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'Preparedness key to overcome panic'
11 July 2013 11:00 PM ISTAs a former CM and army engineer, do you think that the disaster which devastated the higher hills of Uttarakhand and halted the ongoing Char Dham...
Heavy rainfall hits normal life in Uttarakhand
10 July 2013 5:04 AM ISTThe heavy rainfall in Dehradun and its surrounding areas choked the normal life and some schools reportedly remain closed. At noon, when rain stopped,...
After the floods: No takers for Mana’s misery
7 July 2013 5:22 AM ISTIn the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Mana is a sleepy village (3 km from Badrinath) at a height of 3,219 metres. It is inhabited by 300 Bhutia...
Development at the cost of nature in Uttarakhand
4 July 2013 5:43 AM IST‘The recent disaster is last warning to us to awake from deep slumber. This type of disaster occurs once in a century. It was one of the rarest of the...
‘Trying to survive the deluge was like commando training’
2 July 2013 5:27 AM ISTHeavy rainfall, cloudbursts, flood and landslides on 16 and 17 June devastated the entire Kedar Valley from Gauri Kund to Kedarnath. While Madhav...
‘Save river embankments from becoming dumping yards’
2 July 2013 5:15 AM IST‘The young Himalayan mountain has suffered all kinds of onslaughts in the name of development. Every reaction has an equal and opposite reaction....
Mass cremation begins at Kedranath
29 Jun 2013 5:17 AM ISTWith weather providing a small window before it packed up for the day, mass cremation of dead pilgrims started at Kedranath shrine on Thursday in the...
No danger of epidemic in Kedarnath valley: Minister
27 Jun 2013 4:59 AM ISTThe storm has gone, but the dust has not settled in Kedarnath valley. The local media reports are flooded with the danger of spreading epidemic...
Chopper crashes, IAF carries on rescue mission
26 Jun 2013 5:13 AM ISTEight were declared dead, at the time of going to press, from the crash of the Russian made Mi-17 V5, which was inducted into the Air Force just a...
Rescue work to take 2 weeks more, govt plans mahayagna
25 Jun 2013 5:29 AM ISTThe Uttarakhand government plans to hold a mahayagna in the Kumbh city of Haridwar for pilgrims who died in the floods that the state on the night of...
Worst is over, says Bahuguna, mass cremation soon
25 Jun 2013 5:08 AM ISTAs the state tries to recover from the floods and landslides triggered by the monsoon rain on 16 June, Bahuguna said precautionary measures have been...
10,000 still waiting for help as rain, cloudburst hit rescue operations
25 Jun 2013 5:00 AM ISTFresh rain, landslides and cloudburst on Monday sent shudders in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, impeding operations to evacuate over 10,000 stranded...