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Hyderabad: A group of tourists from Hyderabad, who were stranded in Uttarakhand, were rescued by officials after intervention of Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, Malkajgiri MLA M Hanumanth Rao and officials on Tuesday. Sushma, a resident of Radha Krishna Nagar colony from Malkajgiri, along with a few of her friends from the city and other […]

New Delhi: Telangana and Uttarakhand have become the first States in the country to introduce mobile court units to allow witnesses and victims, including women and children, to record evidence from remote locations under circumstances which do not permit them to appear before courts in person. The aim is to allow recording of evidence of […]

The indiscriminate exploitation of the fragile Himalayan region in the name of development projects has extracted a heavy price in terms of environmental damage. A string of hydroelectric and road projects in the Himalayan States, particularly in Uttarakhand, involving large-scale hill cutting and change in the land-use pattern, has already resulted in the fragmentation of […]

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An artiste, said a beaming Pawandeep after winning the title, needs a platform where he can showcase his talent to the world and 'Indian Idol' is one such "great platform".

The wayward weather events come as a reminder that the country is ill-equipped to tackle many of its effects

Alt News, a fact checking website, found a Facebook post-dated January 24 of this year, where it is captioned as Manali’s Mall Road and attributed to ‘Amigosblink’.

This Twitter post of the natural pool is apparently from Dharchula, Uttarakhand.

According to the police, the district borders will be sealed on June 20, and devotees coming from other states will not be allowed.

Assembly elections are scheduled in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur during February - March next year. Gujarat Assembly polls are also slated for 2022 end.

Official data released on Monday said the economy grew at faster than expected at 1.6 per cent for the fourth quarter of FY21, resulting in a contraction of 7.3 per cent for the entire fiscal.

In a statement the telecom infrastructure body said that the whole country is facing the second wave of Covid-19 which is more intense than the previous one.

The gates of the temple were opened at 5 am today after a ritualistic ceremony, while Gangotri and Yamunotri temples were reopened on May 14.

States may face delays in getting approvals from Indian drug regulatory authorities

Announcing this here on Thursday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said conducting the yatra amid the raging pandemic is not possible.

The unidentified body was recovered from the avalanche site, District Disaster Management Officer NK Joshi said.

Uttarakhand police chief Ashok Kumar said a total of 430 BRO workers were at the road construction site when the avalanche occurred on Friday.

Rescue operations are still in progress to search for the persons still trapped under snow or stranded at worksites since late evening.

Over the last five days, a total of 2167 people were found positive for coronavirus in Haridwar -- the place where the month-long Kumbh is going on.

Raghuvir Lal, 65, a retired PWD employee, was charred to death when he was engulfed in flames while trying to extinguish a blaze in Soniyala forest area.