Britain’s oldest World War II veteran, Donald Rose, has died at 110. Rose participated in the D-Day landings in 1944 and ...

A memorial service has been held for the only British serviceman to die on active duty in Alderney during World War Two, 80 years on. About 40 people attended the service on Saturday, at Sapper George ...

Dubai: While residents scrambled to escape the massive fire in a 67-storey tower in Dubai Marina late on Friday night, one of the first hands of safety came from the Dubai Civil Defence teams.

NEW DELHI: Demanding their reinstatement, scores of civil defence volunteers (CVDs) protested outside the residence of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday.

Cyprus will develop a National Civil Protection Mechanism, while Civil Defence will be turned into a Civil Protection general administration, the cabinet decided on Wednesday. Interior Minister ...

The Civil Defence setup was last expanded to nine additional districts in 2015. With the latest notification, the remaining 49 districts have now been brought under its ambit.

The Haryana Government is set to conduct a major state-wide Civil Defence exercise, named “Operation Shield,” May 29 across all 22 districts to enhance the state’s emergency preparedness and ...

Union Ministry of Home Affairs urges states to mobilize ex-servicemen for civil defence duties amid escalating tensions on western border.

Centre asks states, UTs to invoke civil defence emergency powers: What it means for citizens The Civil Defence Act, 1968, empowers the Centre and state governments to take specific measures to ...

Formerly known as National Civil Defence College (NCDC), the now rechristened NDRF Academy is the ONLY dedicated residential training college run by the Union home ministry in the entire country.

South Central Railways said that it would hold a comprehensive civil defence drill at the Kacheguda station in Hyderabad division and a few other stations in its zone, on Wednesday.

Civil defence exercise in Tamil Nadu's vital installations to simulate air raid response, ensuring emergency preparedness.