About 20 Riyadh-based Indian organisations have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a massive response to the unprecedented disaster caused by floods in Jammu and Kashmir on a scale similar to that carried out during the Uttarakhand landslides.


Indians in Saudi Arabia appeal to Modi for 'massive' help in Kashmir


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The army was doing a great job in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir, former army chief and union minister V.K. Singh said Monday.


Army doing great job in flood-hit Kashmir: V.K. Singh


Students from various universities in the capital are collecting relief material to be sent to people in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir.


Delhi students to send relief items to flood-hit Kashmir


The armed forces and the NDRF have rescued over 226,000 flood-hit people in Jammu and Kashmir as relief efforts continued in the state Monday.


Over 226,000 rescued in flood-hit Kashmir


The Indian Army Monday ordered the relocation of its ammunition dumps, bunkers and border outposts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu region due to extensive damage caused by floods.


Relocation of ammunition dumps, bunkers ordered in Jammu


Over 1,84,000 people marooned in the floods in Jammu and Kashmir have been rescued so far by the armed forces and NDRF, and the focus now will largely be on the health situation, officials said Sunday.


1,84,000 rescued in flood-hit Kashmir, focus now on health


Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Sunday assured Jammu and Kashmir health authorities of providing assistance to tackle any possible epidemic following the recent floods there.


Harsh Vardhan's assurance to prevent epidemic in Kashmir


The Telangana government is sending 50 water purifier machines costing Rs.2.5 crore to flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir.


Telangana sends 50 water purifiers to flood-hit Kashmir


As the Jammu-Srinagar highway has been damaged at several places following heavy rainfall, an alternate route will now be used to bring essential supplies to the valley.


Supplies to reach Kashmir Valley


With the weather improving Sunday afternoon, rescue and relief operations resumed here and in other flood-hit areas of Jammu and Kashmir.


Weather clears, rescue work resumes in Kashmir


The Jammu and Kashmir government Sunday asked its employees to immediately report back to their offices or face action.


Kashmir employees told to report to work


Floods in Jammu and Kashmir have caused a loss of around Rs.5,700 crore with heavy damages to trade, hotels, restaurants, horticulture and handicraft, Assocham said Sunday.


Rs.5,700 crore loss in Kashmir floods: Assocham


Nearly 1.5 lakh people are still marooned in parts of the Kashmir Valley submerged by floods, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said.


1.5 lakh people still marooned in Kashmir


Nearly 1.50 lakh people are still marooned in the areas of the Kashmir Valley submerged in flood waters, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said.


1.5 lakh people still marooned in Kashmir floods


Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Saturday said additional consignments of emergency medicines will be despatched to flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir.


Additional emergency medicines for Kashmir: Harsh Vardhan


Mobile services were partially restored Saturday in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir as rescue and relief efforts continued on a war footing. The receding floodwaters revealed the death of 43 people, including 14 children in an inundated government hospital here.


Receding Kashmir waters reveal 43 bodies, mobile services partially restored (Roundup)


Nearly 50,000 food packets were airlifted from this Sikh holy city Saturday for flood-affected people in Jammu and Kashmir.


Amritsar sends food packets for flood-hit Kashmir


West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday announced the dispatch of drinking water pouches for people in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir.


Bengal sends drinking water pouches to flood-hit Kashmir


Mobile services have been "somewhat" restored in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir, except in Poonch, Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here Saturday.


Mobile services partially restored in Jammu and Kashmir


Internet giant Google has created a crisis map with updated satellite imagery to facilitate rescue operations in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir.


Google 'crisis map' to help people in flood-hit Kashmir


Over 1,42,000 people have been rescued so far from various parts of flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir by the armed forces and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), a statement said Saturday.

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