VoL Desk, April 16: In a breaking development, a deadly snow avalanche has hit the Zojila Pass, burying several vehicles under the snow near Shaitan Nala. The incident has caused widespread panic and concern among locals and travelers in the area.
The exact number of vehicles buried under the snow is currently unknown, and rescue operations are underway to locate and evacuate any survivors.
The Kargil Police and BRO were deployed at Minamarg, where they successfully rescued six indivi...
Oct 18: Four tourists were killed as a vehicle (Thar) skidded off the slippery snow clad road and fell down into a deep gorge near Khardungla Pass in Leh District.
Reports from Leh said that four tourists on way to Nubra from Leh met with a tragic accident as their Mahindra Thar vehicle rolled down into more than 150 feet deep gorge on slippery road near Khardungla Pass, at the height of around 18,000 ft from sea level today.
There was fresh snow fall today and the road had turned slip...
VoL Desk, Sep. 21: The Lieutenant Governor, Ladakh Radha Krishna Mathur condoled the families of ice hockey player Tsetan Dolma & footballer Rigzin Lamo who lost their lives in an unfortunate accident in Ramban recently, tweeted the LG Office.
“My deepest condolences to the families of our ice hockey player Tsetan Dolma & footballer Rigzin Lamo who lost their lives in an unfortunate accident in Ramban recently.”, read the tweet.
The LG has announced an ex gratia relief of Rs. 5 lakhs ...
Banihal, Sep 19 : Two female students of Jammu University were killed and two passengers including a lady was injured after a car was hit by a canter truck on the Srinagar-Jammu highway and fell into a gorge near Dalwas area of Batote in Ramban district late Monday afternoon, police said.
Police said the car bearing registration number JK02CC 8113 on way to Jammu rolled down into a 500 feet deep gorge after hit by the truck PB08EY /2168.
Police identified the deceased as Esetan dolma ...
VoL Desk, Sep. 19: District Police Kargil solved a hit and run case occurred at Panikhar on Saturday where a school student named Zulfikhar Ali son of Akhtar Hussain, a resident of Yuljuk was hit by a Mahindra 207 vehicle, read a press release issued by the Kargil District Police.
The suspect had fled away from place the accident after the incident. The victim was reportedly injured seriously and shifted to District Hospital Kargil for medical treatment.
In this regard the District Po...
Poonch, Sep 14, KNT: At least 10 passengers were killed when a mini-bus met with an accident in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
Official sources said that the mini-bus (JK12 1419) carrying 25-30 passengers from Mandi to Saujiyan skidded off the road at Bareri Nallah and plunged into a deep gorge on Wednesday morning.
They said that 10 bodies have been recovered so for and the death toll is likely to go up.
“There are passengers with critical injuries who have been shi...
Ganderbal, Aug 21, KNT: A Swift Car plunged into a gorge on Zojila Pass of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district leaving the driver dead, and three on board seriously injured.
The accident happened on late Saturday night when the vehicle was on way to Sonmarg from Zojila.
Police sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a Swift Car (DL9CN-3828) was driven by a driver namely Sameer Ahmad Najar son of Ghulam Nabi Najar of Akhaal Kangan plunged down into gorge at Ranga Morh near BEACON...
VoL Desk, June 10: Two people have been killed and one critically injured in a road accident at Choskore village of Kargil district today early morning.
An Alto car carrying three passengers fell into a deep gorge near Samar-la at Choskore while they were traveling from village Choskore towards Kargil town.
The two males named Syed Mohammad Yaseen son of Syed Hussain aged 40 and Mohammad, son of Mohammad Hassan aged 07 were declared dead on the spot.
While a female passenger, said...
Ladakh, May 27, KNT: At least seven Indian Army soldiers were killed and 19 were injured after the vehicle they were traveling in skidded off the road and fell in Shyok river in Turtuk sector of Ladakh. The vehicle fell to a depth of around 50-60 feet.
“A party of 26 soldiers was moving from the transit camp in Partapur to a forward location in Sub Sector Hanif. The vehicle skidded off the road and fell in Shyok river, resulting in injuries to all occupants,” the Indian Army said in a sta...
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Ganderbal, May 26, KNT: Nine passengers including a father-son duo were killed in a fatal road accident late Tuesday night. The accident took place near Chini Nallah at Zojila Pass on the Srinagar-Kargil road.
While talking to news agency Kashmir News Trust Station House Officer Police Station Sonmarg Younis Bashir said that they recovered 7 bodies shortly after the accident while two more bodies were retrieved on Wednesday morning.
“Nine persons died in the accident ...
