Uttarkashi

The Uttarakhand Char Dham yatra began today with the portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri temples in Uttarkashi district thrown open to devotees on the occasion of Akshay Tritiya.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale hit Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand in the early hours of Saturday, said the National Center for Seismology (NCS).

Heroin worth around Rs 2 crore has been seized from two drug peddlers in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district, an official said on Tuesday.

Bodies of two more members of an 11-member trekking team which had gone missing on way to Chitkul via Harsil in Uttarkashi district were recovered on Saturday by ITBP personnel from near Himachal Pradesh border.

The remains of a soldier's body found near the 7,075-metre high Satopanth peak in Uttarkashi, with evidence suggesting it was of Anish Tyagi who went missing in 2005, were sent to his family in Ghaziabad with full military honours on Monday.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday met the families of the people who died following a cloudburst in Mando village of Uttarkashi district.

A landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall, hit the Sunagar region of Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district that blocked the Gangotri National Highway on Tuesday, district administration officials said.

At least three people have died and four others are reported missing after a cloudburst in Uttarakhand. The incident took place in Uttarkashi district, according to officials.

Grisly videos have emerged showing stray dogs eating human bodies at Kedar Ghat on the banks of river Bhagirathi in Uttarkashi in Uttrakhand.

The Gangotri National Highway has been blocked near the Sunagar area of Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district after a massive landslide due to incessant rainfall.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday celebrated Diwali with ITBP and Army jawans in Uttarkashi district and said the country can sleep peacefully only because they fight all odds to keep its boundaries secure.

The Uttarakhand High Court has suspended the Uttarkashi chief judicial magistrate for behaving indecently in an inebriated state and damaging government property.

Eleven migrant labourers were caught while trying to escape to Saharanpur through forests and a case was registered against a WhatsApp group admin for circulating a rumour that the labourers were members of a Jamaat, police said on Friday.

A student stranded in heavy snowfall in Radighati in Uttarkashi district died while six others were rescued by police and SDRF personnel, officials said on Sunday.

The crew of a private helicopter engaged in relief operations in the rain-ravaged Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand had a narrow escape on Friday after the copter made an emergency landing on the banks of a river near Tikochi.

The Uttarakhand Char Dham yatra began today with the portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri temples in Uttarkashi district thrown open to devotees on the occasion of Akshay Tritiya.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale hit Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand in the early hours of Saturday, said the National Center for Seismology (NCS).

Heroin worth around Rs 2 crore has been seized from two drug peddlers in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district, an official said on Tuesday.

Bodies of two more members of an 11-member trekking team which had gone missing on way to Chitkul via Harsil in Uttarkashi district were recovered on Saturday by ITBP personnel from near Himachal Pradesh border.

The remains of a soldier's body found near the 7,075-metre high Satopanth peak in Uttarkashi, with evidence suggesting it was of Anish Tyagi who went missing in 2005, were sent to his family in Ghaziabad with full military honours on Monday.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday met the families of the people who died following a cloudburst in Mando village of Uttarkashi district.

A landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall, hit the Sunagar region of Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district that blocked the Gangotri National Highway on Tuesday, district administration officials said.

At least three people have died and four others are reported missing after a cloudburst in Uttarakhand. The incident took place in Uttarkashi district, according to officials.

Grisly videos have emerged showing stray dogs eating human bodies at Kedar Ghat on the banks of river Bhagirathi in Uttarkashi in Uttrakhand.

The Gangotri National Highway has been blocked near the Sunagar area of Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district after a massive landslide due to incessant rainfall.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday celebrated Diwali with ITBP and Army jawans in Uttarkashi district and said the country can sleep peacefully only because they fight all odds to keep its boundaries secure.

The Uttarakhand High Court has suspended the Uttarkashi chief judicial magistrate for behaving indecently in an inebriated state and damaging government property.

Eleven migrant labourers were caught while trying to escape to Saharanpur through forests and a case was registered against a WhatsApp group admin for circulating a rumour that the labourers were members of a Jamaat, police said on Friday.

A student stranded in heavy snowfall in Radighati in Uttarkashi district died while six others were rescued by police and SDRF personnel, officials said on Sunday.

The crew of a private helicopter engaged in relief operations in the rain-ravaged Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand had a narrow escape on Friday after the copter made an emergency landing on the banks of a river near Tikochi.