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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Communication established with trapped workers
Uttarkashi: Rescuers who worked overnight to rescue around 40 workers trapped after an under-construction tunnel on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri National Highway collapsed here have established contact with them and provided them with food…
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Uttarakhand: Under construction tunnel collapses, 36 workers trapped
Uttarkashi: A portion of a tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway here collapsed on Sunday morning, trapping 36 workers inside, officials said. Police, National Disaster Response…
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Uttarakhand: Temples including Badrinath & Kedarnath doors close due to lunar eclipse
Haridwar: The doors of temples across Uttarakhand, including Badrinath and Kedarnath, were closed on Saturday evening for the ‘Sutak’ period of the last lunar eclipse of this year which occurred after midnight.…
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65% houses in Joshimath impacted by land subsidence: Govt report
Delhi: Land subsidence has affected around 65 per cent of the houses in the pilgrimage town of Joshimath in Uttarakhand, according to a report by government agencies. Starting January 2, a number…
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Earthquake of magnitude 3.0 hits Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi
Uttarkashi: An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 jolted Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on Monday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NSC). According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at 8.35 am on Monday at…
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Uttarakhand madrasas to teach Sanskrit along with Arabic: Waqf board chief
Dehradun: Madrasas in Uttarakhand are enthusiastic about the state Waqf board’s programme to modernise their education system by combining scientific learning and Islamic studies, its chairman Shadab Shams said on Monday. “About…
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UCC to be implemented in Uttarakhand this year: CM Dhami
Dehradun: The Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand will be implemented within this year, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said. He also said that people from outside the state have been settling down…
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Seven pilgrims from Gujarat killed in bus accident in Uttarakhand
Dehradun: Seven people were killed and 28 injured when a bus carrying pilgrims from Gujarat fell into a gorge in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand on Sunday. The bus with 35 people on…
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Landslide in Uttarakhand; 19 missing, 3 bodies recovered
Dehradun: At least 19 people went missing in Uttarakhand’s Gauri Kund town — a key halting point for pilgrims moving towards Kedarnath, following a landslide in the area that also affected some…
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PM Modi praises women of Niti-Mana Valley in Uttarakhand during ‘Mann ki Baat’
Dehradun: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has heaped praise on the women of the Niti-Mana Valley near the India-China border in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district for developing Bhojpatra calligraphy as a means of livelihood.…
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Pilibhit: Cops intervene as kanwariyas pelt stones on Muharram procession
Pilibhit: A group of kanwariyas on Saturday came face to face with those taking out a Muharram procession on the Bareilly Highway but a timely intervention by the police ensured there was no major…
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Uttarakhand: Man violates photography ban in Kedarnath Temple
Rudraprayag: The ban on photography in the Kedarnath Temple here was violated when a pilgrim clicked a photo of spiritual leader Morari Bapu while he was offering prayers inside the sanctum sanctorum.…