Uttarakhand Quake

The body of 36-year-old Vijay Kumar Gaud, who died in last week's devastating earthquake in Turkey, was flown to Delhi on Monday morning and cremated in Kotdwar.

An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale hit Chamoli district of Uttarakhand in the wee hours of Saturday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Scientists have predicted the likelihood of a major earthquake to hit Uttarakhand adding that the development might have a devastating effect. A two-day national workshop on disaster resilient infrastructure in the Himalayas concluded in Dehradun today with scientists highlighting the high probability of a quake in the region.

An earthquake of medium intensity struck Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand on Saturday night. The district has been jolted by three temblors in less than a week. The tremors were also felt in some other parts of Uttarakhand. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the magnitude of the earthquake was 3.2 on the Richter Scale and it occurred at the dep...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told parliament today that "the earthquake finally took place - the Earth (Dharti Ma) was likely angered." The PM's comment, hours after an earthquake hit Uttarakhand with sizeable tremors in Delhi and other areas in the North, was also a sly swipe at his political opponent, Rahul Gandhi. Months ago, Mr Gandhi, leading ...

An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude struck Uttarakhand on Monday night. Strong tremors were felt in national capital Delhi and neighbouring Gurgaon, Punjab and other parts of north India. Tremors were reported as far away as Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. No damage has been reported so far.

People rushed out of their homes and offices across Uttarakhand today as an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale shook whole of north India but there was no report of casualty or damage in the state.

Nearly 100 buses of the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation are queued up at the bus stand, and luggage is being loaded on them, batch by batch. A first batch of five buses, carrying hundreds of Indians, left for Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday morning. Another batch would leave for Bihar in the afternoon.

Mild tremors were today felt in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.        The quake, which measured 4.6 on the Richter Scale, lasted for a few seconds, officials said.        However, there was no immediate report of any loss of life or property, they said.    &n...

The body of 36-year-old Vijay Kumar Gaud, who died in last week's devastating earthquake in Turkey, was flown to Delhi on Monday morning and cremated in Kotdwar.

An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale hit Chamoli district of Uttarakhand in the wee hours of Saturday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Scientists have predicted the likelihood of a major earthquake to hit Uttarakhand adding that the development might have a devastating effect. A two-day national workshop on disaster resilient infrastructure in the Himalayas concluded in Dehradun today with scientists highlighting the high probability of a quake in the region.

An earthquake of medium intensity struck Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand on Saturday night. The district has been jolted by three temblors in less than a week. The tremors were also felt in some other parts of Uttarakhand. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the magnitude of the earthquake was 3.2 on the Richter Scale and it occurred at the dep...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told parliament today that "the earthquake finally took place - the Earth (Dharti Ma) was likely angered." The PM's comment, hours after an earthquake hit Uttarakhand with sizeable tremors in Delhi and other areas in the North, was also a sly swipe at his political opponent, Rahul Gandhi. Months ago, Mr Gandhi, leading ...

An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude struck Uttarakhand on Monday night. Strong tremors were felt in national capital Delhi and neighbouring Gurgaon, Punjab and other parts of north India. Tremors were reported as far away as Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. No damage has been reported so far.

People rushed out of their homes and offices across Uttarakhand today as an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale shook whole of north India but there was no report of casualty or damage in the state.

Nearly 100 buses of the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation are queued up at the bus stand, and luggage is being loaded on them, batch by batch. A first batch of five buses, carrying hundreds of Indians, left for Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday morning. Another batch would leave for Bihar in the afternoon.

Mild tremors were today felt in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.        The quake, which measured 4.6 on the Richter Scale, lasted for a few seconds, officials said.        However, there was no immediate report of any loss of life or property, they said.    &n...