Kashmir Army Rescue Operation

After avalanches struck numerous locations along the Zoji La axis, the Indian Army along with Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) and General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) launched a joint operation to rescue stranded tourists on Monday.

A 38-year-old Hungarian national was rescued from the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar on Saturday after a 30-hour joint search operation by the Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Two civilians were rescued by Army personnel after a snow slide hit them in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Army on Wednesday said it has rescued a large number of passengers stranded in 50 vehicles due to landslides on the Mughal Road connecting Jammu region with the Kashmir Valley.

At least two people went missing after a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by an avalanche in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday. Three others have been rescued with teams of police, army, State Disaster Response Force and Mountain Rescue continuing search and rescue operations

Five soldiers are missing after an avalanche, triggered by fresh snowfall, struck near the Line of Control in Gurez and Nowgam sectors of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, the army said. The chances of survival of missing soldiers are bleak, said the officials, as the rescue operations were hampered by continued snowfall and extreme cold wave condition...

At least five Army jawans have been reported missing after an avalanche hit Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora and Nowgam this morning. All of them were on duty. The avalanche, triggered by fresh snowfall, struck a forward post in Gurez sector in Bandipora.

Five army personnel who were trapped after the snow tracks they were travelling on caved in at Machil sector in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, have been rescued. A rescue operation had begun immediately after the soldiers were trapped.

Ten soldiers have been killed in Kashmir as avalanches hit a military post and a patrol along the Line of Control or de facto border between India and Pakistan. Army spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said a massive overnight avalanche buried a military post manned by 10 soldiers in the Gurez sector. He said despite hostile weather, rescue operations w...

Four avalanches on a single day have claimed the lives of 15 persons -- 11 soldiers and four civilians -- in Jammu and Kashmir. Three of the avalanches took place in the high altitude area of Gurez, and one in Sonmarg. The bodies have been recovered, but many more soldiers are said to be missing in Gurez. The army said a rescue operation is on, but...

India and China today carried out a joint army exercise in eastern Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, a move that comes amid hectic diplomatic manoeuvring between the two countries over a host of issues like Nuclear Suppliers Group and designation of Masood Azhar as a terrorist by the United Nations.

The army on Saturday launched a massive relief and rescue operation at the Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra where at least three people were killed and seven went missing following a cloudburst overnight.

Questions are now being raised in Jammu and Kashmir on whether the Centre had violated procedures by directly debiting Rs 500 crore for the relief and rescue operations from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).

While the dominant narrative following the Kashmir floods has been of the army and National Disaster Rescue Force's operations, many local volunteers are working to heal the scars left by the disaster.

The Army today called off its 'Operation Megh Rahat' to rescue people stranded in flooded areas of Jammu and Kashmir, but its relief efforts will continue in the state.

After avalanches struck numerous locations along the Zoji La axis, the Indian Army along with Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) and General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) launched a joint operation to rescue stranded tourists on Monday.

A 38-year-old Hungarian national was rescued from the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar on Saturday after a 30-hour joint search operation by the Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Two civilians were rescued by Army personnel after a snow slide hit them in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Army on Wednesday said it has rescued a large number of passengers stranded in 50 vehicles due to landslides on the Mughal Road connecting Jammu region with the Kashmir Valley.

At least two people went missing after a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by an avalanche in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday. Three others have been rescued with teams of police, army, State Disaster Response Force and Mountain Rescue continuing search and rescue operations

Five soldiers are missing after an avalanche, triggered by fresh snowfall, struck near the Line of Control in Gurez and Nowgam sectors of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, the army said. The chances of survival of missing soldiers are bleak, said the officials, as the rescue operations were hampered by continued snowfall and extreme cold wave condition...

At least five Army jawans have been reported missing after an avalanche hit Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora and Nowgam this morning. All of them were on duty. The avalanche, triggered by fresh snowfall, struck a forward post in Gurez sector in Bandipora.

Five army personnel who were trapped after the snow tracks they were travelling on caved in at Machil sector in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, have been rescued. A rescue operation had begun immediately after the soldiers were trapped.

Ten soldiers have been killed in Kashmir as avalanches hit a military post and a patrol along the Line of Control or de facto border between India and Pakistan. Army spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said a massive overnight avalanche buried a military post manned by 10 soldiers in the Gurez sector. He said despite hostile weather, rescue operations w...

Four avalanches on a single day have claimed the lives of 15 persons -- 11 soldiers and four civilians -- in Jammu and Kashmir. Three of the avalanches took place in the high altitude area of Gurez, and one in Sonmarg. The bodies have been recovered, but many more soldiers are said to be missing in Gurez. The army said a rescue operation is on, but...

India and China today carried out a joint army exercise in eastern Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, a move that comes amid hectic diplomatic manoeuvring between the two countries over a host of issues like Nuclear Suppliers Group and designation of Masood Azhar as a terrorist by the United Nations.

The army on Saturday launched a massive relief and rescue operation at the Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra where at least three people were killed and seven went missing following a cloudburst overnight.

Questions are now being raised in Jammu and Kashmir on whether the Centre had violated procedures by directly debiting Rs 500 crore for the relief and rescue operations from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).

While the dominant narrative following the Kashmir floods has been of the army and National Disaster Rescue Force's operations, many local volunteers are working to heal the scars left by the disaster.

The Army today called off its 'Operation Megh Rahat' to rescue people stranded in flooded areas of Jammu and Kashmir, but its relief efforts will continue in the state.