While addressing the reporters in the presence of Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, the Union Minister stated that all patients were out of danger and were recovering well.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha visited the Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu to meet victims injured in the recent cloudburst disaster in Kishtwar district. During his visit, he expressed hope for their swift recovery and detailed ongoing relief efforts.
The Chadi for the Machail Mata pilgrimage reached the Chasoti area in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Wednesday, where a devastating cloudburst occurred on August 14, claiming over 60 lives. Rescue operations are still underway.
In Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, the search operation continues for those missing after a cloudburst hit Chasoti village, which claimed 61 lives.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that it might be impossible to find anyone alive in the Kishtwar incident, stating that the disaster took place due to cloudburst rather than a breach of glacial lakes.
On the cloud burst and flash flood in Kishtwar, J&K Congress President Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday expressed grief and support for the families of the deceased in the incident. He also raised a few questions for the administration, such as whether people could have been saved if the bri
In the aftermath of a devastating cloudburst and flash floods that struck Kathua district, Jammu & Kashmir on August 17, 2025, the Indian Army swiftly mounted large-scale rescue and relief operations to support the distressed population.
Addressing the media, Chief Secretary Dulloo said, "...61 people have lost their lives in the incident. Security forces and various agencies have launched a collective search and rescue operation. CISF, J&K Police, CRPF, BRO, Indian Army, and NHPC were present at the spot immediately aft
The Indian Army and disaster response forces are rescuing the pilgrims stranded at the Machail Mata Temple on Sunday after the cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar, which left at least 55 people dead.
"I had come here on Rakshabandhan to drop my wife off at her parents' home. I went back to Punjab on the morning of 12 August, around 7 am. Around 10.30 am the same day, she went for 'darshan' to 'Machail Mata Mandir'. Then on 13 August, I got a call from my wife's brother-in-law. He told me