Kazakhstan

Almost 114,000 evacuated due to floods in Kazakhstan

About 13,500 people have already returned to their homes, a ministry spokesman told a briefing.

16 April 2024, 07:38 IST

Almost 114,000 evacuated due to floods in Kazakhstan

16 April 2024, 07:38 IST

Hundreds of houses, plots flooded in Russia's Kurgan region

More than 300 houses and nearly 700 residential plots have been flooded in Russia's Kurgan region straddling the Tobol River near the border with Kazakhstan, Russia's emergency ministry said on Tuesday.

16 April 2024, 05:40 IST

Hundreds of houses, plots flooded in Russia's Kurgan region

16 April 2024, 05:40 IST

More than 108,000 evacuated in Kazakhstan floods

Almost 5,000 houses remain flooded, a ministry spokesman told a briefing, although nearly 12,000 people have returned to their homes.

15 April 2024, 05:44 IST

More than 108,000 evacuated in Kazakhstan floods

15 April 2024, 05:44 IST

Almost 1,00,000 people evacuated due to floods in Kazakhstan

A state of emergency remained in effect in eight out of Kazakhstan's 17 provinces.

12 April 2024, 06:10 IST

Almost 1,00,000 people evacuated due to floods in Kazakhstan

12 April 2024, 06:10 IST

Explained | Floods in Russia and Kazakhstan: How bad are they?

Over 110,000 people were forced to evacuate after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks

10 April 2024, 13:36 IST

Explained | Floods in Russia and Kazakhstan: How bad are they?

10 April 2024, 13:36 IST

More than 97,000 people evacuated as floods hit Kazakhstan

A spokesman for the ministry told a briefing it was monitoring the situation in the Russian city of Orsk and water levels in the Ural river which flows through Orsk and Kazakhstan then into the Caspian Sea.

10 April 2024, 12:51 IST

More than 97,000 people evacuated as floods hit Kazakhstan

10 April 2024, 12:51 IST

Hostel fire kills 13 people in Kazakhstan: Authorities

The fire broke out early in the morning in a three-storey building whose ground and basement levels were occupied by 72 hostel guests.

30 November 2023, 04:30 IST

Hostel fire kills 13 people in Kazakhstan: Authorities

30 November 2023, 04:30 IST

Russia's Putin to visit Kazakhstan on Nov 9

It would be only Putin's third known trip abroad since the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant in March for the Russian leader on war crime charges, something the Kremlin strongly rejects.

06 November 2023, 10:37 IST

Russia's Putin to visit Kazakhstan on Nov 9

06 November 2023, 10:37 IST

I hear the wind call my name...

A great window into Kazakhstan’s folk musical heritage is the Museum of Folk Instruments in Almaty, housed in a beautiful wooden building from 1908, with carved pillars and a porch, which was once a meeting place for army officers. The museum has more than 1,000 instruments in its collection.

05 November 2023, 04:11 IST

I hear the wind call my name...

05 November 2023, 04:11 IST

Kazakhstan welcomes France's Macron under Moscow's disapproving gaze

Oil-rich Kazakhstan has already emerged as a replacement supplier of crude to European nations turning off Russian supply and an important link in the new China-Europe trade route bypassing Russia.

01 November 2023, 09:30 IST

Kazakhstan welcomes France's Macron under Moscow's disapproving gaze

01 November 2023, 09:30 IST