Uttarkashi is only the latest warning: The reasons behind Uttarakhand’s vulnerability to disastersA devastating cloudburst in Uttarkashi's Harsil Valley triggered flash floods and landslides, killing at least four. This disaster highligh...
05 Aug, 2025, 05.55 PM IST
A ticking time bomb in the Himalayas? Govt flags 100 dams at risk of glacial lake outburst floodsA government warning highlights the vulnerability of over 100 dams in six Himalayan states to flash floods caused by glacial lake outbursts...
23 Jul, 2025, 11.09 PM IST
Avalanches recurring phenomenon in JK, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Arunachal: GovtAvalanches are a recurrent danger in high-altitude areas like Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Arunachal Pradesh. To m...
25 Mar, 2025, 05.33 PM IST
33 of 57 BRO workers trapped under avalanche in Uttarakhand rescuedRescue teams, including the NDRF, SDRF, ITBP, and Army, have successfully saved 33 out of 57 BRO workers trapped by an avalanche in Uttarak...
28 Feb, 2025, 09.26 PM IST
Badrinath Avalanche: 41 workers trapped under snow after glacier burst in Chamoli, UttarakhandBadrinath Avalanche News: A massive avalanche in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Friday trapped 47 workers from the Border Roads Organisa...
28 Feb, 2025, 07.00 PM IST
Avalanche warning issued for Uttarakhand's ChamoliAn orange alert for an avalanche at an altitude of over 3,000 metres has been issued for Uttarakhand's Chamoli district by the Defence Geoi...
29 Dec, 2024, 10.11 PM IST
Anand Mahindra spreads smiles, shares cute video of twin sisters celebrating snowfall in KashmirAnand Mahindra recently shared an endearing video of twin sisters reporting on the first snowfall in Kashmir. The charming clip, featuring ...
05 Feb, 2024, 02.07 PM IST
Sikkim cloudburst: House Panel in March suggested a single nodal agency for monitoring glaciersOn the basis of submissions made by various central departments, the panel said no study was carried out by Geological Survey of India, ISR...
06 Oct, 2023, 03.15 PM IST
When Nature warns us, we better listenThe Himalayan ecosystem is a fragile one. So, building infrastructure in the region must take this into account. The region's carrying capa...
08 Oct, 2022, 12.06 AM IST
Indian researchers working on early landslide detection systems to reduce fatalities, damageSeveral groups of researchers in the country are working upon solutions to reduce landslide-induced fatalities by providing early and accur...
24 Oct, 2021, 12.45 PM IST
Mindless rampage on Himalayas in name of development must stop: Chipko movement leaderAccording to the 87-year-old environmentalist, who was a Chipko movement leader, projects like the Rishi Ganga hydel project, which bore th...
08 Feb, 2021, 03.25 PM IST
Heavy snowfall in J&K, Uttarakhand; Jammu-Srinagar highway closedIn Kashmir, authorities issued an avalanche warning for four districts as the higher reaches of the Union Territory received moderate to he...
16 Nov, 2020, 07.01 PM IST
Avalanche warning in J&K, HP, Uttarakhand for another 24 hoursAn avalanche warning was again issued today for higher areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
13 Mar, 2016, 04.28 PM IST
Avalanche warning in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, UttarakhandAn advisory was issued by the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE), part of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRD...
11 Mar, 2016, 03.11 PM IST
Alert sounded in higher parts of Uttarakhand after snow avalanches warningThe meteorological department predicted inclement weather in Uttarakhand for the next few days during which it said high altitude areas of ...
09 Dec, 2015, 05.49 PM IST
Entire Himalayan region vulnerable to earthquakesAn NIDM paper on the national disaster risk profile, referring to scientific assessments, warned that very severe earthquakes were likely t...
27 Apr, 2015, 11.06 AM IST
Snow avalanche alert in high altitude areas of UttarkhandAvalanche activity may take place in the higher reaches of the hills of Chamoli, Tehri, Pauri, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag and Pithoragarh dist...
31 Jan, 2015, 08.50 PM IST