The two soldiers of Himachal Pradesh, Ankesh Bhardwaj and Rajesh Singh were the natives of Ghumarwin in Bilaspur district and Baijnath in Kangra district respectively.
February 11, 2022When Havildar Rajendra Singh Negi could not be found for several months he was presumed killed in action and declared a 'battle casualty' in May this year.
August 17, 2020Others who were part of the team, comprising 17 or 18 members, are safe the Army stated.
May 15, 2020The avalanche occurred late on Tuesday near the mountain-surrounded town of Bahcesehir, in Van province, which borders Iran.
February 5, 2020One of the soldiers was rescued and sent to a hospital with injuries.
January 14, 2020Search and rescue operations got suspended due to bad weather conditions, which were carried out till late Tuesday.
December 4, 2019The Indian army in a statement said that an Avalanche Rescue Team (ART) following the Army patrol team immediately rushed to the spot.
November 30, 2019A group of eight persons, including six Army personnel and two porters were struck by the avalanche at an altitude of 19,000 ft around 3 pm.
November 19, 2019A seven-member Pakistan-Italian friendship expedition and the local mountaineer had started their adventure to climb an unknown 5,300-metre peak in the Hindukush mountain range in Ishkoman valley on June 2.
June 18, 2019In an aerial survey, the IAF team traced bodies of five mountaineers and their rucksacks.
June 3, 2019On the sixth day of the operation, officials had said that the chances of the survival of those trapped in the snow were slim.
March 14, 2019On the sixth day of the operation, officials had said that the chances of the survival of those trapped in the snow were slim.
March 12, 2019On the sixth day of the operation, officials had said that the chances of survival of those trapped in the snow were slim.
March 9, 2019The rescue operations to trace the five missing jawans of 7 J&K Rifles in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh resumed as weather cleared on Friday. A team of six jawans were buried alive in an avalanche while patrolling Namgia Dogri at the Shipki La border post in Kinnaur district on Wednesday afternoon. One of the …
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February 22, 2019The avalanche hit the police post on Thursday evening and also blocked the tunnel.
February 8, 2019Availability of essential commodities including food items and petroleum products has been hit by continued closure of the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway.
February 8, 2019According to police sources, the avalanche hit a police post near the Jawahar Tunnel on Thursday evening.
February 8, 2019