New Delhi/Dehradun : A court of inquiry (CoI) was ordered on Monday against an Army Major who was seen with a local woman in a Srinagar hotel on May 23. Army sources said the inquiry was ordered against Major Leetul Gogoi on charges of fraternizing with a local woman despite instructions to the contrary and leaving […]
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Heavy rain alert issued in Uttarakhand
Dehradun : A “heavy to very heavy rain” alert was issued on Thursday in Uttarakhand for the next three days by the regional Met Office. The state has been receiving wide spread rains, this time the warning is of a massive downpour in almost all the districts. Dehradun and districts of Uttarkashi and Udham Singh […]
700 pilgrims stranded on Uttarakhand highway after landslide
Dehradun : A massive landslide on the Gangotri highway in Uttarakhand has left 700 pilgrims stranded, an official said on Friday. The landslide took place 55-km away from Uttarkashi near Dabrani. District Magistrate of Uttarkashi, Ashish Chauhan was also held on the route and the rest 700 ‘kanwar’s’ were being taken from an alternate route, […]
Heavy rain alert for Uttarakhand
Dehradun : Uttarakhand authorities on Saturday issued an alert about heavy rains in the next 72 hours. The annual ‘Chaar Dhaam Yatra’ has also been halted at some places due to landslides and rains. The Kali and Gore rivers are already in spate, officials said. Regional Met director Vikram Singh said there is a possibility […]
Two dead in Uttarakhand cloud burst
Dehradun : Two persons have died and three others have been buried in rubble on a hillside after a cloud burst triggered heavy rains in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, an official said on Friday. The downpour late on Thursday followed the cloud burst at Malari that led to a major chunk of a hill to […]
Alert sounded for heavy rains in Uttarakhand
Dehradun : An alert for heavy rains has been sounded in Uttarakhand for the next 36 hours, an official said on Thursday. Following the Regional Met Office’s warning of very heavy rains in several districts, the state government alerted the State Disaster Management teams to be on stand-by while the people living on the river […]
14 killed as bus falls into gorge in Uttarakhand
Dehradun : Fourteen persons were killed and 17 injured when a state-run bus fell into a deep gorge in Tehri in Uttarakhand on Thursday, police said. The disaster occurred on the Rishikesh-Gangotri highway when the driver of the bus belonging to Uttarakhand State Transport Corp lost control over it near Sulyadhar. The bus was headed […]
Five minor boys, between 9 and 14, rape 8-year-old in Uttarakhand
Five minor boys aged between 9 and 14 have been taken into custody by police and sent to juvenile correction home for allegedly gang-raping an eight year old girl in Dehradun. The shocking incident took place on July 12 (Thursday). The case came to light when the girl’s family lodged a complaint with police on […]
45 killed, many injured as bus falls in gorge in Uttarakhand
Dehradun : At least 45 people were killed after a bus fell into a 60-metre gorge in Uttarakhand on Sunday, police said. According to the police, the accident took place at about 9 a.m., near the Queens Bridge on the Pipli-Bhaun road when the driver lost control of the 28-seater bus which was headed to […]
Train kills elephant in Uttarakhand
Dehradun : A female elephant was found dead in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand on Tuesday after being run over by a train, a forest official said. Officials told IANS that a group of 17 elephants was crossing the rail tracks when the high-speed Dehradun-Kathgodam Express was passing by. While foresters tried to alert […]