Longer Army ops could have saved hundreds of lives: Nishank

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 20:18

Former Uttarakhand CM Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank said hundreds of lives could have been saved if the rescue operation by the Army in disaster-hit areas of the state had been allowed to continue for longer.

Kedarnath pilgrims get free food

Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 21:51

A Haridwar-based spiritual group is providing food to devotees visiting the disaster-hit Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand.

Kedarnath-Badrinath pilgrimage opens today, four months after flash floods

Last Updated: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 09:04

The religious trip to Kedarnath and Badrinath shrines opened for pilgrims on Saturday, almost four months after flash floods and heavy rains led to the halt of the annual "Char Dham Yatra" in Uttarakhand.

A lot needs to be done in Kedar valley: Harish Rawat

Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2013, 22:21

Union Minister for Water Resources Harish Rawat on Friday said a lot still needs to be done to improve the conditions in Kedar valley which bore the brunt of the mid-June calamity in Uttarakhand.

No decision so far on removal of debris in Kedarnath: Bahuguna

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 17:48

Uttarakhand government has not taken any decision so far on removal of tonnes of debris lying around Kedarnath since the "Himalayan Tsunami" of June, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said on Thursday.

2500 homeless families to get prefabricated houses: Bahuguna

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 15:17

Uttarakhand government will build prefabricated houses to rehabilitate 2,500 families rendered homeless by the mid-June calamity in the state.

Yatra to Kedarnath-Badrinath to resume on October 5

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 19:42

Pilgrimage to the famous Himalayan shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath will resume on October 5 with the start of the Navratras.

Homeless in Kedarnath valley to boycott 2014 polls

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 16:21

Kedarnath valley residents, who lost their houses in the June calamity in Uttarakhand, have threatened to boycott the 2014 general elections if the state government does not devise a proper rehabilitation policy and relocate them.

Yatra to Kedarnath to be resumed on Oct 1: Bahuguna

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 18:54

Pilgrimage to Kedarnath shrine in Garhwal Himalayas, which was suspended in the wake of the June calamity in Uttarakhand, will be resumed on October one, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Thursday said.

Cleaning of debris in Kedarnath area to begin after Dussehra

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 17:10

The cleaning up of debris and razing of damaged buildings in flood-affected Kedarnath area, which could not be started due to frequent rains in the monsoon season, will begin after the Dussehra festival.

Pre-fabricated houses come up in Kedarnath

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 15:50

With pilgrimage to Kedarnath likely to resume next month, pre-fabricated houses with power and water connectivity have been built at the Himalayan shrine to accommodate 100 people.

Yatra to Hemkund Sahib resumes, first batch flagged off in Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 21:50

Pilgrimage to Hemkund Sahib in Garhwal Himalayas resumed on Saturday from Govindghat after remaining suspended for over three months in the wake of the June flashfloods which had breached a 6-km stretch of the trek to the famed Sikh shrine.