Four Army men died on the spot when a mine-protected vehicle of the 23 Rastriya Rifles unit fell in a 300-feet deep gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
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The C-17 Globemaster can airlift around 230 passengers in one go and takes less time to fly between different places.
"One BRO personnel from the team is still missing," the sources added.
According to the Met department, Srinagar recorded 0.4 mm of snowfall till 0830 am.
Khan, 37, was injured in the terror attack and later flown to Delhi in an air ambulance for specialised treatment. However, he succumbed to injuries at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
As news started pouring in about the plight of the stranded tourists, the administration swung into action and started free boarding and lodge for the tourists.
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The Centre on Tuesday announced an additional package of Rs 2,437 crore for reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir.
Three persons were also hurt when militants exploded an Improvised Explosive Device at Tehsil chowk of the district.
This is the first time that suicide attackers have adopted this tactic.
'In times to come this will be considered a watershed event, but only if the establishment can see the flag which is up and the straws in the wind which are flying,' says Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
Jammu and Kashmir government today declared a flood situation in Kashmir Valley as Jhelum river crossed the danger mark in Srinagar following incessant rains.
The army cordoned off the area and fired in air to maintain area domination, an official said, adding reinforcements have been rushed.
12 security personnel, including three officers, were also injured in the operation at Reasi.
Airtel became the first private telecom operator to launch mobile phone services in Jammu and Kashmir and said that it would invest Rs 125 crore\n\nin the state by the end of this fiscal.
Villages are flooded, roads have washed away and railway tracks have submerged under the rising waters.
Kashmir remained on the edge with six more persons, including a cop getting killed in violence on Sunday.
Two to three terrorists are suspected to be holed up in the building, as intermittent gunshots can be heard from inside the building.
Two AK-47 rifles, seven magazines, 134 rounds of bullet, one radio set, one GPS device and a large quantity of war-like store were recovered from the possession of the slain terrorists
After frequent incursions in Ladakh area, Chinese People's Liberation Army troops have been spotted at forward posts along the Line of Control on the Pakistani side of Kashmir, ringing alarm bells in the security grid.
Amarnath Yatra was on Friday suspended on Baltal and Pahalgam routes due to incessant rainfall since Thursday night.
The J&K police's 81 medals are the maximum awarded to any police force this year, followed by the CRPF's 55.
Two paramilitary, Central Reserve Police Force troopers were killed in a militant attack on a road opening party of the CRPF in south Kashmir Pulwama district on Thursday evening.
In a twin terror attack, three heavily-armed militants dressed in army fatigues on Thursday stormed a police station and an army camp in Jammu region killing nine people including a Lieutenent Colonel, casting a shadow on the upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif.
The police also issued appointment orders to the duo who were taken hostage by the terrorist while looking for an escape route.
Dense to very dense fog engulfed the Indo-Gangetic plains, including Delhi, for the second morning on the trot on Tuesday, lowering visibility to 50 metres in the city and affecting road traffic and train movement.
About 10 inches of snow had accumulated on ground around Jawahar Tunnel areas, but the real problem is continuous landslides and shooting of stones triggered by incessant rains in Ramban sector which is hampering the efforts of early restoration of the highway.
With the threat of disease outbreak lurking in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, efforts have been initiated on a war-footing to provide medical staff and medicines even as rescue operations were slightly hampered on Sunday due to return of rains in the Valley.
Along the 202-kilometre long International Border in the Jammu region.
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The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that if the Army cannot move its missile launchers, heavy machinery up to the northern Indo-China border, then how will it defend it and fight a war, if it breaks out.
Two Army personnel were injured in the gunbattle.
The Batote-Doda-Kishtwar National Highway was closed due to huge boulders at Thathri market triggered by the cloudburst.
A policeman was critically injured on Monday after a suspected terrorist attacked him with a knife at Pampore in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said.
The terrorists ambushed the police team which had gone to Mir Bazaar area to investigate a road accident case.
'Both sides have agreed that the overall situation should be handled in a responsible manner'
Mueen, who works as an Information Technology manager at Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Pampore was offering late afternoon prayers with colleagues when three militants entered the campus on Saturday.
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