Srinagar: The five security personnel, who went missing after an avalanche struck near the LoC in Kashmir's Kupwara district, remained untraced on Wednesday even as search operations continued for the second day. The joint operation in search of four Army personnel and a BSF jawan at Furkian top resumed on Wednesday morning but success eluded the rescue teams so far, defence sources said. An avalanche struck the troops near a...
01:24 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Srinagar: A BSF officer was killed while six other security personnel went missing after being hit by an avalanche near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district on Tuesday. Sub-Inspector Narendra Kumar died while five Army personnel and a BSF constable were missing after the avalanche struck this morning, a BSF spokesman said, adding Kumar's body has been recovered. "A snow avalanche struck Furkian top in Kupwara at 7:20...
01:03 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Seven security personnel were on Tuesday swept away by an avalanche near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara, Kashmir, which include five Army and two BSF men. Men from HAWS (High Altitude Warfare School), Gulmarg have been rushed to the location. However, low visibility has made it difficult for the Army to conduct the rescue operation. Snow avalanche hit a village near Kupwara at 7:30 am on...
09:55 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Jammu: Several avalanches hit various areas of the mountainous Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday without causing any casualty. "There were avalanches in various places in Ramban district. But there are no reports of any casualty," Superintendent of Police (SP) Ramban Anil Magotra told PTI. The first avalanche hit Shatani Nallah area blocking the highway Jammu-Srinagar National highway, he said adding that the avalanche is 50 meter wide...
03:05 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Most villages in the interiors of the valley have been powerless for more than a week. ...
04:03 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Gopeshwar (Uttarakhand): Two Army officials were killed after being caught in an avalanche at Ghastoli area near Mana pass in Chamoli district, official sources said Tuesday. The avalanche struck when the two - Col Puran Chandra and Maj Mahesh - both from Kumaon regiment, were returning after climbing the 24,000-feet-high Kamet Hill last evening, they said. The Army officials were part of a 44-member expedition team. Other members of the...
02:54 PM, Sep 21, 2010
Beijing: At least 337 people have been killed and 1,148 others still missing in the rain-triggered mudslides in northwest China's Gansu province in Zhouqu town, an official said on Monday. Torrential rains on Saturday night prompted an avalanche of sludge and debris to crash down on Sunday morning, ripping houses off their foundations and tearing six-story apartment buildings in half,
Xinhua reported. A total of 218 people have received clinical...
11:07 AM, Aug 10, 2010
Afghan police and army soldiers have been mobilized to join the rescue efforts. ...
03:42 PM, Feb 10, 2010
Total 300 men were training at the High Altitude warfare school in Gulmarg. ...
11:30 PM, Feb 09, 2010
At least 18 Indian Army jawans have been killed in two deadly avalanches. ...
10:55 PM, Feb 09, 2010
CNN-IBN team travels to Gulmarg to give us the first hand difficulties. ...
09:21 PM, Feb 09, 2010
According to officials, 13 people have been rescued so far. ...
04:00 PM, Feb 09, 2010
Monday's avalanche killed one officer and 16 soldiers. ...
10:54 AM, Feb 09, 2010
There were around 300 soldiers at the camp when the avalanche struck. ...
02:01 PM, Feb 08, 2010
The militants got buried alive in an avalanche in Gurez sector of J-K. ...
07:28 PM, Jul 04, 2009
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