Uttarakhand

Syndicate content

After 17 days, rescue work in Uttarakhand over, 1.1 lakh evacuated

Uttarakhand floods July 2.jpg

Dehradun: Seventeen days after the Uttarakhand disaster, the mammoth multi-agency rescue operations to evacuate all stranded pilgrims and tourists concluded on Tuesday with a group of 150 people bein

After 17 days, rescue work in Uttarakhand over, 1.1 lakh evacuated

Seventeen days after the Uttarakhand disaster, the mammoth multi-agency rescue operations to evacuate all stranded pilgrims and tourists concluded today with a group of 150 people being taken to safety from Badrinath.

Pilgrims rescued, foodgrain shortage in some Uttarakhand villages

Rescue of pilgrims stranded in Badrinath came to an end today with about 150 of them being safely evacuated even as the administration struggled with the task of supplying relief to remote parts of Uttarakhand where foodgrain shortage has been reported in 170 villages.

Uttarakhand: Rescue of pilgrims ends, relief supply still a challange

ukhand floods 19.jpg

Dehradun: Rescue of pilgrims stranded in Badrinath came to an end on Tuesday with about 150 of them being safely evacuated even as the administration struggled with the task of supplying relief to re

CRPF presents to Shinde Rs 18 crore cheque for Uttarakhand victims

PTI7_1_2013_000145A_Kand.jpg

New Delhi: CRPF Tuesday handed over a cheque of more than Rs 18 crore to Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for relief of Uttarakhand flash flood victims.
Personnel of the paramilitary force had contri

Two ITBP personnel still untraced a week after chopper crash

P1.jpg

Whereabouts of two ITBP personnel, who were killed in the helicopter crash in Uttarakhand’s Gaurikund during rescue operations, remain untraced even after a week as special troops continued their search for them in the Garhwal ranges of the state.

Reconstruction Authority to come up in Uttarakhand: CM

Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna today announced setting up of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority to look into planning and development of the flood-hit areas of the state.

Efforts on to evacuate 900 people in Uttarakhand

Last ditch efforts were today on to evacuate about 900 people from Badrinath amid overcast conditions at some places in Uttarakhand where authorities were grappling with the task of extricating bodies from under tonnes of debris lying in Kedarghati and their cremation.

Efforts on to evacuate 900 people in Uttarakhand, extricate bodies

PTI6_30_2013_000115A_Kand.jpg

Dehradun: Last ditch efforts were today on to evacuate about 900 people from Badrinath amid overcast conditions at some places in Uttarakhand where authorities were grappling with the task of extrica

Uttarakhand floods: Blankets not distributed to pilgrims; death toll unknown, says CM

relief material Uttarakhand_0.jpg

 
Badrinath: While survivors in Badri­nath sit on the roadside, shivering and braving the rain and cold, waiting for a chopper to take them to safety, thousands of blank­ets and warm clothes, flown i

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.