Officials said that the mortal remains of the mountaineers will be sent to their native places after a post-mortem examination. In a tweet, the Army's rescue team said the four bodies were brought to Joshimath from the peak of Mount Trishul in helicopters on Sunday morning.
A combined team of Indian Army, Air Force and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) assisted by a helicopter are engaged in rescue operations, it said.
The dark patch turned out to be the scar left by the 35 million cubic yards of missing rock and glacier ice with a three-foot-deep layer.
Indian Army personnel are carrying out rescue operation at the site of avalanche in Sumna area of Joshimath Sector in Chamoli district.
The death toll in an avalanche near the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district rose to 11 on Sunday, officials said.
At least eight bodies have been recovered after an avalanche hit Sumna area of Joshimath sector in Chamoli district on April 23, informed Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar on April 24.
Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Tirath Singh Rawat conducted an aerial survey of Sumna area of Joshimath Sector in Chamoli district on April 24, where an avalanche occurred yesterday due to heavy snowfall. "HM Amit Shah called us up last night.
A Border Road Organisation (BRO) detachment and two labour camps exist nearby for road construction work along this axis. An Army camp is located three kilometres from Sumna village.
Three Russian climbers have gone missing from Annapurna peak -- popular spot for travelers in Nepal.
Sonamarg is experiencing chilly weather as the region witnessed heavy snowfall in past few days.
Uttarakhand: Operation resumes at tunnel in Joshimath, Chamoli dist after it was temporarily halted following a rise in water level of Rishiganga river. NDRF personnel say, "Water level is rising so teams were shifted to safer locations. Operation has resumed with limited teams."
An avalanche near Tapovan in Uttarakhand has damaged a part of our under-construction hydropower project in the region, NTPC Limited informed on Sunday after part of Nanda Devi glacier burst earlier in the day in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district causing wide-spread devastation.
Soon after the glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, the state government issued helpline numbers for people stranded in affected areas.
In an exclusive talk with India TV Uttarakhand CM TS Rawat said that he would be reaching Chamoli shortly to assess the situation. The chief minister said that the Rishiganga project and the NTPC project have suffered a huge damage.
Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing a 40-day long period of harsh winter cold the 'Chillai Kalan', which will end on January 31.
Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority (DMA) has issued high, medium and low level avalanche warning for the higher reaches of the avalanche prone areas in the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority (JKDMA) on Tuesday issued fresh medium to low-level avalanche warnings for higher reaches of avalanche-prone areas of the Union Territory.
300 passengers stranded at Zojila pass in Srinagar, after a snow avalanche hit the region, has been rescued by Border Roads Organisations (BRO).
An avalanche badly hit in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul and Spiti district.
Indian Army paid tribute to soldier Nikhil Sharma in Srinagar on November 19. Sharma lost his life in an avalanche in Tangdhar of the Kupwara district on November 17.
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