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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

Govt aims to set up at least one medical college in every district: PM...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation 35 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants established under...

7 Oct 2021 2:47 PM IST

Jim Corbett National Park Director Rahul on Wednesday informed about the news. (Photo: www.corbettnationalparkindia.in/)

Uttarakhand's Jim Corbett National Park may be renamed as Ramganga...

Union Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey, who recently visited the park, told authorities that it will be renamed

6 Oct 2021 2:49 PM IST

Similar scenes were witnessed earlier this month in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, where bodies were found floating in the river Ganga. ANI

Bodies wash up on shores of river Sarayu in Uttarakhand; locals...

The area in which the corpses were floating is not from Pithoragarh, says tahsildar of Pithoragarh

27 May 2021 8:52 AM IST

Yoga guru Ramdev addresses the media during the launch of Coronil and Swasari, ayurvedic medicines claimed by Patanjali to cure coronavirus disease, in Haridwar. PTI photo

IMA serves defamation notice on Ramdev

The notice demanded a written apology from Ramdev within 15 days of its receipt

26 May 2021 1:58 PM IST

The environment activist was also actively involved in the Anti-Tehri Dam movement. (Photo: Twitter)

Environmentalist, Chipko movement leader Sundarlal Bahuguna dies of...

The 94-year-old, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri awardee was admitted to the hospital after his oxygen levels started...

21 May 2021 3:08 PM IST

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat. (PTI)

U'khand CM sparks controversy for questioning 'values' of women who...

#RippedJeans trends on Twitter following Rawat's comments on women who wear 'jeans ripped at the knees'

18 March 2021 2:15 PM IST

Tirath Singh Rawat was the state BJP president from 2013-2015 and is currently the partys national secretary. (Image credit : Twitter)

Tirath Singh Rawat to be new Uttarakhand chief minister

His name was announced by outgoing chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat after the legislature party meeting

10 March 2021 12:22 PM IST

Glacier outburst in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand destroying houses on the river bank (Image source: Twitter@VyvahareHarshal)

First bodies recovered from Indian flood disaster tunnel

Two more bodies were found in a devastated village nearby, police said, bringing the total recovered over the past week...

14 Feb 2021 4:28 PM IST

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel clear debris after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier snapped off, releasing water trapped behind it in Tapovan, Uttarakhand on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. (AP Photo)

U'khand disaster: Rescue teams start widening hole in Tapovan tunnel...

More than 100 of scientists are on the job to devise strategies and having them implemented

13 Feb 2021 6:17 PM IST

NDRF personnel carry the body of a victim who died in the massive floods caused after a glacier broke off in Joshimath in the Dhauli Ganga river, near Raini village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Tuesday, February 9, 2021. (PTI/Arun Sharma)

In Uttarakhand, its a race against time

The ITBP has deployed drones and dogs to detect over 170 people missing since the disaster struck the Chamoli region on...

10 Feb 2021 11:43 AM IST

NDRF personnel carry a dead body recovered from debris after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier snapped off Sunday morning, releasing water trapped behind it in Reni, northern state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, Feb.9, 2021. (National Disaster Response Force via AP)

Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Death toll rises to 28

Operation ongoing to rescue around 30 workers feared trapped inside a swamped tunnel at the Tapovan power project

9 Feb 2021 12:12 PM IST

Rescue operations underway after a glacier broke off in Joshimath causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on Sunday, February 7, 2021. (PTI)

Toll climbs to 14 in Uttarakhand glacier burst, 143 still missing

The efforts are focussed at the moment on rescuing 30-35 people trapped in a 250-metre long tunnel at Tapovan, said...

8 Feb 2021 10:37 AM IST