghalaya today, the seismic observatory here said.

The mild intensity quake was recorded at 12.52 AM and its epicentre was lo

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