JAMMU: PM Narendra Modi is very concerned about the cloudburst in Chishoti village in J&K’s Kishtwar and is monitoring the situation,” defence minister Rajnath Singh told reporters after meeting the injured victims at Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu Sunday.“PM Modi wanted to know about the ground situation. Therefore, I came here to meet the…
Kishtwar: Search and rescue operation underway at Chisoti village after a flash flood triggered by cloudburst, in Kishtwar. (PTI Photo) CHASOTI: A two-storey wooden home crumbled in seconds. Boulders roared down the hillside, mud and water swallowed fields at Chasoti village in J&K’s Kishtwar district. “It was as if mountain itself was coming down,” said…
Photo/Agencies Prime Minister Narendra Modi, delivering his 12th consecutive Independence Day address from the Red Fort, announced initiatives to make India self-reliant, technologically advanced, and economically stronger, with the aim of becoming a developed nation by 2047. He also said a new two-slab Goods and Services Tax structure will replace the current 5-28% rates. In…
Video/Social media NEW DELHI: A cloudburst triggered a flash flood in Chisoti village of Kishtwar district on Thursday, killing at least 60 people and injuring more than 100 others.Officials in Jammu and Kashmir said on Friday that 21 bodies have been recovered and identified, news agency PTI reported.More than 160 people have been rescued so…
Cloudburst in J&K’s Kishtwar (PTI photo) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke to Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha about the cloudburst tragedy in Kishtwar. He reviewed the situation and assured all possible help.Omar Abdullah shared the update on X, saying, “I just received a call from Hon…
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Many victims of Thursday’s flash floods in J&K’s Kishtwar district were having lunch at a pilgrim camp when a cloudburst struck the area between noon and 1pm, causing rapidly filling rivulets to swamp a swathe of the valley. The camp set up for pilgrims bore the brunt of the damage, leaving a mud-filled gorge…
JAMMU: Continuing its drive against terror ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, security forces cordoned off a hideout in a forested area in Dul Monday to smoke out two heavily armed terrorists who opened fire on a ‘track & kill’ team, triggering an encounter Sunday.“The terrorists are believed to be hiding in a cave…
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists on Sunday in Kishtwar region of Jammu and Kashmir. “Alert Indian Army troops while carrying out an intelligence based operation have established contact with terrorists in general area of Dul in Kishtwar in early hours of 10 Aug 2025,”…
JAMMU: J&K police carried out Saturday multiple searches at the homes of Pakistan-based terrorists and alleged associates in Jammu’s Kishtwar, a day after similar raids in neighbouring Doda.Saturday’s searches covered 26 houses, including that of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Mohammad Amin Bhat alias “Jehangir Saroori”, with officials describing the action as part of a larger clampdown…
JAMMU: A gunfight broke out Sunday between security forces and terrorists following a cordon-and-search operation launched on specific intelligence in Dachhan area of J&K’s Kishtwar district. At least three terrorists, suspected to be affiliated with Pakistan-backed banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad, are believed to be trapped.“Security forces came under intense fire during the search, triggering a gunfight,”…