Tuesday, October 11 2005 19:04 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: United States (US) has offered India all help for the quake victims in Jammu and Kashmir, with New Delhi saying that relief operations were being carried out with resources from within the country.

The offer was made by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a telephonic talk with Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee last evening (Oct 10, 2005) on the mega quake in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country, a Defence Ministry spokesman said.

During the talks last evening, Mukherjee described the situation as being 'under control' and thanked Rumsfeld for the offer of help.

He informed Rumsfeld, who expressed his condolences, that relief and rescue operations were going on with resources mustered from within the country.

Rumsfeld was also informed about the relief supplies being sent by India to Pakistan, for which he expressed his appreciation, the spokesman said.