Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand: Hemkund Sahib opens to devotees

8:02 pm September 4, 2020

Gopeshwar: Portals of the Hemkund Sahib, a famous Sikh shrine in the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand, were opened for devotees on Friday with the first batch of over 120 pilgrims attending the ceremony. The Guru Granth Sahib was brought into the diwan hall at 9 am and the gates of the temple were thrown open […]

King cobra spotted at 2,400 metres in Uttarakhand’s Nainital

8:29 pm September 3, 2020

Dehradun: The world’s longest venomous snake, the king cobra, has been for the first time sighted at a height of 2,400 metres in Uttarakhand, says a recent study. It is a new altitude record for the cold blooded species whose habitat is usually found in warmer climates, the study carried out by the state Forest Department […]

Char Dham road project: Members of SC-appointed panel warn against haphazard excavations

8:26 pm August 26, 2020

Dehradun: Members of the Supreme Court-appointed panel have warned against continuing with the “haphazard” excavations on mountain slopes in Uttarakhand as part of the ambitious Char Dham road project, saying it would be a “Himalayan blunder”. Nearly 900 km of roads are to be built to provide round-the-year connectivity to the famed Himalayan temples of […]

Intense rainfall activity expected over north, central and east India during next 4-5 days: IMD

7:25 pm August 25, 2020

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted very heavy rainfall over east, north and central India during the next five days and issued a red alert for Odisha for August 26 and for Chhattisgarh, a day later. It said a low pressure area (cyclonic circulation) over north Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood is very likely to move west-northwestwards during the […]

Harish Rawat booked for violating COVID guidelines

8:34 pm August 17, 2020

Haridwar: A case has been registered against former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat, three Congress legislators and 150 others for allegedly violating coronavirus guidelines and holding a protest in Haridwar district, police said on Monday. Rawat led a bullock cart rally from Dhandera to Landhaura near Roorkee on Independence Day to raise the issue of […]