News around Pithoragarh

• Rains to continue till today in Ukhand

  DEHRADUN, July 21: The sky across Uttarakhand remained generally cloudy today. Light to moderate rain or thunderstorm occurred at a few places. The Weather Department said heavy rainfall may occur at isolated places especially in Nainital and ...

• Abate in rains gives reprieve, Pilgrims evacuated in Badrinath

  Decline let up at rain in most of parts of the state during the day, offered a much-needed reprieve to the people today. Rivers, on the verge of flooding, remained steady while the work of opening several blocked roads also got a boost. In ...

• State Govt has failed to ensure tribals' rights, allege activists

  ntatives of various organisations have questioned the failure of the State Government to form the Tribal Advisory Council and proper utilisation of the Tribal Sub Plan in Uttarakhand. Addressing the media here on Monday, the activists pointed out ...

• 148 school teams formed to check students health

  k the health of students of the Government schools of state the Medical Health Department has constituted 148 School Health Teams (SHT). These teams are being constituted under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Every SHT has two Medical ...

• Nearly 50 percent polling in Uttarakhand Assembly bypolls

  Dehradun: About 50 per cent of the electorate on Monday exercised their franchise in the bypolls to Dharchula, Doiwala and Someshwar Assembly seats in Uttarakhand where a total of 19 candidates, including Chief Minister Harish Rawat, are in fray. ...

• Rains continue to hit normal life

  ave continued to cause disruption in traffic and routine life across the State. Apart from stretches of national highways, scores of rural roads are closed to traffic following heavy rains and landslides. According to the State Meteorological ...

• Rawat's fate on the line

  By-election to decide the direction of politics in Uttarakhand SWATI SHARMA swati mrt@ gmail.com Dehradun, 20 July. The by election on three assembly seats of the state on Monday will decide the direction of politics in Uttarakhand .

• Kedarnath pilgrimage suspended till Wednesday

  As the incessant rains continued to lash Uttarakhand on Sunday, the Rudraprayag district administration decided to suspend Kedarnath pilgrimage further till July 23 Wednesday. The administration had first suspended pilgrimage for two days on July 16 ...

• Bypolls in Uttarakhand tomorrow, Chief Minister Harish Rawat looking to enter Assembly

  All preparations are complete for tomorrow's bypolls to three Assembly segments in Uttarakhand, including Dharchula from where Chief Minister Harish Rawat is seeking his entry into the state Assembly. It is a constitutional formality for Rawat ...

• Uttarakhand rains: Met gives hourly update on weather changes

  Though continuous downpour and debris from landslips at several points have blocked roads to Himalayan shrines and led to suspension of the char dham yatra for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday, no major loss to life and property has been ...

• Expect heavy rains in next 24 hrs: Met

  hand Meteorological Centre has forecast rather heavy rainfall at a few places especially in Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh districts on Saturday. Heavy rainfall may occur at isolated places in Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri, Haridwar, Nainital, Almora, ...

• Mercury dips in Delhi; alert in U'khand, 'Char Dham' yatra hit

  Rains received an overwhelming welcome in North India after a fortnight of sultry weather. The mercury plummeted in Delhi as rains for two consecutive days turned the weather pleasant. Under an overcast sky, the maximum temperature was 29 degrees ...

• Rains to lash parts of Uttarakhand

  Uttarakhand weather office has issued a warning that 'rather heavy' or 'heavy' rainfall may occur at isolated places in Nainital, Almora, Bageshwar, Pauri and Udhamsingh Nagar districts during the next 36 hours from today. The Met department has ...

• Rain Fury Continues in Uttarakhand, Rivers Flowing Near Danger Mark: 10 Developments

  Dehradun: Incessant rain continued to lash many districts in the hill state of Uttarakhand overnight resulting in more landslides. The 'chaar dhaam yatra' was halted for three days yesterday as all roads leading to the Himalayan shrines of ...

• Ramdev takes students to Gangotri despite alert

  Dehradun: Heavy rains are wreaking havoc in Uttarakhand. Thousands have been stranded in Gangotri including Yoga guru Ramdev are among thousands of pilgrims stranded. Ramdev is stuck at the higher reaches with around 400 students. He had ...

• Govt transfers eight IAS officers

  AS officers, including two principal secretaries, were transferred by the State Government on Wednesday. Principal Secretary Medical health and Family welfare, Ayush and Ayush education, Labour and Employment Omprakash has been releieved from labour ...

• Rains hit Uttarakhand, rivers near danger levels

  Rescue workers turned schools into makeshift shelters and began helping evacuate hundreds of villagers in the upper reaches of Rudraprayag district after almost all the major river in Uttarakhand edged towards their danger mark on Wednesday. ...

• Uttarakhand: Rivers in spate again, hundreds of pilgrims stranded

  Zee Media Bureau/ New Delhi: The holy Char Dham yatra to Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri and Gangotri in Uttarakhand has been halted owing to heavy rains in the upper reaches of the state. "Yatra to Kedarnath has been suspended for safety reasons ...

• Kedarnath Yatra postponed due to incessant rains

  The Meteorological Department has issued a warning of heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand, as a result of which the yatra to Kedarnath has been postponed till Friday. According to the officials at the Disaster Management Department, the journey to ...

• Remote area posting for newly promoted docs

  pitals located in the remote and mountainous areas of the State can get services of few specialist doctors soon as the Medical Health department is working on departmental promotion lists. According to the departmental rules, the newly promoted ...

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