Flood survivor 'stood hanging from Kedarnath temple bell over corpses for 9 hrs in neck-deep water'
Dehradun: For 36-year-old Tehri-resident Vijender Singh Negi, hanging from the Kedarnath temple bell while standing over floating corpses in neck-deep water for nine straight hours proved a life savi
Rains, landslips hamper rescue operation in Uttarakhand
Dehradun: Bad weather returned to Uttarakhand on Monday with fresh spell of rains and landslips in the higher reaches of Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts grounding rescue operations by choppers in t
Rahul Gandhi arrives in flood-hit Uttarakhand
Dehradun/New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday arrived in Uttarakhand, days after floods wrought havoc in the mountainous state.
Earlier in the day, Rahul along with his mother an
Karnataka to send chopper to help stranded pilgrims
Bengaluru: The state will send a dedicated helicopter to help stranded pilgrims of Karnataka in Uttarakhand. The chopper that has been taken on rent took off from Hyderabad airport on Sunday and is e
51-member group has lucky escape
Nellore: A group of 51 pilgrims from Nellore, which had gone on the Char Dham yatra, returned to the district on Sunday.
The group had a lucky escape because it had left Kedarnath almost 48 hours bef
We watched our lodge being washed, say survivors
Vijayawada: Y. Prabhakara Rao’s family members feel that they are the luckiest people on earth, as the lodge in which they staying at Uttarakasi, got washed away within minutes of them stepping out a
Landslides, rain hit rescue work in Uttarakhand
Fresh spell of rains and landslips at a number of places including the higher reaches of Pauri, Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts today hit rescue operations in Uttarakhand where 10,000 survivors still remained to be taken to safety.
Sonia, Rahul flag off relief material for Uttarakhand
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi today flagged off relief material for the victims of flash floods in Uttarakhand. Top Congress leaders were present at
Presence of mind saved woman from drowning
Vijayawada: After the carriers of dollies (palenquins) deserted the 15-member group from Vijayawada that Annapurna was a part of, she did not have the time to follow them, but displayed remarkable pr
Uttarakhand floods: Rescuers race against rain; toll crosses 1,000
New Delhi: The 10,000 pilgrims rescued on Saturday brought the total number of people evacuated from rain-ravaged Uttarakhand to 70,000.
With heavy rain expected to pummel Uttarakhand starting Monda