Jawans of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescued 16 passengers, including the boatman, after a 10-hour-long operation in the Ajay river, near Jamuria in West Burdwan district in the early hours today.
“Diwali with brave jawans at Border in Bumla, Arunachal Pradesh. #HappyDeepavali2024 #Diwali,” the Union Minister wrote on X.
The jawans of National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) have recovered two bodies of youths, who were drowned in Sitalpur Ghat in the Damodar, under Kulti police station.
A staggering 68,826 hectares of farmland have been either fully or partially destroyed resulting in a loss of 2.43 lakh metric tons as the state grapples with the aftermath of relentless rains.
CISF jawans from Thursday took over charges of internal security arrangements in the state-run R G Kar Medical College Hospital, within a couple of days after the Supreme Court ordered deployment of central forces at the teaching hospital where a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor was brutally raped and murdered on 9 August.
Jawans of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Saturday retrieved the bodies of three people from the Nunia and Garui rivulets, who drowned yesterday evening due to floods in Asansol after heavy rainfall in the past forty-eight hours in the region.
Over the last two months, South Kashmir has been hit by militancy; our frontline warriors from the army are engaged in fighting insurgents. Young officers and jawans have laid down their lives.
The officers and jawans of the Indian Army in Naushera in J-K's Rajouri district celebrated the festival of Diwali on Saturday by lighting candles and Diyas away from their homes.
Two jawans travelling in a vehicle died in the line of duty in East Sikkim, the Indian Army informed on Tuesday late evening.
Preparations are in full swing for the 24th Kargil Vijay Diwas at Kargil War Memorial at Dras in Ladakh. Some jawans were seen painting the inscribed on an information plate on 75/24 Pack Howitzer.
