Uttarakhand disaster – Machines to dig out hundreds of buried bodies!
byDehradun: A month has passed since Uttarakhand was swamped by the rain-flood tragedy, and hundreds of bodies and animal carcasses still lie buried under several…
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A month later, Uttarakhand still counting losses
byDehradun: A month after a cloudburst and flash floods unleashed death and destruction, Uttarakhand is still counting its losses, both physical and financial. While the…
Thoughtful construction style saved Kedarnath from serious damage
byNew Delhi: The thoughtful construction style of the Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand saved the 11th century structure from any serious damage during last month’s devastating…
Migration from Uttarakhand villages to increase when road connectivity restored
byDehra Dun : The recent devastation in the Kedarnath valley following the June 16 floods, followed by incessant rains and landslides and landslips cutting…
Was the Badrinath lake scare a faux passe?
byDehra Dun : Did the Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NSRC) and the Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (U-SAC) create a faux passé when the…
Modi’s gesture to flood-hit Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : While comments by Gujarat chief minister Narender Modi often cause extreme comments by his well wishers and critics alike, but the…
No immediate threat to Badrinath : Uttarakhand CM
byDehra Dun : Though chief minister Vijay Bahuguna categorically said that there was no immediate danger from the moraine lake that had formed above…
Students use space camera to study Uttarakhand disaster
byNew Delhi: A total of 300 school students studied the earth’s surface as seen from space, including the flood-ravaged state of Uttarakhand, as part of…
Army opening a new route for Kedarnath shrine
byDehradun: With the old 14 km trek from Gauri Kund to Kedarnath having been washed away completely by the June 16 floods, the army…
Religious shrines reduced to picnic spots: Jagatguru Shankaracharya
byDehradun: The Shankaracharya of Shardapeeth, Jagatguru Swami Rajrajeswarashram addressing Rotarians at Meerut on Thursday said that the yatras to the religious shrines had diverted…