Jammu and Kashmir

SRINAGAR: The armed forces have rescued over 1.10 lakh people in relief operations in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir where more than 30,000 troops have been deployed along with 84 helicopters and transport aircraft of the Air Force. "84…
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SRINAGAR: Flood waters receded further in Kashmir Valley on Thursday enabling rescue teams to evacuate another 2,000 stranded people and provide crucial supplies for people desperately waiting for help in submerged areas. Military teams…
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NEW DELHI: In the wake of allegations of tardy pace in rescue and relief measures, Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami on Thursday rushed to Srinagar to coordinate these operations in Jammu and Kashmir, hit by massive floods. Goswami left for…
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JAMMU: Over 3000 people have been rescued from Ramsu area late Thursday night after land slide struck again on the highway. The administration immediately took up the issue with local army unit and arranged transportation of the stranded…
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SRINAGAR : In a saddening development, senior photo-journalist Shafat Siddiqui has died in the floods that swept the Valley on Sunday. Shafat, working with Hindi daily Jagran, was covering the flood situation near Civil Secretariat on…
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SRINAGAR: "I had no government as the seat of the establishment was wiped out by the worst floods in over a century," Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Thursday , recalling the nightmare of the disaster that hit his…
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JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Shantmanu has ordered that all schools in Jammu division shall be functional from 12th September, 2014 other than those schools which have turned into relief camps.
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JAMMU: The Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Sham Lal Sharma on Thursday said that the government agencies has started the restoration of damages caused to the public utilities in Jammu region in the backdrop of recent heavy…
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JAMMU: The restoration work on the damaged approach road of the Fourth Tawi Bridge is in full swing and the link would be soon thrown open for the traffic. As per a handout issued here on Thursday by Deputy General Manager, JKPCC Ltd,…
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JAMMU: Nodal Officer Relief Jammu has informed the individuals, NGOs and other organisations intending to donate material and medicines for flood affected areas of Jammu and Kashmir to contact Dr. Raj Kumar Thapa, mobile No. 94191-13832…
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