Four soldiers were killed and two others injured after an avalanche hit their vehicle in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, an official said.


Four soldiers killed in Ladakh avalanche


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Two soldiers were killed, two injured while two others went missing on Saturday after an avalanche hit their vehicle in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.


Two soldiers killed in Ladakh avalanche


Three people were killed and one injured on Saturday in an explosion at a forest area near the line of control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.


Three killed in Rajouri blast


The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for traffic on Saturday for the fourth consecutive day due to landslides.


Jammu-Srinagar highway shut for fourth day


Nine people were killed in incidents of house collapse and landslide in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, police said.


Nine killed in house collapse, landslides in Kashmir


The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Friday announced Rs.5 lakh assistance to flood victims in Jammu and Kashmir, an official statement said.


Tibetan aid for flood victims in Kashmir


The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed on Friday for the third consecutive day due to fresh landslides, leaving scores of vehicles stranded on the over 300-kilometre long road.


Srinagar-Jammu highway shut for third day


Incessant overnight rain on Thursday kept thousands of locals on tenterhooks, though the water level in Jhelum and all other major rivers of the valley did not rise to danger level.


Nightlong rain keeps Kashmiris on edge


The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) met here on Wednesday to take stock of the flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.


NCMC reviews Kashmir flood situation


The water level in Jhelum and other major rivers has dropped much below the danger mark on Wednesday, but the forecast of a fresh spell of rain and snow has left the people here worried.


Rain forecast worries Kashmiris


The strategic Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was opened for one-way traffic on Tuesday as improved weather and receding water level in major rivers lessened the danger of damage by floods in the state.


Srinagar-Jammu highway partially reopens as weather improves


Nisar Hussain, 65, who lives in the Gogjibagh residential area of Srinagar, repents his decision to have come back home after three months. For his 60-year-old wife and 27-year-old daughter, this has been the second uprooting after unprecedented floods hit Jammu and Kashmir last year.

Flood horror haunts Srinagar, people abandon homes, shops

The Indian Army has kept 20 columns, equipped with boats and water pumps, ready for rescue operations in the flood-hit Kashmir valley, officials said on Monday.


Army prepared for rescue operations in flood-hit Kashmir


Up to 16 people were killed on Monday as a devastating flood in the Kashmir Valley forced thousands to flee to safer places as rain-fed streams rushed down the mountains, flooding parts of Srinagar. A man was washed away by a swollen river in Jammu region.


17 die as floods ravage Kashmir (Intro Roundup)


Seventeen people are feared dead due to house collapses and flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir, authorities said on Monday.


17 feared dead in Kashmir floods


The central government is in constant touch with the government of Jammu and Kashmir, and monitoring the flood situation there, an official said.


Centre monitoring flood situation in Kashmir


Floods ravaged Kashmir Valley on Monday following incessant rainfall over the past four days. Anxious people began to leave for safer places as authorities kept a watch on swollen mountain streams and the Jhelum river which was in spate.


Floods ravage Kashmir Valley


Flash floods triggered by incessant rain have damaged scores of houses, school buildings and other structures besides snapping road connectivity in the Kashmir Valley, an official said on Sunday.


Flash floods damage houses, roads in Kashmir


The Kashmir Valley faces no flood threat, authorities said on Sunday, as many residents of Srinagar began shifting to safer areas as the water level in the Jhelum rose menacingly.


No flood threat to Kashmir Valley: Met


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed rushed to Srinagar on Sunday to personally monitor the situation arising from incessant rains in the Kashmir Valley.


Sayeed leaves for Kashmir to assess flood threat


The higher reaches in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to receive snowfall from Saturday onwards.

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