Health ministry sends 1,600 body bags to Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 18:20

As part of relief efforts in disaster-hit Uttarakhand, the central health ministry has sent 1,600 body bags to the state.

Uttarakhand floods: Death toll uncertain, minister says 10,000 just an estimate

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 08:57

Health Minister Surinder Singh Negi on Sunday spoke on the lines of Assembly speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal, who had pegged the death toll at 10,000.

UPA bluffing nation over U`khand death toll: Rajnath Singh

Last Updated: Saturday, June 29, 2013, 14:01

BJP President Rajnath Singh accused the Congress-led UPA Government of bluffing the country over the number of lives lost in the recent Uttarakhand flash floods.

Uttarakhand death toll may cross 1,000 mark: Shinde

Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 13:46

The death toll in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand may cross the reported 1,000 mark after the debris is cleared, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Monday.

Monsoon woes: Death toll in Uttarakhand touches 102, expected to rise `manifold`

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 23:05

At least 102 people were killed in the flash floods triggered by incessant rains in Uttarakhand, while the toll in the calamity is likely to rise manifold as 500 people are still reported to be missing.