The Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO) Guwahati informed about the incident on X and posted, "23 army personnel have been reported missing due to a flash flood that occurred in Teesta River in Lachen Valley after a sudden cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim."
"There has been an accidental discharge of weapon resulting in one fatal casuality and one injury to army personnel. Accussed army personnel has been detained. Necessary legal action has been initiated,"District Police Bandipora in Jammu and Kashmir posted on X.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday met the family members of Indian Army soldier Mahipal Singh Wala, who lost his life during an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district last month.
Carrying forward a practice that has become a custom for Raksha Bandhan every year, local women at Churanda village in Uri sector on the Line of Control (LoC) turned out in numbers to celebrate the eternal sibling bond with Army jawans.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday handed over cheques worth Rs 1 crore each to the distressed family members of the two soldiers who were killed on August 19 in a road accident at Leh (Ladakh).
Kishan Kumar, the brother of Naib Subedar Ramesh Lal, who was among the nine soldiers who lost their life in an accident in Ladakh, demanded from the administration that the fallen jawan's wife should be given a job.
As many as nine soldiers of the Indian Army were killed and one was injured after their vehicle fell into a gorge in Ladakh, defence officials said on Saturday.