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Uttarakhand tragedy: Tonnes of wood, ghee for mass cremation at Kedarnath

Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 12:10

Uttarakhand authorities are trying to arrange for wood and `desi ghee` to conduct last rites of those who perished in the deluge at Kedarnath.

Uttarakhand floods: DNA of unidentified bodies being preserved

Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 09:35

The DNA of those who died in calamity-hit Uttarakhand and now cannot be identified is being preserved, with officials saying that many of the bodies have decomposed.

Fresh landslides in U`khand, rescue ops hit by heavy rains

Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 21:01

Fresh spells of rain, landslides and cloudburst at a number of places including the higher reaches of Pauri, Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts of calamity-hit Uttarakhand on Monday hampered the on-going rescue and evacuation operations in the hill state.

Uttarakhand: Nepalese workers seen with suspicion amidst theft rumours

Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 08:56

Migrant Nepalese workers like Bir Bahadur are now being seen in negative light by locals as there have been stories on the rounds of them taking advantage of stranded pilgrims.

Defence lab sending 3 tonnes food to Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 00:41

The Defence Food Research Laboratory here is sending Monday three tonnes of pre-cooked food for the rain and flood-hit people in Uttarakhand, an official said Sunday.

`Tourism for fun has resulted in destruction of Kedarnath`

Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 00:11

Increasing tourism for recreational purpose and ruthless commercialism are to be blamed for the destruction caused in Kedarnath, believes Vageeshling Maharaj, chief purohit of Kedarnath dham.

Kedarnath sadhus will be taken out: ITBP

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 23:49

ITBP has tasked its men undertaking rescue operations in Kedarnath to take out everyone including reluctant `sadhus` from the rain ravaged temple town.

Over 3,200 people airlifted as Army, IAF continue rescue work

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 23:47

Fighting against unfavourable weather conditions, the Army and the IAF on Sunday continued their rescue operations in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand.

Army medical team help deliver babies in rain-hit U`khand

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 23:41

An Army medical team on Sunday helped deliver two babies - a boy and a girl - at a makeshift centre in Sabola area of rain-ravaged Uttarakhand.

U`khand floods: Army bridge across Alaknanda to hasten rescue

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 23:38

In a major breakthrough that could expedite the rescue of people stranded on the other side of the gushing Alaknanda river on Uttarakahand`s Badrinath route, the army set up a makeshift "Burma bridge" to evacuate them.