News around Pithoragarh

• Pres Kovind to visit U'khand amidst prediction of heavy showers

  [India], September 23 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind will be on a two-day visit to Uttarakhand, starting today, to pay homage at the Himalayan shrines of Badrinath and Kedarnath, besides worshipping the Ganga in Haridwar. This will be President Kovind's ...

• Defence forces follow Modi's vision for 'Swachh' Bharat

  Keeping in mind Prime Minister Modi’s vision, Indian Army is also taking part in the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ by keeping their surroundings, even in remote areas, clean and help in environmental conservation. Events like ‘Swachhta ...

• Nepal-India joint military exercise begins

  India and Nepal today began their joint military exercise in the western part of the Himalayan country, focusing on counter-terrorism and forest fighting operations. The exercise - Surya Kiran - was being participated by around 300 troops each side in ...

• Shoes in tricolour boxes in Almora; locals suspect China hand

  Twelve pair of shoes in boxes having the tricolour design on the covers were recovered from a shop in Almora, with locals speculating they were dispatched by China, police said today. The shoe boxes with the design of India's national flag were received by a ...

• The Indo-Nepal Pancheshwar Dam: Here's why the project should not be taken up at all

  When Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba gets down to business during his five-day Delhi trip (starting Wednesday), the Pancheswar Multipurpose Project will likely be high on his agenda. And that is sure to make some quarters uneasy in Uttarakhand. The ...

• Kailas Mansarovar yatra suspended, pilgrims airlifted

  Kailas Mansarovar pilgrims were airlifted today after the yatra was temporarily suspended as the route between Mangti and Malpa was damaged due to the recent cloudbursts in which eight people were killed. Forty-seven pilgrims of the 16th batch were airlifted ...

• Rescue operations continue in Uttarakhand

  Three days after a cloudburst triggered a flash flood in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district, rescue operations are still underway, officials said on Wednesday.

• 22 feared killed in 2 landslides in Uttarakhand

  Twenty two people were feared killed as two landslides hit Uttarakhand's border district of Pithoragarh on Monday morning. Also the heavy and incessant rains, that lashed Indo-Nepal border in Pithoragarh for the last three days, swelled all major rivers, ...

• Floods ravage east, northeast states, snap rail link

  Heavy rain in the last three days triggered flash floods in parts of Bihar — where 41 people have died so far and 65.37 lakh affected — and inundated large areas in Assam and north Bengal, paralysing normal life and snapping rail link to the ...

• Cloudbursts kill 6 in Pithoragarh, 10 missing

  Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat undertook an aerial survey of the affected areas, where a massive search-and- rescue operation was underway.

• Uttarakhand: 6 dead, jawan missing after cloudburst on Mansarovar route

  Six persons were killed while an Army jawan is missing after two separate cloudbursts in Dharchula sub division of the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand early on Monday. According to district administration sources, the first incident occurred at Mangti Nullah near Tawaghat in Dharchula sub division when the local rivulet Mangti Nullah overflowed due to heavy rains at its basin and hit some shops and an Army camp below the nullah. The Army, National Disaster ...

• Four killed, six soldiers missing in Uttarakhand floods

  Four persons were killed and 10 others, including six soldiers, went missing after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district on Monday, police said.

• Thousands evacuated from flood-hit districts of Bihar, NE states

  IMAGE: Army soldiers rescuing people from the flood affected village Debasatra at Jokhalabandha in Nagaon district of Assam on Sunday. Amid floods disrupting lives in multiple states, the National Disaster Response Force is leaving no stone unturned in providing relief to the people. Flood rescue and relief operations by the NDRF in flood-affected areas across the country are in full swing. In Bihar, where heavy rains have raised the water level of main rivers and their tributaries and ...

• U'khand: Girl killed, parents missing as house gets buried in

  Her father Sher Singh and mother Radha Devi are missing after the incident," Pithoragarh district disaster management officer R S Rana said.

• Uttarakhand: Bridge collapses as river overflows due to heavy rain

  A bridge in Baram Gaon of Madkote area in Pithoragarh was washed away due to heavy flow of water in the river. READ MORE SEE LESS

• Cloudburst flattens houses, bridge in Uttarakhand

  Around half-a-dozen houses and a bridge were flattened in an overnight cloudburst in Bangapani area in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district, officials said on Thursday.More than two dozen cattle were washed away in the rains that followed the cloudburst at ...

• Airport Authority of India signs MoU with Govt. of Uttarakhand for development for aviation sector in the State

  The scope of the MoU is to identify relevant factors influencing the development of civil aviation infrastructure in Uttarakhand, assessing commercial potential of various airports of the state, identifying technical considerations for airport operations in ...

• After brief slowdown, monsoon again active in Uttarakhand

  After a brief lull last week, the monsoon on Monday returned to the hill state of Uttarakhand, the Met office has said.Rains began in some parts of the state since Monday morning and overcast sky has been reported from elsewhere. Heavy rains are likely to ...

• Cong MLAs meet Uttarakhand CM over farmer suicides

  A delegation of Congress MLAs today called on Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat over a "disturbing trend" of farmer suicides in the hilly state. The delegation led by PCC chief Pritam Singh met the chief minister at his residence here and ...

• Five including pilgrim killed in Ukd road accidents

  Five people including a Kanwaria were killed in two road accidents in the state, police said today. In Tehri district, a truck rammed into a bike carrying two pilgrims this morning, killing one of them and injuring the other, officials said. The injured ...

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