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"Finally, God Heard Us": Families Of Workers Rescued From Uttarkashi Tunnel Relieved
In Khirabeda, relief and happiness writ large on the faces of the family members of three workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand after the news of their rescue reached this nondescript village on the outskirts of Ranchi on Tuesday.
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Uttarakhand Village Residents Threaten To Boycott Polls If Road Not Built
"No road, no vote" -- this is what the residents of Livada village in Uttarkashi have decided until an approach road to the village is built.
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62-Year-Old Woman Mauled To Death By Leopard In Uttarakhand
A woman was mauled to death by a leopard in a village in Chinyalisaur block here on Friday, the village head said. Bhagirathi Devi was attacked by the leopard when she had gone out to bring fodder for her cattle, village head Shivraj Bisht said.
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Dalit Man Tied Up, Burned With Sticks For Entering Uttarkhand Temple: Cops
A Dalit man was allegedly assaulted by a group of people and singed with burning sticks when he entered a temple to offer prayers at Salra village in Mori area of Uttarkashi district, police said on Thursday.
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Meets Families Of Those Killed In Uttarkashi Cloudburst
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday met the families of the people who died following a cloudburst in Mando village of Uttarkashi district.
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11 Migrants Walking To Village In UP From Uttarakhand On Foot Caught
Eleven migrant labourers were caught while trying to escape to Saharanpur through forests and a case was registered against a WhatsApp group admin for circulating a rumour that the labourers were members of a Jamaat, police said on Friday.
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No Girl Born In 132 Villages In Uttarkashi In 3 Months: Report
At a time when the centre has been promoting its "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" programme, sex ratio at birth data from 132 villages in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand revealed that no girl child was born in these areas in the last three months.
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"Uttarkashi Gangrape Has Shaken Me," Says Chief Minister, Assures Action
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday condemned the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Bhakra village of the state and assured stringent action against the accused.
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Lone Bridge Connecting Uttarkashi To China Border Collapses
The lone bridge linking Uttarkashi to the China border collapsed today, disconnecting dozens of villages and inconveniencing daily commuters, especially school-going children and teachers.
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Uttarakhand Election 2017: Over 1000 'Ghost Villages' In State Make Migration Major Poll Issue
As Uttarakhand voted in its 4th assembly election on Wednesday, one of the key issues that plagued voters' minds in the hill-state was intra-state migration, which has led to a demographic drain from the hill-districts and spurred the creation of as many as 1,053 'ghost villages', uninhabited settlements, across Pauri, Tehri, Almora, Uttarkashi, Ch...
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Family of 5 Killed in Accident Near Mussoorie
It was supposed to be a long weekend outing for the family but ended tragically. Surat Singh, 38, set out with his family - wife Poonam, six-year-old son Shaurya, 8-month-old girl and 32-year-old brother in law for Mussoorie - from his village Gyansu in Uttarkashi district to visit their extended family in Dehradun.
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Uttarakhand aftermath: Walking 15 km for 15 kg of ration
For hundreds of villagers in the area, two pine logs thrown precariously across the raging river is their only access to Uttarkashi - in other words, the outside world.
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Uttarakhand floods: Villagers leave homes fearing more landslides
Located at over 7000 feet, Dhasra village in Uttarkashi was spared the physical devastation the other parts of the state suffered. But the mental trauma of the flash floods in their state, that killed more than 1000 people and displaced thousands, has shattered their peace.
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Uttarakhand: Hundreds of villages still cut-off, government to ask for all-weather choppers
With incessant rains over the last two days hampering relief operations in Uttarakhand, the state government today geared up to requisition choppers which can be flown even in bad weather to take food supplies to affected areas in Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi and Chamoli districts.
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Everest conquerors to the rescue!
A group of ace climbers, which includes Mt Everest conquerors Bachendri Pal and Premlata Agarwal, have quietly arrived in Uttarkashi from across India trekking up to villages where even the Army jawans haven't reached, providing essential supplies to marooned villagers who have no food, water or power.
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"Finally, God Heard Us": Families Of Workers Rescued From Uttarkashi Tunnel Relieved
In Khirabeda, relief and happiness writ large on the faces of the family members of three workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand after the news of their rescue reached this nondescript village on the outskirts of Ranchi on Tuesday.
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Uttarakhand Village Residents Threaten To Boycott Polls If Road Not Built
"No road, no vote" -- this is what the residents of Livada village in Uttarkashi have decided until an approach road to the village is built.
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62-Year-Old Woman Mauled To Death By Leopard In Uttarakhand
A woman was mauled to death by a leopard in a village in Chinyalisaur block here on Friday, the village head said. Bhagirathi Devi was attacked by the leopard when she had gone out to bring fodder for her cattle, village head Shivraj Bisht said.
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Dalit Man Tied Up, Burned With Sticks For Entering Uttarkhand Temple: Cops
A Dalit man was allegedly assaulted by a group of people and singed with burning sticks when he entered a temple to offer prayers at Salra village in Mori area of Uttarkashi district, police said on Thursday.
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Meets Families Of Those Killed In Uttarkashi Cloudburst
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday met the families of the people who died following a cloudburst in Mando village of Uttarkashi district.
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11 Migrants Walking To Village In UP From Uttarakhand On Foot Caught
Eleven migrant labourers were caught while trying to escape to Saharanpur through forests and a case was registered against a WhatsApp group admin for circulating a rumour that the labourers were members of a Jamaat, police said on Friday.
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No Girl Born In 132 Villages In Uttarkashi In 3 Months: Report
At a time when the centre has been promoting its "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" programme, sex ratio at birth data from 132 villages in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand revealed that no girl child was born in these areas in the last three months.
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"Uttarkashi Gangrape Has Shaken Me," Says Chief Minister, Assures Action
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday condemned the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Bhakra village of the state and assured stringent action against the accused.
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Lone Bridge Connecting Uttarkashi To China Border Collapses
The lone bridge linking Uttarkashi to the China border collapsed today, disconnecting dozens of villages and inconveniencing daily commuters, especially school-going children and teachers.
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Uttarakhand Election 2017: Over 1000 'Ghost Villages' In State Make Migration Major Poll Issue
As Uttarakhand voted in its 4th assembly election on Wednesday, one of the key issues that plagued voters' minds in the hill-state was intra-state migration, which has led to a demographic drain from the hill-districts and spurred the creation of as many as 1,053 'ghost villages', uninhabited settlements, across Pauri, Tehri, Almora, Uttarkashi, Ch...
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Family of 5 Killed in Accident Near Mussoorie
It was supposed to be a long weekend outing for the family but ended tragically. Surat Singh, 38, set out with his family - wife Poonam, six-year-old son Shaurya, 8-month-old girl and 32-year-old brother in law for Mussoorie - from his village Gyansu in Uttarkashi district to visit their extended family in Dehradun.
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Uttarakhand aftermath: Walking 15 km for 15 kg of ration
For hundreds of villagers in the area, two pine logs thrown precariously across the raging river is their only access to Uttarkashi - in other words, the outside world.
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Uttarakhand floods: Villagers leave homes fearing more landslides
Located at over 7000 feet, Dhasra village in Uttarkashi was spared the physical devastation the other parts of the state suffered. But the mental trauma of the flash floods in their state, that killed more than 1000 people and displaced thousands, has shattered their peace.
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Uttarakhand: Hundreds of villages still cut-off, government to ask for all-weather choppers
With incessant rains over the last two days hampering relief operations in Uttarakhand, the state government today geared up to requisition choppers which can be flown even in bad weather to take food supplies to affected areas in Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi and Chamoli districts.
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Everest conquerors to the rescue!
A group of ace climbers, which includes Mt Everest conquerors Bachendri Pal and Premlata Agarwal, have quietly arrived in Uttarkashi from across India trekking up to villages where even the Army jawans haven't reached, providing essential supplies to marooned villagers who have no food, water or power.
