Jammu Flood
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PM Narendra Modi asks people to donate generously for J&K flood victims
India | Sep 13, 2014, 09:37 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to the nation to contribute generously and to ‘stand shoulder to shoulder' with the distressed people of Jammu and Kashmir which has been the worst floods
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Hundreds starve in Jammu and Kashmir's flood affected area
India | Sep 11, 2014, 12:42 PM ISTSrinagar: Hundreds of people trapped in floods-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir with some left marooned on rooftops and others clinging to trees are in dire need of water and food."We want food and water urgently. Please
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Over 400,000 marooned in Srinagar: Officials
India | Sep 11, 2014, 11:46 AM ISTSrinagar: Over four lakh people are still marooned here as the flood waters continued to recede in river Jhelum and its tributaries, bringing relief to the flood-hit Kashmir Valley."There has been a nearly four feet
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Maharashtra CM sent minister to coordinate rescue of state tourist in Jammu
India | Sep 11, 2014, 10:52 AM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan yesterday said he had sent minister of state for relief and rehabilitation Suresh Dhas to Jammu to coordinate rescue of tourists from the state stuck there due to the
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1000 army men, families stranded without food, water in J&K
India | Sep 10, 2014, 03:07 PM ISTSrinagar: Over 1000 Army personnel and their families are stranded in various camps in Kashmir without food and water even as Army personnel work on a war footing to evacuate civilians from their marooned homes."Many
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J&K floods: People's anger justified, says CM Omar Abdullah
National | Sep 10, 2014, 01:41 PM ISTSrinagar: Terming the flood situation in the flood-ravaged Kashmir Valley as ‘very serious', Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he understood the anger of the people affected by the ‘unprecedented' catastrophe.Omar
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Water receding in Srinagar, lakhs still waiting for help
India | Sep 10, 2014, 05:30 PM ISTSrinagar: Water levels have started receding in Srinagar city, one of the worst hit by the deluge, facilitating rescue workers to pluck out another 29,000 persons to safety but four lakh people were today still
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BJP asks JK govt to release names of rescued people
India | Sep 10, 2014, 08:42 AM ISTJammu: BJP unit of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday demanded a separate communication centre which could provide the names of the rescued people so that their kin are “free from agonising worries”.“The government should set up
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J&K floods: Now a Google app to find missing people in Kashmir
India | Sep 11, 2014, 06:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: Seeking to boost search and surveillance capabilities of rescue teams in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir, a successful Uttarakhand 'Google' application is being pressed into service by the government.The Google application called 'Person Finder'
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Odisha CM announces Rs 5 crore aid for J&K flood victims
India | Sep 09, 2014, 02:58 PM ISTBhubaneswar: Announcing an assistance of Rs five crore from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for flood ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha Government on Tuesday said trained personnel are ready with equipment to undertake rescue and
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Mehbooba Mufti appeals for help for Kashmir flood victims
India | Sep 09, 2014, 02:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: Mehbooba Mufti, leader of Peoples Democratic Party of Jammu & Kashmir has appealed to all state governments, people, NGOs, Industrialists, National Disaster Management Agencies and other crisis related agencies to come foward for
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Flood fury in Jammu and Kashmir claims 211 lives
India | Sep 09, 2014, 09:46 AM ISTSrinagar: The death toll in Jammu and Kashmir's worst floods in 60 years claimed 211 so far, an official said here on Tuesday morning.In Pic: Rescue and relief operations in full swingIn well coordinated efforts,
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Over 20,000 evacuated in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir
India | Sep 09, 2014, 11:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) on Monday took stock of the flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir as over 20,000 persons were rescued from different parts of the state.A home ministry release
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Omar Abdullah draws parallel between Kedarnath, J&K rain furies
India | Sep 07, 2014, 01:22 PM ISTJammu: Drawing parallel between last year's Kedarnath tragedy and the Jammu and Kashmir's flood, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah hoped that his government will be able to keep the death toll less by better and speedy
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Alert sounded as River Sindh swells following cloudbursts
India | Sep 06, 2014, 01:41 PM ISTSrinagar: Authorities on Saturday sounded a red alert asking people living close to River Sindh in central Kashmir to move to safer places following cloudbursts and flash floods in the higher reaches triggered by incessant
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Rajnath Singh takes stock of Jammu and Kashmir flood situation
India | Sep 06, 2014, 01:54 PM ISTSrinagar: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday took stock of the flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir during a meeting here with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah."I have met the Chief Minister and the officers
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J&K floods: Straight from the Tawi bridge, Jammu
India | Sep 06, 2014, 01:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is also referred as the ‘heaven on earth', is battling its worst floods in 6 decades. The death toll has already crossed 100.Jhelum in Srinagar is
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Death toll in Jammu and Kashmir flood mounts to 13
India | Sep 04, 2014, 09:55 AM ISTSrinagar: The toll in Jammu and Kashmir floods rose to 13 on Thursday, police said.The latest casualties took place when four people were killed late on Wednesday - two were washed away in flash floods