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Operations to rescue Jawans buried by Himachal avalanche resume
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The rescue operations to locate five soldiers trapped in snow after an avalanche hit in Namgya region of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh resumed on Thursday.
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Army man dead, 5 trapped after hit by avalanche in Himachal’s Kinnaur dist
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): One Army jawan is dead and five still trapped after an avalanche hit them in Namgya region of Kinnaur district on Wednesday.
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J-K: 170 stranded people evacuated by Indian Air Force from Srinagar
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Indian Air Force on Saturday deployed C-17 Globemaster heavy-lift aircraft to transport 170 people stranded in Srinagar to Jammu.
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Snowfall blocks Jammu-Srinagar highway, commuters stranded
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Multiple avalanches and landslides in the state of Jammu and Kashmir have left the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway closed, for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday.
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Seven including 5 cops killed in J-K avalanche
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kulgam (Jammu and Kashmir) (India) Feb 8 (ANI): Seven bodies including that of five policemen have been recovered in Kulgam district near Jawahar tunnel on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway where an avalanche took place on Friday morning, said an official statement.
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One policeman dead, 2 cops trapped in J-K avalanche
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kulgam (Jammu and Kashmir) (India) Feb 8 (ANI): One policeman has been killed and at least two others remain trapped in the avalanche that buried a police post trapping 10 policemen in Kulgam district near the Jawahar Tunnel on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.
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Himachal Pradesh: Avalanche hits apple orchards in Kinnaur
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Breaking of the thick ice sheets in the upper hills of Barang village in the tribal district of Kinnaur caused destruction in the apple gardens here in the wee hours of Friday.
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22 families evacuated from avalanche prone areas in J-K's Kangan
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kangan (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 7 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday evacuated 22 families from an avalanche-prone area in Gund area of Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district to safer places after heavy snowfall.
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Himachal Disaster Management issues advisory for snow-bound districts post
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Following the avalanche warning issued by the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE), Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA) on Tuesday issued an advisory for the departments and the general public.
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Three died in avalanche at Pahalgam
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Pahalgam (Jammu & Kashmir) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Three persons died after an avalanche hit Pahalgam on Friday.
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Himachal snowfall: DDMA asks people to stay on alert
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): In the wake of heavy snowfall warning, the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Chamba has issued an advisory asking people to stay on alert and refrain from going to avalanche affected areas.
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Himachal govt urges locals to avoid visiting avalanche-prone slopes
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): Owing to a fresh spate of snowfall in various parts of the state, locals have been advised to avoid venturing near avalanche-prone slopes.
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