Chamoli

DAINIK NATION BUREAU First time in the last seventeen years, the portals of the Badrinath shrine will be closed after sunset this year on November 19. Although three portals i.e. the Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines have already been closed for the winter season, the Badrinath shrine is yet to close. The ritual procedure for closure of the portals has ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has inaugurated the seven days long state level 67th industrial development and cultural Gauchar Fair at Gauchar today. CM also unveiled various development schemes worth of Rs 45.96 crore. He also distributed cheques of agricultural loans of Rs 5.46 crore among 1054 small and marginal farmers of district Chamoli and Rudraparyag under the Deendyal ...

The pilgrimage to Hemkund Sahib in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand will no more include an arduous 16-km trekking stretch as the authorities are all set to construct a road till Bhyundur considerably reducing this distance. Under the present arrangements, pilgrims who come to Govindghat, the gateway to Hemkund Sahib, take their vehicles up to Pulna, which is at a ...

The portals of Hemkund Sahib, a famous sikh shrine in the Garhwal Himalayas, will close on October 10 for six months. The officials from the Department of Tourism said that so far around 3 lakh pilgrims have managed to visit the holy shrine. Hemkund Sahib shrine is located at 16,000 ft above sea level near the famous Badrinath temple in ...

Joshimath: Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today that people living along the China border were the country’s “strategic assets”, and directed the frontier guarding force ITBP to ensure that they did not migrate as this would put India’s security at risk. Addressing locals and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) troops at the 1st battalion camp here, Singh said the border population ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU   Joshimath in the Chamoli district which houses the fabled Badrinath shrine has displayed an exemplary communal harmony with  Eid Ul Juha (also known as Bakrid)  being celebrated with devotion and enthusiasm at a Gurudwara on Saturday. Observers say that the people of the place where the famous shrine is housed have sent a  message of them craving ...

The Uttrakhand Department of Tourism will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Mayor of Chamonix Valley for developing Auli, Bedni Bugyal and Gorsaon (Chamoli), as a world-class winter ski destinations. Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj said the memorandum would be signed on Thursday by the Department of Tourism with the Mayor of Chamonix Valley in the presence of the French ...

The Badrinath highway which was closed after heavy rain and landslides around midnight, opened on Tuesday morning, an official said. Landslides triggered on Monday night at Lambagad left the highway blocked with rocks for almost eight hours. The annual ‘Chaar Dham’ pilgrimage at the other three places – Yamunotri, Gangotri and Kedarnath though were running smoothly, he added. Water-logging was ...

Pilgrims to Hemkund Sahib and tourists travelling to Valley of Flowers in Chamoli district will now be able to enjoy 2G mobile services after Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has installed a mobile tower at Ghangaria village. The services will be available within a 4km radius from Ghangaria. Harshwardhan Nakholiya, junior telecom officer (JTO), BSNL, said, “For the first time, ...

Chamoli police have seized 18-kg of explosives from an ex-serviceman on Gopeswhar-Kedarnath road in Chamoli district on Sunday morning.  Acting on intelligence inputs, the Chamoli police arrested Satyapal Singh, former soldier and resident of Gopeshwar, from in front of a local hotel and recovered 45 sticks of gelatin, which is a prohibited ‘class-II explosive’. “We have arrested an ex-serviceman today ...