News around Pithoragarh

• 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 ...

• Uttarakhand: Four killed, two injured as car falls into gorge

  At least four people were killed and two others injured after a car fell into a 400 feet deep gorge in Pithoragarh's Betulidhar.The car was travelling from Uttrakhand's Thal village to Munsiar, when the driver lost control over the car.A team of the police is ...

• Cloudburst in Uttarakhand, no loss of life

  A cloudburst was reported in Pithoragarh district amid heavy rain in Uttarakhand, officials said on Monday. District officials have rushed to the site and no loss of life has been reported.The cloudburst occurred over Haat village. A few houses were flattened ...

• Sikkim standoff: Kailash Mansarovar yatra through Nathu La cancelled

  The government on Friday called off the Kailash Mansarovar yatra through Nathu La in Sikkim in view of rising tensions between India and China, stopping the third batch of pilgrims which had gathered in Delhi for the holy trek from moving any further. The decision to suspend the yatra from Sikkim came after a face-off between Indian and Chinese troops over a disputed area along the Sino-Indian border. Though the yatra through Nathu La will not take place this year, pilgrims travelling through ...

• Cong demands loan waiver for U'khand farmers

  Terming as "a shame for Uttarakhand" the alleged suicide by a debt-ridden farmer in Pithoragarh district recently, the opposition Congress today demanded an immediate loan waiver for the cultivators of the state on the lines of Uttar Paradesh and Punjab. In a ...

• Heavy rains lash parts of U'khand

  Heavy rains lashed several parts of Uttarkhand today bringing much needed relief to people from days of muggy weather. Dehradun received 60 mm of rains accompanied by winds which led toa drop of one degree in the temperature, MeT office Director Vikram Singh ...

• First batch of Mansarovar pilgrims to be flagged off tmrw

  The first batch of a total of 55 Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims that will undertake the journey through the Lipulekh pass in Uttarkhand's Pithoragarh, will be flagged from New Delhi tomorrow.

• Centre sanctions Rs 1,557 crore for NH 125 in Kumaon

  In another major sanction to Uttarakhand after the Rs 12,000 crore all-weather Chardham roads project, the Centre has allotted Rs 1,557 crore for the Tanakpur-Pithoragarh National Highway to boost connectivity in Kumaon region.

• Heavy rainfall likely in Uttarakhand

  Alert for heavy to very heavy rains has been sounded for Uttarkashi, Bagheshwar, Nainital, Pithoragarh and Chamoli districts. Following the weather forecast, the district administrations have been alerted, specially on the route of the annual `Chaar Dhaam ...

• NHPC working on five hydro power plants in Pithoragarh

  The sanctioned projects are Dhauliganga middle, Chungarthal, Garva, Goriganga phase-2 and Karmoli Lumti.

• Repair dilapidated school buildings urgently: Child rights

  The State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has asked the Uttarakhand government to renovate or reconstruct dilapidated school buildings on a priority basis during the summer holidays. "There must be at least 500-600 school buildings from the primary ...

• How the highway liquor ban has played out so far, and why it won't work

  What is our attitude to alcohol and drinking in general? Do we drink? Do we not drink? Is it necessarily an evil? Is it a necessary evil—at least as far as state revenues go? The recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the sale of liquor on highways, and ...

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