Nine civilians were on Friday rescued alive in a joint operation from the avalanche hit famous north Kashmir health resort of Sonamarg.The civil administration had on Thursday approached the army for assistance in rescuing missing civilians who had taken shelter under a bridge to save themselves.
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Two avalanches hit Siachin Glacier, the world's highest battlefield in Ladakh region on Wednesday morning killing three army troopers.
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A fresh avalanche hit Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, killing an army jawan in Kupwara district; a day after 17 armymen met a similar fate during a winter warfare training exercise.
At least 15 Army troopers were killed and 17 injured when an avalanche struck a training camp of the Army in Khilanmarg area near the north Kashmir ski resort of Gulmarg Monday. Two are still missing.
"Army search teams have so far recovered bodies of two armymen while search for others is still on." The search may be hampered, because the meteorological office in Srinagar has predicted more rains and snow for the next two days in Kashmir.
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At least six Sikh pilgrims were killed and 10 others injured when an avalanche struck Ghangharia area near Hemkund Sahib shrine in Chamoli district in Dehradun on Monday evening.
"The snow track leading to an army post caved in at Macchil this morning, resulting in five soldiers getting trapped under the snow," officials said.
A resident of village Betadur in Dharwad district of Karnataka, the Madras regiment soldier was pulled out alive from under 30 ft of ice-and-snow debris where he lay buried for six days on the unforgiving Siachen glacier.
The spokesman said the bodies of the deceased soldiers were recovered by rescue teams, which swung into action immediately after the avalanche struck the post.
The bodies of four persons including a policeman who were buried under an avalanche during the heavy snowfall last week were recovered by the joint search parties of the army and police on Sunday.
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The bodies of four army personnel, including an officer, were recovered on Wednesday, taking the death toll due to the avalanche to six in Jammu and Kashmir. Four persons were still missing in Gurez sector of Bandipora district along the Line of Control, defence sources said.Army's rescue-cum-search teams have recovered the bodies of three jawans and an officer from the site of the snow avalanche in Gurez sector, the sources said.
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Four persons were killed while scores of others were rescued when avalanches struck the Kashmir Valley after unprecedented snowfall.
An avalanche alert was sounded on Tuesday evening in Kashmir Valley following heavy snowfall across the state since Monday.
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With 196 dead, Kashmir has borne the brunt of nature's future.
The avalanche, the third in a week in Jammu and Kashmir, buried two BSF bunkers housing 19 personnel.
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The death of 10 soldiers earlier this year in an avalanche in the critical Sonam post, located close to the Line of Control with Pakistan, was due to global warming.
India will not vacate the Siachen glaciers as Pakistan cannot be trusted and it may occupy the strategic location once it is vacated, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today.
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