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Karma, climate and consequences: As the Char Dham Yatra reopens, a warming Himalaya reveals karma in its oldest public senseA road journey through Uttarakhand’s mountain towns reveals a deeper shift in both climate and pilgrimage. Unusual heat, felt by locals as ...
Kedarnath landslide: Two pilgrims killed, yatra put on hold till September 3A landslide struck the Kedarnath route near Munkatiya, resulting in two fatalities and six injuries. The victims hailed from Uttarkashi dis...
Kedarnath: Cloudburst causes landslide, leaves over 200 pilgrims strandedRudraprayag District Magistrate Saurabh Gaharwar confirmed the cloudburst incident at Bhim Bali on the Kedarnath trail, resulting in a land...
Statkraft's resolution for Lanco Mandakini gets NCLT nodLenders including Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda and Axis Bank will recover ₹180 crore against the secured financial cre...
Lenders vote for liquidation of Lanco Mandakini HydropowerLanco Mandakini Hydro Power houses two under-construction hydro power projects that are located along the banks of the Mandakini river near...
- 'Significant incidences' of gold found in Uttarakhand
Bengaluru, March 30 (IANS) Scientists at the Geological Survey of India (GSI) have discovered, for the first time, "significant incidences"...
No environmental clearance given to projects on Ganga in 2 years: GovernmentEnvironment and Forests minister Prakash Javadekar said the flow of the river is one of the conditions stipulated in environment clearance ...
Mandakini river's original course by Kedarnath restoredThe team of experts scanned the 100-metre stretch upwards to the point from where the river carved out its new course.
40-member team reaches Kedarnath to expedite clean up operationsThe team will work on building a new bridge over Mandakini to substitute the makeshift bridge which was recently washed away by the swirlin...
- Ecological time bomb ticking in Chitrakoot
The holy city Chitrakoot in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district is sitting on an ecological time bomb.
Heavy rains in Uttarakhand, four persons feared deadPurola in Uttarkashi district received the maximum 88 MM of rains followed by Ranikhet which received 50 MM of showers, MeT Director Anand ...
Heavy overnight rains in Uttarakhand, rivers close to danger markHeavy overnight rains across Uttarakhand today led to a rise in the levels of most water bodies including the Bhagirathi river.
Weather clears up in Uttarakhand, efforts on to trace Almora SDMThe weather cleared up at most places across Uttarakhand today giving the much needed pace to relief operations even as efforts were intens...
Human excesses drew nature's fury: ReportThe report prepared by the National Institute of Disaster Management has recommended a detailed study to identify the lessons from the disa...
Restoring the Himalayas: Oak plantation to prevent killer floodsUntil a few decades ago, a visit to Kedarnath was considered hazardous enough for people to begin their pilgrimage early in the morning and...
Uttarakhand floods: Nature's fury evident in townsOn the way up from Dehradun to Guptkashi, the destruction along the river bank, on the roads and dwellings of locals is clearly visible.
Several pilgrims still stuck without relief near KedarnathScores of pilgrims are on the verge of death, while others who managed to reach Sonprayag on foot have complained that rescue operations ar...
FDI in retail will generate massive unemployment: Uma BhartiSenior BJP leader Uma Bharti today held that FDI in multi-brand would render crores unemployed once foreign retailers set up shop in the co...
- Alstom Projects bags Rs 55 crore order for hydro project
French firm Alstom's Indian arm Alstom Projects today said it has bagged a Rs 55 crore contract from Lanco Infratech for setting up a hydro...
- 'Dam on Bhagirathi can be shut down'
The third big dam on the Bhagirathi river — 600 MW Loharinag Pala — can be shut down after taking due care, a technical committee set up by...