JAMMU, July 24 -- Two men in their 20s were killed when a landslide hit their tent near Shiv temple in Reasi district. The army pressed into service a helicopter to rescue a minor boy from a swollen river in Rajouri's Nowshera, said officials on Wednesday.

Two men were killed after a landslide hit their tent near a Shiv temple in Badora area of Mahore in Reasi district during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, said officials.

The deceased were identified as Rashpal Singh, 26, a resident of Reasi, and Ravi Kumar, 23, a resident of Udhampur district.

"They were fast asleep in a tent near the cave shrine when a landslide from an adjoining hill came crashing down, burying their tent. Both of them died on the spot," said a poli...