Focus now on Char Dham Yatra, says Uttarakhand govtThe state government has prepared a draft standard operating procedures (SOP) for registration of pilgrims, temple visit and Covid protocol...
27 Apr, 2021, 08.23 PM IST
IIT-Roorkee student dies at quarantine centre; had tested negative for COVIDA student died at a COVID quarantine centre on the IIT campus after he tested negative for the infection, prompting the authorities to laun...
15 Apr, 2021, 05.35 PM IST
Huge crowds unlikely on major bathing days during this Kumbh: Mela officialsOver 12,000 police and 400 paramilitary force personnel are keeping an eye on Kumbh Kshetra spread over an area of 670 hectares from Haridw...
07 Apr, 2021, 04.04 PM IST
Uttarakhand glacier burst: Rescue teams recovered 50 bodies out of the 204 missingAn alarm and hooter system has been installed and made operational for early warning system in the area to avoid further tragedy, an MHA of...
14 Feb, 2021, 08.44 PM IST
Rising waters interrupt rescue effort, operation resumes after all-clearSecurity personnel at work inside the tunnel rushed out and heavy machines engaged in drilling through the debris and sludge inside were wi...
11 Feb, 2021, 04.41 PM IST
Drilling operation launched at Tapovan tunnel to rescue trapped workersThe focal point of the multi-agency rescue operation for the last over four days remains the more-than-1.5-km-long "head-race tunnel" of th...
11 Feb, 2021, 02.24 PM IST
Chardham yatra to open for Uttarakhand pilgrims from July 1An order permitting Uttarakhand residents to visit the four temples from July 1 subject to various anti-COVID precautionary measures and re...
29 Jun, 2020, 08.05 PM IST
Chardham yatra not to start till Jun 30The priests, stakeholders and hak-hakookdharis of the four Himalayan temples -- Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri -- also known ...
09 Jun, 2020, 03.36 PM IST
Most temples across Uttarakhand reopen, Chardham remains closedChardham priests are opposed to opening their gates for throngs of devotees who may be coming from high-load COVID-19 zones. They have writ...
08 Jun, 2020, 04.20 PM IST
13 IAS among other officials transferred in UttarakhandJoint Secretary (personnel) Atar Singh said that the Principal Secretary Forest and Environment, Ranbir Singh, was given additional charge .
03 Nov, 2014, 07.16 PM IST
- 22 IAS officers transfered in Uttarakhand
Garhwal Commissioner DS Garbyal has been transferred to the posts of secretary, Urban Development, Housing, Estate, Protocol and Housing co...
25 Feb, 2014, 04.12 AM IST
Mass cremation delayed, 1,000 rescued, 7,000 still strandedThe death toll rose to 822 with 142 bodies being found, including 127 in Kedarnath, the epicentre of destruction, officials said.
25 Jun, 2013, 10.53 PM IST
Rescue operations resume in Uttarakhand, toll climbs to 822With the bodies already beginning to putrefy, the air is laden with a foul stench giving rise to fears of an epidemic outbreak in affected ...
25 Jun, 2013, 04.27 PM IST
Search and rescue operation in Kedarnath overSearch and rescue operation in Kedarnath and surrounding areas is over for all practical purposes, officials said here today.
25 Jun, 2013, 11.11 AM IST