Tag Archives: Kashmir

Jammu: After a two-months of wait people of Jammu and Kashmir finally got a Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party government as Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was sworn in as the state Chief Minister. Nirmal Singh became the first BJP MLA to take over as Deputy Chief Minister. In presence of Prime …

New Delhi: Over 2,34,000 persons have been rescued so far by the Armed Forces and NDRF from different parts of Jammu & Kashmir in the ongoing rescue and relief operations in the flood ravaged State. Three teams of Naval Marine Commandos are actively involved in rescue operations at Watlab, Widipura …

Poonch: Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health Minister of India, has asked for additional consignments of emergency medicines to be despatched to Jammu where the destruction of property and marooning of people has acquired great proportions. After reviewing the situation in the region during a day-long tour today, the Minister said …

New Delhi: A massive rescue and relief operations by the Indian Armed Forces is on in Jammu and Kashmir with more helicopters and rescue materials including boats pressed into service today. Armed Forces and NDRF so far rescued 47227 persons in different regions of J&K. Army has deployed 220 columns …

New Delhi: The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) chaired by the Cabinet Secretary Shri Ajit Seth continued its review of the situation in J&K arising on account of floods. The Committee was informed that nearly 20,000 persons have been rescued from various places by the Army and National Disaster Response …

New Delhi: The State of Jammu & Kashmir has experienced torrential rains since last one week. Armed Forces are carrying out flood relief and rescue operations in the entire State in heavy rains and extremely bad weather conditions. 130 Army columns have been deployed rescuing more than 14800 people so …

New Delhi: After reviewing the flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has instructed the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to send 5 more columns immediately to the flood affected areas. The Home Minister has also directed the ministry to dispatch around 70 boats …

New Delhi: The State of Jammu & Kashmir has been experiencing heavy rainfall in last 3 to 4 days and almost all rivers of the State are in spate, flowing above the danger mark. Armed Forces are carrying out flood relief operations inspite of continuous heavy downpour and bad weather …