Army team helps deliver babies

Biggest copter operation: IAF

Dehradun: The IAF has launched its biggest ever helicopter-based rescue operation to provide succour to the stranded people in Uttarakhand. Given the current pace of operations,the IAF feels it would take about a weeks time to evacuate all those affected. However,the time period is just an estimate as all depends on weather gods, Air Commodore Rajesh Isser said.

Adi Sankara temple to be rebuilt

Kancheepuram: A small Adi Sankara temple built by the Kanchi Sankara Mutt at Kedarnath bore the brunt of flood fury,and would be rebuilt once normality was fully restored,Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi said on Sunday. He said the temple was built in 1983. It might take about two years for the roads to be cleared. The Kanchi Mutt would reconstruct the temple,he said. pti