Uttarakhand Flood Victims

Uttarakhand Police on Wednesday launched a drive to search for the skeletons of people who went missing in Rudraprayag in the massive flash floods in June 2013.

In the wake of severe floods in Kerala and other parts of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the entire country is standing with all its might to help people who have lost their kin and faced hardships due to the calamity.

The BJP's Shatrughan Sinha has tweeted a message to "dear friend and guardian of Bihar" Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, suggesting that the state's parliamentarians contribute 25 lakhs from their MP funds for flood relief. He has suggested that Mr Kumar coordinate an effort by the parliamentarians and also legislators and officials in the state to con...

Uttarakhand High Court today asked the state government to form five Special Investigation Teams (SITs) and conduct a fresh search operation to find if there are any more bodies lying hidden in areas affected during the 2013-flash floods as human skeletal remains still being found in Kedar valley.

For identification of victims of last year's Uttarakhand floods tragedy, the Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics and the Uttarakhand government are trying to contact relatives of missing persons and obtain blood samples for DNA matching.

The Uttarakhand government has announced jobs for the next of kin of each victim from the state killed in last years flash flood tragedy. There will also be an additional assistance of Rs 2 lakh each for the affected families.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today met the family members of the victims of last year's Uttarakhand flash flood tragedy.

A compensation of Rs seven lakh each has been given to families of persons from Tamil Nadu killed in the flood fury in Uttarakhand in June last year.

Thank you for your overwhelming participation in our blanket donation initiative. New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV), in collaboration with the Uday Foundation in Delhi, had initiated a drive to provide blankets to Muzaffarnagar riot victims, people living in flood affected villages of Uttarakhand, and to the homeless in Delhi.

Pre-fabricated house structures will be put in place at 19 locations in Uttarakhand before October 30 to rehabilitate those displaced in the catastrophic June flash floods, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has said.

Amitabh Bachchan has applauded the efforts of the Indian army and media for their brave work in Uttarakhand after some parts of the state were devastated by floods in June this year.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and other Bollywood celebrities will come together for an event to raise funds for the Uttarakhand flood victims.

Producer Mukesh Bhatt, the president of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India, has said that the body along with two other parties, will organise an event on Independence Day to raise funds for those affected by floods in Uttarakhand.

The Department of Posts has decided to dispatch parcels of relief material free of postage charges to the flood victims of Uttarakhand.

Actor Hrithik Roshan has made a donation of Rs 25 lakh for the flood victims of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand Police on Wednesday launched a drive to search for the skeletons of people who went missing in Rudraprayag in the massive flash floods in June 2013.

In the wake of severe floods in Kerala and other parts of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the entire country is standing with all its might to help people who have lost their kin and faced hardships due to the calamity.

The BJP's Shatrughan Sinha has tweeted a message to "dear friend and guardian of Bihar" Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, suggesting that the state's parliamentarians contribute 25 lakhs from their MP funds for flood relief. He has suggested that Mr Kumar coordinate an effort by the parliamentarians and also legislators and officials in the state to con...

Uttarakhand High Court today asked the state government to form five Special Investigation Teams (SITs) and conduct a fresh search operation to find if there are any more bodies lying hidden in areas affected during the 2013-flash floods as human skeletal remains still being found in Kedar valley.

For identification of victims of last year's Uttarakhand floods tragedy, the Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics and the Uttarakhand government are trying to contact relatives of missing persons and obtain blood samples for DNA matching.

The Uttarakhand government has announced jobs for the next of kin of each victim from the state killed in last years flash flood tragedy. There will also be an additional assistance of Rs 2 lakh each for the affected families.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today met the family members of the victims of last year's Uttarakhand flash flood tragedy.

A compensation of Rs seven lakh each has been given to families of persons from Tamil Nadu killed in the flood fury in Uttarakhand in June last year.

Thank you for your overwhelming participation in our blanket donation initiative. New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV), in collaboration with the Uday Foundation in Delhi, had initiated a drive to provide blankets to Muzaffarnagar riot victims, people living in flood affected villages of Uttarakhand, and to the homeless in Delhi.

Pre-fabricated house structures will be put in place at 19 locations in Uttarakhand before October 30 to rehabilitate those displaced in the catastrophic June flash floods, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has said.

Amitabh Bachchan has applauded the efforts of the Indian army and media for their brave work in Uttarakhand after some parts of the state were devastated by floods in June this year.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and other Bollywood celebrities will come together for an event to raise funds for the Uttarakhand flood victims.

Producer Mukesh Bhatt, the president of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India, has said that the body along with two other parties, will organise an event on Independence Day to raise funds for those affected by floods in Uttarakhand.

The Department of Posts has decided to dispatch parcels of relief material free of postage charges to the flood victims of Uttarakhand.

Actor Hrithik Roshan has made a donation of Rs 25 lakh for the flood victims of Uttarakhand.