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119 pilgrims from AP still `out of contact` in Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 21:53

Andhra Pradesh government said tonight that 119 pilgrims from the state still remained "out of contact" in calamity-hit Uttarakhand.

No report of epidemics in Uttarakhand: NDMA

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 22:01

All necessary precautions are taken to prevent an outbreak of epidemics in the flood-hit Uttarakhand and as of now there is no report of any kind of disease spreading, a senior disaster management official said Friday.

U`khand: TERI, Ganga Action Parivar to prepare green report

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 20:05

TERI and Ganga Action Parivar have come together to prepare a report for green development in Uttarakhand with the help of foreign experts who have earlier worked in rebuilding tsunami-affected areas in Japan.

Religious leader demands separate pilgrimage ministry

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 20:01

With Kedarnath shrine in Garhwal Himalayas suffering extensive damage in the recent calamity in Uttarakhand, a leading seer asked the Centre to constitute a separate pilgrimage ministry.

AAI to rebuild some worst-affected villages in Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 19:57

With over 2,300 Uttarakhand villages being affected by the massive floods, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) will undertake rebuilding and rehabilitation work in the some of the worst-hit villages.

Don`t force people to walk long distances: SC to U`khand govt

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 19:25

The Supreme Court asked the Uttarakhand government not to force people, caught in flash floods, to walk long distances and said that they should be air lifted to safer places.

Locals struggle for food, shelter in Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 17:39

People living in the villages of flood-ravaged Uttarakhand are now left with the daunting task of rebuilding their damaged houses and coping with depleting rations.

Rural Development Ministry`s special package for Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 17:07

Rural Development Ministry will give a special package under Indira Awaz Yojna to flood- ravaged Uttarakhand by doubling the allocation of housing units by adding another 14,000.

Chopper crash lands in Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 14:15

Three days after an MI-17V5 helicopter crashed killing 20 IAF, ITBP and NDRF personnel, another chopper crash landed in Harsil on Friday.

Uttarakhand weather is expected to improve: Met

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 12:06

The director of Uttarakhand Meteorological Center, Anand Sharma, said on Friday that people in the state would expect some relief from rains.