Day: February 7, 2021

Major natural disasters of Uttarakhand

4:25 pm February 7, 2021

Dehradun: These are the major natural disasters that Uttarakhand has faced over the last three decades: * 1991 Uttarkashi Earthquake: An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude hit the undivided state of Uttar Pradesh in October 1991 in which at least 768 people were killed and thousands of homes destroyed. * 1998 Malpa Landslide: The small village […]

Massive flood as glacier breaks off at Joshimath, 150 labourers missing

4:19 pm February 7, 2021

Dehradun/New Delhi: A glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, leading to a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river and causing large-scale devastation in the upper reaches of the ecologically fragile Himalayas. More than 150 labourers working in a power project are missing, officials said. Homes along the way were […]

President to visit Odisha from March 20-22

Learning should be a continuous process, says Kovind

4:10 pm February 7, 2021

Tirupati: Learning should be a continuous process and none should think that they have mastered everything, President Ram Nath Kovind said here on Sunday. Interacting with Yoga trainees and teachers of Satsang Foundation ashram of Sri M at Madanapalle, about 130 km from here, he said life is full of challenges and Yoga is useful […]

ITBP, NDRF teams rushed to Uttarakhand

4:06 pm February 7, 2021

New Delhi: Teams of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the National Disaster Response Force were rushed to flood-hit areas in Uttarakhand, where a glacier broke off at Joshimath and caused massive flooding in the Dhauli Ganga river on Sunday, officials said. An ITBP officer said two teams of the force, comprising about 200 personnel, had […]

40 shanties gutted in fire in Delhi’s Okhla Phase II

3:58 pm February 7, 2021

New Delhi: Forty shanties were gutted and six domesticated animals died after a fire broke out near the Harikesh Nagar Metro Station in southeast Delhi’s Okhla Phase II in the early hours of Sunday, fire service officials said. Delhi Fire Service (DFS) Director Atul Garg said it was medium category fire and information about it […]