Tag: Uttarakhand

All 13 districts of the state were affected with Uttarkashi reporting the highest number of casualties.

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60 killed in rain-related incidents in Uttarakhand this monsoon

September 2, 2019

Dehradun: Rain-related incidents have killed at least 60 people in Uttarakhand this monsoon, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said ...

A private helicopter with three persons on board crashed near Moldi in the rain-hit Uttarkashi district after getting entangled in cables.

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DGCA forms team to probe Uttarakhand helicopter crash

August 21, 2019

New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has deputed a team of officials to conduct a preliminary enquiry in the helicopter crash ...

Situated at over 5000 metres above sea-level in the Indian Himalayas, Roopkund Lake has long puzzled researchers due to the presence of skeletal remains from several hundred ancient humans.

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India’s mysterious ‘skeleton lake’ where bones of unknown Europeans are found

August 21, 2019

New Delhi: The mysterious skeletons of Roopkund Lake in Uttarakhand contain bones from an enigmatic group of eastern Mediterranean people ...

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Six killed in Uttarakhand landslides

August 12, 2019

Dehradun/Gopeshwar: Six persons, including a woman and her nine-month-old daughter, were buried alive as landslides triggered by heavy rains ...

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Nine dead after car with school students falls into gorge

August 6, 2019

Dehradun: At least nine students were killed when a vehicle carrying school students fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand Tuesday, ...

Uttarakhand Urban Development Minister Madan Kaushik

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No more slaughterhouses in Uttarakhand, says Minister Kaushik

July 24, 2019

Dehradun: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by Trivendra Singh Rawat has cancelled the licence of a slaughterhouse in ...

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Delhi woman thrown into deep gorge in Uttarakhand by lover

July 23, 2019

Dehradun: A woman from Delhi suffered grievous injuries after she was pushed into a deep gorge by her live-in partner ...

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Uttarakhand BJP legislator expelled from party after video of pistol dance goes viral

July 17, 2019

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Kunwar Pranav Singh ‘Champion’, suspended from the party for an indefinite period, was ...

Rawat said as the in-charge of party affairs in Assam, he was responsible for the below-par performance of the Congress in the parliamentary polls and thus, had decided to step down from the post.

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Ex-Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat resigns from Congress

July 4, 2019

New Delhi: Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat announced his resignation as the Congress general secretary in-charge of Assam Thursday, ...