India s army personnel rescue work. Medical search. Frequent questions

Army personnel carry an injured person on a stretcher after an earthquake in Jajarkot, Nepal, on November 4, 2023. (yahoo.com)
A heavy machinery works at the the entrance to the site of an under-construction road tunnel that had collapsed trapping 40 workers in Silkyara in the northern Uttarakhand state, India, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (fox4kc.com)
Security personnel stand guard near the entrance to the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state, India, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (cbs42.com)

Indian Army has deployed choppers and troops for supporting Uttarakhand government and NDRF to tackle the flood. (hindustantimes.com)
Have been continuously speaking to senior authorities & getting updates on NDRF deployment, rescue work and relief operations," PM Modi tweeted on Sunday. (hindustantimes.com)
Four columns of Army personnel (about 300 in number) alongwith NDRF, state disaster management, city police and fire brigade personnel joined in rescue operations. (mid-day.com)
Relief and rescue operations are being carried out wherever needed with the help of 10 teams of both NDRF and SDRF. (businessinsider.in)
It added senior Commandant, NDRF, said that six teams have been working since last night. (outlookindia.com)
Our dog squad, and medical team are also engaged in the rescue operation,' the report quoted Jacob Kispotta, Senior Commandant, NDRF as having said. (outlookindia.com)
NDRF, ODRAF and Fire Service are still working to cut the bogie and try to recover the living or the dead," the report quoted officials as having said. (outlookindia.com)
Despite bad weather and unavailability of approach roads, personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), Army, Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), and the state police are searching for survivors. (actionaidindia.org)
As Chennai had some relief from incessant rains on Friday, the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) intensified its rescue and rehabilitation operations in the rain and flood-battered city and its adjoining areas as it added 20 more teams for the job and rescued over 10,000 people till now. (deccanchronicle.com)
The NDRF has also pressed 131 inflatable and other kinds of boats and numerous sets of buoys and life jackets with the rescue and relief teams. (deccanchronicle.com)
Men and machinery of NDRF, Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force and fire services have launched a massive restoration work, state Special Relief Commissioner B.P. Sethi said. (thewire.in)
Most of the NDRF personnel are engaged in Puri, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, he said. (thewire.in)
The Army personnel has established a total of 744 relief camps, Paramilitary forces, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Emergency and Fire Services of the state police, civil administration and trained volunteers working to provide relief and aid services. (planetcustodian.com)
The multi-agency effort, supported by the PMO and NDRF personnel, lasted 17 days. (newsr.in)
NDRF-SDRF personnel have arrived at the spot. (nationalheraldindia.com)
Last night District Magistrate Suryapal Gangwar said NDRF and SDRF teams are engaged in rescue operations. (nationalheraldindia.com)
As per the clues obtained from the site of the collapse, the NDRF and SDRF teams are cutting the walls, and after cutting the walls, (trapped) people will be rescued. (nationalheraldindia.com)
Thousands remained marooned across the state capital and its adjoining districts even as rescue operations were on war footing with the army, navy, coast guard, NDRF, state DRF and police stepping in. (hindustantimes.com)

Colonel SK Dutta, Indian Army said that a rescue operation is underway since last night and more army personnel will be coming from Kolkata. (outlookindia.com)
C ivil liberties and Democratic Rights organizations have for long argued that using Indian Army to prosecute war against our own people is to fight an ignoble war, because such wars are Dirty Wars under the very definition of Counter Insurgency warfare where our own people are treated as enemies to be suppressed by using military force. (sikhsiyasat.net)
Consequently, for the Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat to claim that the rules of engagement in a dirty war are "played in a dirty way" because it is a "proxy war", is a slopism at best or a subterfuge to pass off the blame for Kashmir insurgency on to Pakistan. (sikhsiyasat.net)
For 27 years Jammu and Kashmir has been a "Disturbed Area" where army and the para military forces enjoy legal immunity under Armed Forces Special Powers Act and provisions of Indian Army Act 1950 for any offence committed by them in such wars. (sikhsiyasat.net)
The extraordinary rescue and rehabilitation work carried out by Kashmiris during the floods of September 2014, when they even rescued army personnel, including in Badamibagh, the Hq of XV Corps of the Indian Army, expressed the collective resilience of a battered and bruised people, still capable of reaching out to their adversary. (sikhsiyasat.net)
Furthermore, a bench of Supreme Court hearing the matter regarding fake encounters in Manipur 1990-2012, in its interim judgment on July 8, 2016, the very day Burhan Wani was martyred, raised some pointed questions to the Indian Army and the Union of India. (sikhsiyasat.net)
On Saturday, the Indian Army and the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) successfully rescued over 2,000 tourists in North Sikkim who had been stranded due to heavy rainfall-induced landslides in the region. (voiceofsikkim.com)
Taking swift action, the troops of the Striking Lion Division, Trishakti Corps, Indian Army, and BRO worked tirelessly throughout the night amidst challenging weather conditions. (voiceofsikkim.com)
The Indian Army, responsible for safeguarding the border in the extremely high-altitude regions of the Himalayas, remains proactive in offering assistance to both tourists and the local population. (voiceofsikkim.com)
At 00:15 am on Saturday, LG VK Saxena tweeted that the civilian workers and the Indian Army personnel pressed in to repair the regulator had successfully completed the task. (outlookindia.com)
My heartfelt gratitude to our ordinary workmen and jawans and officers of Indian Army for their untiring efforts in sealing the bund breach on Yamuna, opposite WHO building and opening the gates at ITO barrage in Delhi,' said Saxena on Twitter. (outlookindia.com)
the TMR team will be there to save and train the heroes of the Indian Army. (foxinterviewer.com)
As recently as February 2022, 7 Indian Army personnel were killed by an avalanche in Arunachal Pradesh. (foxinterviewer.com)
In November 2020, an Indian army soldier died after an avalanche hit an army post in the Kupwara district of the then Jammu and Kashmir state. (foxinterviewer.com)
TMR has a long-standing memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Indian Army to provide special avalanche training and rescue support. (foxinterviewer.com)
With the goal to create a team that supports the Indian Army on a long-term basis with expert and specialized training, rescue support, and building a deep institutional knowledge base to deal with the presented challenges, TMR teams around the country visit over 140 posts every winter and train thousands of soldiers. (foxinterviewer.com)
Presently, TMR has stationed a total of six teams with the Indian Army in the most inhospitable and avalanche-prone border areas (three in Kashmir, two in Ladakh, and one in Sikkim). (foxinterviewer.com)
TMR started working with the Indian Army in 2016 to provide a dedicated avalanche rescue cover in the Kashmir and Ladakh regions during the deadly winter season. (foxinterviewer.com)
To motivate Indian Army units guarding the territorial integrity of the country along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig Dr B D Mishra (Retd) on Monday presented citations to three army units at the Raj Bhavan here. (eastmojo.com)
Mishra exhorted the commanding officers and troops to continue maintaining the highest order of inviolability of the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh and urged them to uphold discipline, hard work and empathy in the face of any situation or challenge as professional mission oriented men of the Indian Army. (eastmojo.com)
Flood rescue op by Indian Army continued for the 4th consecutive day in 7 districts of Assam. (planetcustodian.com)
General Vijay Kumar Singh , PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC is an Indian politician and a former four-star General in the Indian Army. (newsr.in)
Former Union defence minister AK Antony submitted on Wednesday before a Delhi court that former Indian Army chief General VK Singh never gave him a written complaint or audio recording (which was. (newsr.in)
Lt col Mahendra Rawat defence public relation officer said that troops of Trishakti Corps, Indian Army and personnel of Border Roads Organisation swung into action and worked overnight in heavy rains and inclement weather to create a temporary crossing over the flash flood area to facilitate rescue of tourists. (indiatimes.com)
The state government has been consulting with the Indian army and foreign experts on ways to proceed with the rescue. (cbs42.com)
The Indian army jawan has been missing since May 29. (indiatvnews.com)

The India Meteorological Department said "extremely heavy rainfall" occurred at isolated places in Arvalli, Mahisagar, Panchmahal, and Sabarkantha districts during the last 24 hours ending at 8:30 am (on Monday). (businessinsider.in)
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted more rains in Assam and Meghalaya this week as well, with the next 48 hours expecting heavy to very heavy rainfall. (planetcustodian.com)
There will be no respite," Laxman Singh Rathore of the India Meteorological Department told reporters on Wednesday, raising fears among those affected in Tamil Nadu. (hindustantimes.com)

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), which is helping in the rescue and relief work being carried out in after a devastating flash floods in Uttarakhand, said on Sunday that 100-150 people are believed to be dead in the disaster. (hindustantimes.com)
India stands with Uttarakhand & nation prays for everyone's safety there. (hindustantimes.com)
As heavy rains continue to pound several parts of Uttarakhand, rescue and relief operations in areas affected by the cloudbrust and flash floods, are being constantly disrupted. (actionaidindia.org)
The Border Roads Organisation and the Uttarakhand Public Works Department personnel have been pressed into service to reopen the routes. (actionaidindia.org)
We are hopeful that all individuals trapped inside will be safely rescued within a day or two," said Pushkar Singh Dhami, the top elected official in Uttarakhand state. (cbs42.com)

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On April 26, 2022, the Union Minister of Defence, Rajnath Singh, met and congratulated the TMR team for working tirelessly to rescue and train the Indian defense personnel. (foxinterviewer.com)

The impact of the quake that took place 11.47 pm Friday was felt in Kathmandu and surrounding districts, and even up to New Delhi in neighbouring India. (globalkashmir.net)

The rescuers worked hard despite inclement weather and managed to rescue the trapped jawans, the official said. (asianage.com)
NEW DELHI (AP) - The 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for over a week are finally getting hot meals Tuesday, provided through a newly installed steel pipe, as rescuers work on an alternate plan of digging toward them vertically. (fox4kc.com)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Rescuers in northern India supplied food and medicine to 40 construction workers on Thursday as officials started drilling through the rubble to reach the men who have been trapped since a portion of the tunnel they were working on collapsed over the weekend. (cbs42.com)
Our job was to keep our rescuers safe, healthy and nourished so that they can do their work without getting sick in the sub-zero temperature which fell as much as minus 5 degrees in Turkiye," Yadav told PTI. (udayavani.com)

Gangtok, Oct 4 (PTI) A sudden cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim has resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River in Lachen valley on Wednesday, which was compounded by the release of water from a dam, leading to 23 army personnel being washed away, camps and vehicles being submerged, officials said. (ptinews.com)

A team of engineers from the Army also reached the spot to help the civic authorities dismantle the debris. (mid-day.com)
13 people have so far been rescued alive from the debris in affected villages of Pithoragarh. (actionaidindia.org)
Begum Haider, 87, who was pulled out of the debris Wednesday morning after a nightlong rescue operation, was rushed to a hospital, where she died. (nationalheraldindia.com)
Rescue work is being carried out in a very scientific way, and I am confident that those who are trapped inside (under the debris) will be saved. (nationalheraldindia.com)
The machine's high-intensity vibrations also caused more debris to fall, prompting officials to suspend rescue efforts briefly. (fox4kc.com)
About 200 disaster relief personnel have been at the site using drilling equipment and excavators in the rescue operation, with the plan to push 75-centimeter-wide (2.5-foot-wide) steel pipes through an opening of excavated debris. (cbs42.com)
Falling debris lightly injured two rescue workers, and delayed operations on Tuesday and Wednesday. (cbs42.com)
The federal contingency force that began its operation on February 7, rescued two young girls alive and retrieved 85 bodies from the debris before they returned to India last week. (udayavani.com)
IMAGE: 82 people have been rescued so far from the debris. (rediff.com)
Huge cranes and other rescue vehicles were pressed into service to clear the debris and bring out the injured. (rediff.com)

New Delhi, Feb 15, 2021 - NTPC Ltd has fast tracked all modalities and procedures required for distribution of compensation to the immediate families of those who lost their lives in the natural disaster that struck Tapovan project in Chamoli District on February 7 even as rescue operation continue in full swing with high-end machinery. (thenewsmanofindia.com)

The exercises that will be held under the leadership of the Minister of Defense involve up to 10,000 military personnel, up to 100 tanks and other armored vehicles, up to 200 missiles and artillery systems of various caliber, multiple launch rocket systems, and mortars, up to 30 military aviation assets, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles for various purposes, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. (news.az)
We have rescued more than 10,000 people till now. (deccanchronicle.com)
The death toll in Cyclone Fani rose to 16 in Odisha on Saturday as the government mounted a massive restoration work across 10,000 villages and 52 urban areas ravaged by the storm that pounded coastal parts of the state, affecting nearly one crore people. (thewire.in)
Sethi said that around 10,000 low power transformers have been damaged due to the cyclone and the government has approached the Steel Authority of India Ltd for expeditious supply of electric poles. (thewire.in)

Both Nepal Army and Nepal Police personnel have been mobilized to carry out rescue works, officials said. (globalkashmir.net)
Border Road Organisation (BRO) has already launched rescue operations and 80 locals have been safely evacuated so far, the defence officials said. (ptinews.com)
Five Army personnel were rescued alive on Saturday after being trapped for several hours under snow in Macchil sector along the Line of Control in Kashmir Valley, officials said. (asianage.com)
Officials said that the Indian Navy, Air Force and Army are on standby to assist in relief and rescue work. (thewire.in)
State officials have contacted Thai experts who helped rescue a junior association football team that was trapped in a cave system in northern Thailand in 2018, state government administrator Gaurav Singh said. (cbs42.com)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that he has instructed the central government to immediately release ₹ 1,000 crore for relief and rescue operations in rain-hit Tamil Nadu after he reviewed the flood situation in the state. (hindustantimes.com)

focus on signal, tracks SUJIT BISOYI Bahanaga (Balasore), June 3 IN ONE OF the largest search- and-rescue operations in recent years, over 2,000 personnel raced against time to make their way through tonnes of steel and find the hundreds trapped in the wreckage of two trains that had crashed Friday evening near Balasore in Odisha. (financialexpress.com)
Balasore (Odisha) [India], June 3 (ANI): After the horrific train accident in Balasore that claimed the lives of at least 233, people queued up to donate blood for the injured in Balasore. (bombaynews.net)

At least 40 people were working at the plant, local authorities said. (hindustantimes.com)
Bharuch, With heavy rain lashing Gujarat since Sunday, 11,900 people living in low-lying areas in Vadodara, Bharuch, Narmada, Dahod, Panchmahal, Anand and Gandhinagar districts have been shifted to shelter homes while 270 stranded citizens were rescued. (businessinsider.in)
After 48 hours of rescue operation, Army personnel successfully rescued and brought these 12 people, including women and children, on the shore on Monday morning using boats," it stated. (businessinsider.in)
They found 288 bodies,and rescued over 1,100 people. (financialexpress.com)
People were seen digging through the rubble in the dark to rescue trapped people from the remains of collapsed buildings, according to posts on social media. (thekashmirimages.com)
India stands in solidarity with the people of Nepal and is ready to extend all possible assistance. (thekashmirimages.com)
The Army deployed a second team to the region, preparing hot meals for distribution to more than 200 people working around the clock on rescue operations at the Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric plant tunnels. (thewarcry.com)
Army personnel working round-the-clock to evacuate lakhs of people trapped in flood-ravaged areas are yet to reach to them. (indiapost.com)
Our work convinces us of the folly of using army for prolonged wars against our own people, when enlightened self-interest beckons a democratic resolution for long festering disputes such as the Kashmir Question. (sikhsiyasat.net)
I was nearby when this accident happened, we rescued around 200-300 people," said Ganesh, a local while talking to ANI. (bombaynews.net)
The DG said in the national capital that his teams are expected to rescue and reach out to more number of people as the water has receded in some places and power has been restored. (deccanchronicle.com)
On April 7, 2012, a deadly avalanche hit a Pakistani military camp in the Gayatri Sector, 30km west of the Siachen glacier , killing over 130 people, most of them military personnel. (ethz.ch)
Unfortunately, the people in India take it as a symbol of Indian pride and gallantry while in Pakistan it is considered the fallout of Indian aggression, which should be retaliated in equal measure. (ethz.ch)
One more person was rescued from the rubble of a building that collapsed in Lucknow's Hazratganj on Tuesday, taking the total number of people pulled out so far to 15, while at least two more are still feared trapped, a senior official said on Wednesday. (nationalheraldindia.com)
All the people who have been rescued are safe and under stable treatment. (nationalheraldindia.com)
Seven rescued people were sent to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Civil Hospital," a police official said at the spot of the incident. (nationalheraldindia.com)
The Lucknow DM said local people informed the authorities that some work was going on in the basement of the building. (nationalheraldindia.com)
Earlier Uttar Pradesh DGP D S Chauhan, who was at the site, said, "Around 12 people have been rescued. (nationalheraldindia.com)
So far, 11 people have been rescued, and five more are possibly trapped. (nationalheraldindia.com)
I only work with people who really want the best for humanity - and are willing to pass along material that will help. (divinecosmos.com)
They returned to India after the difficult mission, a part of their heart still thinking if "we could have saved more lives", yet a part filled with the love and affection they received from the affected people, one of whom, grieving the death of wife and three children, ensured Deputy Commandant Deepak got his vegetarian food wherever he was deployed. (udayavani.com)
The government of India stands by the people of Tamil Nadu. (hindustantimes.com)

An SDRF team is preparing to trace the missing trekkers by helicopter and rescue them. (indiatvnews.com)

The ITBP said that three of its teams - from 1st battalion and those from mountaineering and skiing institute (M&SI) in Auli - are carrying out the rescue operations in Raini village in Tapovan area of Chamoli district . (hindustantimes.com)
Military station near Rishikesh actively involved in the coordination of rescue and relief operations with local administration. (hindustantimes.com)
We are continuously engaged (in rescue operations) since last night. (outlookindia.com)
Dahal is scheduled to return to the capital by a regular flight, leaving the helicopter of the Nepali Army in which he initially travelled, for rescue operations. (thekashmirimages.com)
Twenty-three army personnel have been reported missing and 41 vehicles submerged under the slush, he said, adding that search operations are underway. (ptinews.com)
A review of open source information reveals that in 2012 and 2013, U.S. Special Operations forces (SOF) were likely deployed to - or training, advising, or operating with the personnel of - more than 100 foreign countries. (tomdispatch.com)
After a meeting of Delhi cabinet ministers on the flood situation in the city, AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj announced that responsibility for relief and rescue operations in six flood-affected districts has been divided among six ministers. (outlookindia.com)
The DGP added that the rescue operations will continue for another 12 hours. (nationalheraldindia.com)
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is keeping a watch on the rescue operations. (nationalheraldindia.com)
Scores of aircraft were dispatched to U.S. military bases around the Middle East, and American special operations forces are working with Israel's military in planning and intelligence. (abc4.com)

There is a time lag of about 2.5 hours between India and Turkiye. (udayavani.com)

More columns (of army) are coming from Kolkata,' report quoted Colonel SK Dutta. (outlookindia.com)
More columns (of army) are coming from Kolkata," said Colonel SK Dutta while talking to ANI. (bombaynews.net)
IMAGE: Firefighters and rescue workers search for victims at the site of an under-construction flyover after it collapsed in Kolkata, India. (rediff.com)

The rescue operation at NTPC's Tapovan Vishnugad project continues in full swing, also extensive coordinated work being carried out by multiple agencies to reach those trapped in the tunnel. (thenewsmanofindia.com)
After the Uttarkashi tunnel collapse on November 12, trapping 40 laborers, rescue efforts continue into the fifth day. (newsr.in)
The operation to rescue 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi was successful. (newsr.in)

They managed to create a temporary crossing over the flooded area, enabling the rescue of the stranded tourists. (voiceofsikkim.com)
The army personnel assisted the tourists in safely crossing the river, while also providing them with hot meals, tents, and medical support. (voiceofsikkim.com)
Temporary tents and medical aid posts have been set up in the area to ensure the well-being of the rescued tourists until the route is cleared for their onward journey. (voiceofsikkim.com)
The governor commended the 97 Field Regiment for displaying praiseworthy zeal in rendering support to the civil administration and also for helping the local population by providing them welfare and humanitarian assistance, including promotion of educational and sports activities, environmental sensitivity, women empowerment, medical facilities and rescue of civilians and tourists stranded during the natural calamities. (eastmojo.com)

AVISHEK G DASTIDAR New Delhi, June 3 AS IT TURNS the spotlight on Rescue work underway at the site of the accident in Balasore. (financialexpress.com)
Resucue work underway after an accident involving Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Express and a goods train, in Balasore district on Saturday. (telegraphindia.com)

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expressed his deep sorrow over the loss of lives and property in the earthquake on Friday night and has mobilised all the three security bodies for the immediate rescue and relief," reads a post from the prime minister's office on X. (thekashmirimages.com)
Congo floods update: In the village of Nyamukubi, where hundreds of homes were washed away, rescue workers and survivors dug through the ruins Saturday looking for more bodies in the mud. (indiatvnews.com)
The burned ferry was towed to Basilan's shoreline, where coast guard personnel and other authorities later discovered 18 more bodies in a budget section of the passenger cabin. (indiatvnews.com)
The immediate priority had been to rescue as many survivors as possible and to provide surgical and post-operative care, but the problems of clean water and sanitation, management of dead bodies, and supply logistics would soon become more pressing. (who.int)

The search and rescue operation became India's largest search operation for a missing plane on the sea in history. (wikipedia.org)
The Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard launched a large search and rescue operation, using a submarine, 12 surface vessels and five aircraft. (wikipedia.org)
Senior police and army officers are overseeing the operation. (apnlive.com)
Odisha's fire services director general Sudhanshu Sarangi, who monitored the operation, said the investments made bythe state government in upgrading capacity and procuring equipment had paid off in effectively handling the rescue operation. (financialexpress.com)
Real time information is being shared with all agencies involved in the rescue operation to avoid any delays. (thenewsmanofindia.com)
While dedicated teams from NTPC are managing the entire rescue operation behind the scene by assisting the rescue teams, the company airlifted machinery including high-end submersible slush removal pumps to increase the pace of operation. (thenewsmanofindia.com)
All required machineries for the rescue operation are currently available while requirement for any additional resources is being met on a war footing. (thenewsmanofindia.com)
He said the rescue operation was launched immediately after the snow track leading to the post caved in, resulting in five soldiers getting trapped. (asianage.com)
Army personnel carrying an elderly woman to safe place during their rescue operation in flood affected Chennai. (deccanchronicle.com)
We are only focused on search and rescue operation right now," Nepal police spokesperson Kuber Kadayat told CNN Saturday. (yahoo.com)
He praised the battalion for contributing to nation building through empowerment schemes for the local population, as also for promoting sports activities, training the local youth for Army recruitment and assisting the civil administration as part of its operation Sadhbhavna, the sources added. (eastmojo.com)
The rescue operation is going on. (nationalheraldindia.com)
Their families have been growing more worried and frustrated as the rescue operation dragged on. (fox4kc.com)
About 200 disaster relief personnel have been at the site using drilling equipment and excavators in the rescue operation. (fox4kc.com)
He asked about the rescue operation, and I told him that it is going on a war footing," said Yogesh. (cbs42.com)

The Nepal Army mobilised its personnel Friday soon after the earthquake to carry out rescue works at the incident site, according to Nepal Army spokesperson Krishna Prasad Bhandari. (thekashmirimages.com)
This has led to army vehicles parked at Bardang near Singtam getting affected, Defence spokesperson Lt. Col Mahendra Rawat said. (ptinews.com)

Rescue workers on Saturday dug through the rubble of collapsed houses to find survivors. (thekashmirimages.com)

Omar took to twitter and wrote Terrible Terrible news from J&K. A J&K Police DSP, a major and an army colonel gave the ultimate sacrifice in an encounter in Kokernag area of South Kashmir. (apnlive.com)
Download the all new Deccan Chronicle app for Android and iOS to stay up-to-date with latest headlines and news stories in politics, entertainment, sports, technology, business and much more from India and around the world. (deccanchronicle.com)

On September 8, the Army had rescued 1400 of its personnel and their families including 120 children trapped in Kashmir's Army headquarter at Badamibagh cantonment. (indiapost.com)

A government spokesman the three-member team constituted by the chief minister comprises Lucknow Divisional Commissioner Roshan Jacob, Joint Commissioner of Police Piyush Mordia and Public Works Department chief engineer. (nationalheraldindia.com)

SRINAGAR: 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. (indiapost.com)
Many camps of Army located in South Kashmir and Srinagar have been flooded and over 1000 Army personnel and their families are stranded without food and water", an Army officer said. (indiapost.com)

Around 4500 stranded locals including critical patients, elders, women & children have been rescued. (planetcustodian.com)
IMAGE: Rescue workers and locals help out at the site of the collapsed flyover. (rediff.com)

There are over 20 small and big army camps located in Central and South Kashmir belts, which are affected due to floods. (indiapost.com)

Since 2016, the Tiranga Mountain Rescue (TMR) team has trained over 20,000 defense forces personnel. (foxinterviewer.com)
The avalanche in Siachen glacier in 2016, which killed ten soldiers, made Hemant Sachdev, entrepreneur and mountaineer (Everester), start the not-for-profit trust, the Tiranga Mountain Rescue team, to provide rescue and training to the heroes serving on the toughest terrain on Earth. (foxinterviewer.com)
From 2016 to 2018, it provided rescue services and later provided advanced training for cover, route analysis, rescue, and other missions in the highest, dangerous, and avalanche-prone areas of the mountains. (foxinterviewer.com)

The aircraft was en route from Tambaram Air Force Station in the city of Chennai on the western coastline of the Bay of Bengal to Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. (wikipedia.org)
The horrific collision involving the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express, the SMVT Bengaluru-Howrah Express and a goods train took place nearBahanaga Bazarstation around 7 pm on Friday.Of the more than 1,100 rescued, nearly500 are being treated at various hospitals in the state. (financialexpress.com)
The force already has 30 teams, with 40 personnel in each, working in the affected areas of Chennai and adjoining Puducherry. (deccanchronicle.com)

Prime Minister Prachanda has instructed security agencies to immediately carry out rescue and relief works. (thekashmirimages.com)
Of the target of US$ 575 million, US$ 107 million had already been raised, along with 25% of the US$ 33.4 million requested for health relief work. (who.int)

Police jawans and fire brigade personnel have also arrived," he said. (nationalheraldindia.com)

RÉSUMÉ Le tremblement de terre survenu en octobre 2005 au Pakistan a entraîné l'apparition d'une nouvelle génération de personnes handicapées dans les districts touchés. (who.int)

As many as 21 persons, including 15 army men, have been killed since Wednesday due to avalanches and snowfall-related deaths in Kashmir valley. (asianage.com)
Instead of admitting that military solution has run its course and popular mood in Kashmir has turned more determined in its struggle for 'Azaadi', the army chief continues 'to slog a dead horse' of military solution, when everything else points towards political solution. (sikhsiyasat.net)
Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj accused former Army Chief General VK Singh of diverting attention from China by focusing on Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). (newsr.in)

With the oldest-known traditions of collective decision-making, India contributes to the foundational DNA of democracy. (barta24.com)

and eight defence civilians working with Naval Armament Depot (NAD). (wikipedia.org)

In the exercises to be held in a mountain-wooded area with difficult terrain, the main attention considering the combat experience gained during the Patriotic War will be focused on controlling troops, bringing them into the state of combat readiness and regrouping, as well as on improving combat coordination and interoperability between the Army Corps, Rocket and Artillery Troops, aviation and Special Forces. (news.az)
I subsequently became the first military person assigned to the new U.S. Army Air Corps helicopter pilot training squadron. (cbi-theater.com)

Constable Rekha, who joined the force in 2020 from the ITBP, said they reached out to women who were struck by the disaster even as they helped in preparing logistics for the rescue teams. (udayavani.com)

CAA offers citizenship to religious minorities who entered India through Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan before 2015. (apnlive.com)
India and Pakistan have been hit by a severe heat wave very early this summer. (riazhaq.com)
India, Pakistan: Working Towards Thawing the Siachen Conflict? (ethz.ch)
The scale of the tragedy once again brought into focus a long-standing conflict between India and Pakistan over Siachen, often referred to as " the world's highest battlefield . (ethz.ch)
Since 1984, India and Pakistan have engaged in military conflicts at altitudes as high as 22,000ft and at temperatures that plunge below -60 degrees centigrade. (ethz.ch)
However, after the Kargil conflict of 1999, which saw infiltration from the Pakistan side into the Indian side of the LOC, India hardened its stance and decided against the withdrawal of its troops unless Pakistan agreed to sign off on the AGPL (Actual Ground Position Line) which would map the current positions of troops/outposts. (ethz.ch)

India's G20 presidency will work to promote this universal sense of one-ness. (barta24.com)

Former chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah mourned the death of the DSP and army officers. (apnlive.com)

The R-6 provided search and rescue services in China during the final months of the war. (cbi-theater.com)

Our 6 teams are working here since last night. (outlookindia.com)
In addition, the NTPC engineering teams close coordination with rescue teams could help them comprehend the design of tunnels, thus helping them save 12 lives on Day One. (thenewsmanofindia.com)
Salvation Army teams worked at border posts connecting South Africa with Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini and Lesotho. (thewarcry.com)
A senior official said teams from the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and other agencies, which have been on the rescue job since last evening, managed to rescue a woman this morning. (nationalheraldindia.com)
Rescue teams will need to dig 103 meters (338 feet) downwards to reach the trapped workers - nearly double the distance. (fox4kc.com)

The Bravehearts of the TMR team have over 20 experienced mountaineers (veterans and civilians) who are continuously trained by the world's premier mountain and avalanche rescue organization, Air - Zermatt in Switzerland. (foxinterviewer.com)

Of these, I spent six and a half years on deputation in Egypt working on Messerschmitt's last design, the HA-300 - his first supersonic aircraft. (bharat-rakshak.com)
He explained the political implications of my working on a very expensive aircraft project in a friendly country. (bharat-rakshak.com)
The first recorded use of a helicopter as rescue aircraft by the U.S. Military took place in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II. (cbi-theater.com)
Alec von Voight grew up in Connecticut, where his father worked for Sikorsky Aircraft. (cbi-theater.com)
After graduating high school, Alec too went to work for Sikorsky Aircraft and was involved in the development of the Hoverfly. (cbi-theater.com)
Throughout these early years improvements were rapidly made in helicopter technology speed and stability increased, engines were more powerful, range was extended and the R-4 was proving its worth as an effective aircraft for reconnaissance and rescue. (cbi-theater.com)

A comprehensive response was launched jointly by the Ministry of Health, Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority and the World Health Organization involving rescue and recovery, hospitalization, surgical interventions, building of infrastructure, development of technical guidelines to improve quality of care, human resource deployment and training. (who.int)

Informing that work is in progress on a war footing for restoration of power and water supply, he said hundreds of engineers and technicians are working to restore the services. (thewire.in)

All the five soldiers were rescued alive and were shifted to hospital for treatment," an Army official said. (asianage.com)
In India, on average, around 20 to 25 soldiers serving on the most dangerous mountain tops of the Himalayas have lost their lives to avalanches. (foxinterviewer.com)
A Sikorsky-built R-4 helicopter was used in April 1944 in a dramatic rescue of a downed pilot and three wounded soldiers in the jungles of Burma. (cbi-theater.com)

From 2010 to 2020, a total of 368 defense personnel lost their lives to avalanches. (foxinterviewer.com)

A dedicated taskforce from NTPC has been working round-the-clock on the modalities including collating necessary information with regard to every missing worker and liaisoning with District Administration in order to fast-track compensation distribution. (thenewsmanofindia.com)

Sashikanta Behera, a Bahanaga-based journalist who was involved in the rescue efforts, told this newspaper: "The goods train's 58 wagons stretched nearly half a kilometre. (telegraphindia.com)

ARPAN, which works in three blocks -Dharchula, Kanalichhina and Didihat - of Pithoragarh district, has deployed a team that visited Artari and Urdama village of Pithoragarh. (actionaidindia.org)
the team is comprised of mountaineers who have been working for decades in avalanche mitigation and rescue missions. (foxinterviewer.com)
As the first professional mountain and avalanche rescue organization raised in India, the TMR team is on the mission to save the lives of those who serve a day and day night to protect billions of Indians. (foxinterviewer.com)
The team is deployed for six months at different locations in India and works 24×7. (foxinterviewer.com)
An Army team has also arrived at the spot, they said. (nationalheraldindia.com)
An Army team has arrived here for rescue work," he added. (nationalheraldindia.com)
He left for the army, eventually becoming a lieutenant with the military intelligence service, 347th Interrogation Team, especially with his knowledge of the Japanese language. (garfieldhs.org)

Releasing the report of this survey of 700 IT units on Wednesday, D S Rawat, Chairman, MSME-EPC, said that a large number of employees in MSME sector companies are going to other companies for higher salaries after learning the work. (indiatimes.com)

Murty said 70 per cent of work on construction of the flyover had been completed, and today (Thursday) 60th slab was being "done" (when it collapsed). (mid-day.com)

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