India cancels civilian trek to Siachen due to Leh arelief work

Last Updated: Monday, August 16, 2010, 23:34

India on Monday shelved a plan to send a civilian mountaineering team to forbidding Siachen Glacier heights in October-November this year due to the Army`s preoccupation with relief work in cloudburst-hit Leh.

Rahul charms flood-hit Leh, extends healing touch

Last Updated: Monday, August 16, 2010, 19:27

Rahul Gandhi promised victims all help and lauded security forces for their massive relief effort.

Jawan`s body found; Army toll in cloudburst climbs to 10

Last Updated: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 19:13

A week after the devastating cloudburst in Leh, the body of a jawan has been retrieved from the Turtuk sector taking the army toll to 10 while 25 other personnel are still missing.

Antony condoles death of Army personnel in Leh cloudburst

Last Updated: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 13:57

Defence Minister AK Antony on Saturday condoled the death of eight armed forces personnel in the cloudburst and mudslide in Leh last week.

Washed away Army man`s body found in Turtuk

Last Updated: Friday, August 13, 2010, 13:55

Body of an Army man who got washed away during the Leh cloudburst has been found in the Turtuk belt of Ladakh region, a senior Army officer said,

Leh aftermath: Jawan reunited with miracle child

Last Updated: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 18:06

The two-and-half-year-old miracle baby of the Leh cloudburst, who survived slush and boulders, has been reunited with her father, who incidentally is an Army jawan posted in the ice cold Siachen region.

Villagers stranded after cloudburst over Kashmir’s Khonmoh village

Last Updated: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 14:36

Resident of Khonmoh village near Srinagar were left stranded following a cloudburst on Wednesday.

IAF conducts 28 sorties to Leh from Chandigarh

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 18:42

The IAF has conducted 28 special sorties of its biggest transport aircraft, IL-76 and AN-32, carrying relief materials and rescue equipment to Leh from its air force station here since the deadly cloudburst last week.

Manali-Leh highway partially reopened

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 13:11

The strategic national highway that connects this town in Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir has been partially reopened after it was shut due to landslides at various points last week, an official said Tuesday.

Leh tragedy be treated as national calamity: Karan

Last Updated: Monday, August 9, 2010, 21:30

Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Karan Singh today suggested that flash floods in Leh be treated as a national calamity and offered Rs 50 lakh for relief and rehabilitation work in case such a decision is taken.

Five Armymen killed, 33 untraceable after Leh cloudburst

Last Updated: Monday, August 9, 2010, 20:35

Five Armymen were killed in the cloudburst at Leh and other areas of the region while 33 personnel, swept away in flash floods that struck a camp near Siachen glacier, are yet to be traced.