J-K Leader of Opposition Sunil Kumar Sharma said rescue teams evacuated injured first and cleared debris, aided by army and disaster forces. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reported 55 bodies recovered as rescue continues, prioritising relief and rehabilitation amid challenging conditions.
"What kind of humanity is this? Ministers come here and, instead of giving immediate relief, they register an FIR and go away. The government cannot have a more insensitive face than this," said the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly.
Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah confirmed almost 55 deaths and over 100 injuries after the Kishtwar flash flood disaster. He said rescue efforts are the priority, with many still missing, and assured that relief and rehabilitation of affected families will follow.
Speaking to ANI, Singh described the disaster as unprecedented. "This was an unprecedented disaster and I feel that we have never seen or heard of it in our lifetime. We have never experienced anything like this in this area and recently, such cloudbursts have been happening in Himachal Prad
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday urged the Union government to provide at least one bigha of land to families whose homes and farmlands have been washed away in the ongoing monsoon disaster, and to relax provisions of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, to ma
A sit-in by families of Balochistan's missing persons in Islamabad entered its 31st day, with demonstrators accusing police of harassment and force. Despite restrictions, they held a seminar condemning enforced disappearances, extrajudicial detentions, and human rights abuses, calling for de
The monsoon havoc in Himachal Pradesh has claimed 257 lives since June 20, according to the Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA).
The Indian Army, in coordination with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), local police, and district administration, is at the forefront of rescue operations in Chasoti village, Kishtwar district, following a devastating flash flood.
Uttarkashi district administration said that critically ill patients from Dharali and other border areas affected by the devastating cloudburst were sent to the district hospital via MI-17 helicopter.
RJD leader Manoj Jha on Friday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address, saying it "disappoints every time" and questioned whether it was an election speech rather than a national address. He added that a discussion on the RSS's role in India's freedom struggle woul