Flash floods caused by cloudbursts have caused significant damage to villages and cities in the Himalayan regions of Kashmir and Ladakh in ...

Four other persons, including Iqra Majid Momin Ahmad Baba, both residents of village Kullan in Ganderbal district, were killed in the incid...

A 15-year-old girl was killed when cloudburst struck on the Srinagar-Leh road in Sonamarg area of Kashmir today.

Plight of people continues as people living close to River Sindh in central Kashmir to move to safer places following cloudbursts and flash...

"There should be a resourceful, capable and pragmatic National Disaster Management Agency at the Union government level.

Omar Abdullah today called on PM Manmohan Singh and requested a special package for earthquake-hit districts of Doda and Kishtawar.

While the mechanism of cloud formation is well understood, what exactly causes a cloud to produce rain remains a meteorological mystery. Ai...

The 'cold desert' of Leh on Sundat entered the Guinness Book of World Records after 50,000 saplings were planted at a village here in less ...

In the wake of destruction caused by the cloudburst, MoS for Telecom said BSNL will spend Rs 45 crore for reconstruction and expansion of f...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has donated Rs 50,000 for rehabilitation of victims of the devastating cloudburst that hit Leh last month.

The govt has expressed unhappiness with private telecom operators for not coming forward to join hands in restoring communication links in ...

The Prime Minister said that houses destroyed in the Leh cloudburst will be rebuilt within the next two-and-a-half months and funds will no...

The Leh cloudburst has again brought out the glaring lack of adequate documentation on such sporadic weather events. J Srinivasan, chairman...

The aviation ministry received scores of complaints from people who said they paid up to twice or thrice the normal fare to fly to Delhi on...

With the recovery of more bodies,the toll in the cloudburst on Saturday climbed to 130 even as 600 more are fearedwashed away.

The home ministry has been in regular touch with the J&K government.

Flash floods triggered by a massive cloudburst have killed more than 50 people and injured several others in Leh town of Ladakh region in J...