Uttarkashi

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has expressed his deep condolences at the death of passengers of a max vehicle in a road accident. The vehicle which was coming from Jogat to Chinyalisaur in Uttarkashi district met with an accident at Bankot on Monday morning. He prayed for the peace of the departed souls and early recovery of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Exercise YUDH ABHYAS 2018 a joint military exercise of Indian and US armies, commenced this morning at Chaubattia, Uttarakhand with a short yet impressive opening ceremony that saw the unfurling of the national flags of both countries to the strains of “Jana Gana Mana….” and “The Star Spangled Banner”. Indian and US soldiers stood side by side, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Bowing down under pressure of people, who were running annoyed after rape incident happened in Uttarkashi, Police has arrested the rape accused on Tuesday. On August 18, 2018, information was received that dead body of a girl has been found on the bridge of the border of the revenue village Bhakda Hitanu. In this regard, victim’s parent ...

The Uttarakhand High Court today asked the state government to form a special investigation team (SIT) within 48 hours to look into the alleged gang rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Uttarkashi district. Taking suo motu cognisance of the recent incident, which has led to a wave of protests in the state, a division bench of Justice Rajiv ...

The case of murder of a girl in Hitanu of Dunda area in the district of Uttarkashi has emerged. After the murder, the criminals threw the body of the girl on a bridge near the village. The police administration got information about the incident at seven in the morning. After reaching the state police department had to face the wrath ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Incessant rain across the state threw normal life out of gear on Saturday. All schools remained shut in Dehradun as the district administration had declared a holiday on Saturday. As per the state disaster management authority, the Rishikesh-Gangotri national highway (NH-108) had remained blocked since morning due to debris falling in Maneri and Naytala. While the Rishikesh- ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale shook Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand this morning, according to the meteorological department. No damage to life and property has been reported so far. The tremor was felt in Uttarkashi at 6:12 am, MeT office Director Vikram Singh said. It had a latitude of 30.8 North and a longitude of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU After Gagandeep Singh, another jawan become savior of an old age person on Wednesday. The jawan rushed around two kilometers uphill carrying an old age  pilgrim, who had a mild heart attack, on his back and ensured the man received timely medical attention. Sub Inspector Lokendra Bahuguna’s heroic act not only proved to be blessing for 55-year-old Ranjhi ...

Power supply of 111 villages of Mori and Purola block of Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district was stalled due to fall of trees at Hogoli near Naogaon at 2 pm on Thursday afternoon. With this, people had to wait for about 27 hours without electricity. With no electricity, the villagers spent the night in support of the fireplace, lanterns and candles. Locals ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The portals of the Yamunotri and Gangotri shrines open for the pilgrims on Wednesday. With these two portal opening Char dham yatra for this season has begun. The portals of Yamunotri were opened at 12.15 pm and that of the Gangotri temple at 1.15 pm, an opportune time decided by the pandits in advance, according to the ...