Pithoragarh

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Eleven Air Warriors of the Indian Air Force who had set course for trekking to Sundardunga Glacier, located in the Himalayan range on  October 28  returned to  the Air Force Station at Bhowali in Nainital district safe and sound. The trekking team was received at the Air Force Station Bhowali by the Station Commander Group Captain S ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Strange but true that state government is consistently claiming that they would ensure development or benefit of the government scheme should reach upto the last village of the state but Pithoragarh district residents are surviving only on locally grown potatoes and rice for the last few months. It has happened because connecting road washed away due to ...

Two skeletons were recovered from the Kali river at Jhoolaghat town here today on the Indo-Nepal border with the police suspecting them to be of those who went missing after cloudbursts hit Mangti and Malpa on August 14. “The recovery of the skeletons has given rise to suspicion that they could belong to those who went missing in the natural ...

Namita Pant, the daughter of state finance minister and Pithoragarh MLA Prakash Pant, has become the Judge Advocate General (JAG) in the Indian Army on Saturday. Many members of the family were present at the passing out parade held at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai. There is an atmosphere of happiness in the joining of Namita in the Indian ...

Search for those missing since the cloudbursts at Mangti and Malpa in Pithoragarh closed today, 17 days after the tragedy in which nine persons lost their lives. The search operations was winded up after the security personnel engaged in the exercise said the huge dumps of debris at Malpa and Mangti Nalla ended all hopes of any more recoveries, District ...

Four soldiers and three civilians have gone missing after a cloudburst hit the Mangta Nala region of Uttarakhand on Monday. Three bodies have also been recovered in Malpa. Kailash Mansarovar Yatra has been halted due to the floods and landslide caused by the cloudburst on the route. Two bridges were damaged in Mangti and one in Simkhola districts of Uttarakhand. ...

Five persons, including three Nepali citizens, were killed, and two Nepali citizens were injured when a boulder hit a Maruti Alto near Tawaghat, in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, on Thursday. Continuous rainfall in the Tawaghat region triggered landslips, which loosened the boulder that hit the car on Thursday morning and killed five persons, including the driver. “The car was going from ...

The SSB has sealed the pull and bridges on the India-Nepal border in order to ensure hassle free elections in the Himalayan nation. The movement for the two countries will be closed on the border for the next few days. In view of the second phase of elections to be held on June 28 in Nepal, international bridges have been ...

Pithoragarh: One person was killed and two others injured, including an Army man, purportedly after a welding gas cylinder went off in Bharkatia Cantt, 7 km from here, on Wednesday. A bomb disposal squad and police forensic team have been investigating the matter. Pithoragarh superintendent of police Ajay Joshi said, “Nirmal Kumar, 45, and his helper Vishal, 22, both residents ...

The snow-stricken laden have become a threat to people of 14 villages settled on the border of Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand. Villagers returning to their native villages after spending the winter in lower areas are facing difficulties, adverse weather and the challenge of breaking glaciers. Large ice slabs are fluttering from the glaciers suddenly to the road, who have to make ...