Tag: Uttarakhand

PM Narendra Modi visited Kedarnath on Friday (November 5) to seek blessings from the Lord

Sara Ali Khan and her close friend Janhvi Kapoor recently visited Kedarnath. The besties shared pictures of themselves posing near the shrine. What followed next was a series of trolls on social media. The photos did not go well with the audience and they started trolling the actress left, right and centre. “Lanat hai tumpar Sara, Allah se daro’…..

Elephant Gets Stuck In Flooded River In Uttarakhand, Rescued & Released In Forest

The Nani Lake in Nainital, Uttarakhand flooded after incessant rainfall.

Chamoli/Ganjam: As many as 42 pilgrims from Bhanjanagar have been stranded near Badrinath due to intense snowfall. According to sources, the pilgrims were returning from Badrinath after darshan when the roads were blocked with snow following which they had to take shelter in a dharamsala. “There is no food, drinking water and electricity here. We […]

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday ordered that there can be no landfill sites or garbage dumping within half-a-kilometre area of the Ganga between Haridwar in Uttarakhand and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh. The bench also announced a penalty of Rs 50,000 on anyone dumping waste near the river. During the hearing of a […]

Bhubaneswar: Inter-state ATM looters’ gang leader Ajay Choudhury was arrested in Uttarakhand by the Commissionerate Police for looting more than Rs 48 lakh from five ATM machines in Puri, Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. Informing newsmen about the arrest at the DGP camp office in Bhubaneswar, Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh said teams of the […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of the Biju Patnaik Himalaya Abhiyan-2016, 15 Odia mountaineers will begin their expedition from September 20. The team comprising nine male and six female members will set off its expedition to scale 5819 metre Rudugera mountain peak in the Himalayan region in Uttarakhand. The expedition will conclude on October 5. To be […]

Lucknow: As part of the ongoing Indo-US defence cooperation, a joint military training exercise “Yudh Abhyas 2018” will be conducted in the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand’s Chaubattia from September 16-29, a spokesman of the Central Command said on Monday. This will be the 14th edition of the joint military exercise hosted alternately by […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court collegium is understood to have recommended senior woman lawyer Indu Malhotra and Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court K M Joseph, who was part of the bench that quashed the imposition of President’s rule in Uttarakhand in 2016, for appointment as judges of the apex court. Malhotra, if appointed, […]

New Delhi: Tremors were felt in Delhi and NCR at around 8.45 p.m. on Wednesday that lasted for a few seconds following a moderate earthquake in Uttarakhand. According to the Centre for Seismology, an earthquake of 5.5 magnitude was reported in Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand. “The epicentre is in Uttarakhand, the tremors felt in Delhi and […]

Dehradun: The Yamunotri Highway in Uttarakhand continues to remain blocked for the third consecutive day on Thursday by the debris of landslides, an official said. More than 800 people are stranded. While authorities are working to clear the debris, the official said it could take one more day for the traffic to resume. The pilgrims […]

Dehradun: Four persons were killed and 10 others, including six soldiers, went missing after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district on Monday, police said. The disaster occurred near Malpa, washing away 14 persons. Four bodies have been recovered but the six soldiers and four others remained untraced. “One JCO (Junior Commissioned Officer) […]

Dehradun: Heavy rains have disrupted the annual Badrinath and Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage in Uttarakhand as routes have been blocked at many places due to landslides, an official said on Saturday. The Badrinath highway has been shut at the Lambagad area in Chamoli district. The 14th group of pilgrims to the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra has been […]

New Delhi: Chinese troops transgressed almost a kilometre into Indian territory in Barahoti of Uttarakhand last week, even as a stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops is on in Doklam in the Sikkim sector. While the Indian Army has refused to comment on the incident, an official said that transgressions occur due to different perceptions […]