While increased tourism and infrastructural development is critical, it should not be at the expense of the environment. Recent events in 2...

Earlier Nepal Foreign Minister NP Saud on Saturday requested the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami for speedy search and re...

Three people have died and 17 people are missing following a landslide in the Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand. Two roadside shops and d...

The death toll rose to 822 with 142 bodies being found, including 127 in Kedarnath, the epicentre of destruction, officials said.

An IAF rescue helicopter Mi-17 crashed in Gaurikund. According to reports, eight people onboard, including five crew members were killed.

With the bodies already beginning to putrefy, the air is laden with a foul stench giving rise to fears of an epidemic outbreak in affected ...

Hungry for days, many of those sighted are ill and in need of immediate medical care, official sources said, adding the sick and ailing amo...

Scores of pilgrims are on the verge of death, while others who managed to reach Sonprayag on foot have complained that rescue operations ar...

Rescuers were today racing against time to reach out to 1000 stranded pilgrims sighted in the gorges and ravines between Kedarnath and Gaur...

Even chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, who described the calamity as a " Himalayan tsunami", said, "Very heavy casualties are feared."