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Uttarakhand: Four people killed in road accident in Pithoragarh
8 months ago

Uttarakhand: Four people killed in road accident in Pithoragarh

Hindustan Times  

Four people were killed, and four others sustained injuries after their vehicle plunged into a gorge in Chandak area of Pithorgarh district on Monday. Four persons lost their lives, and four others were injured in the accident,” Pithoragarh circle officer Parvez Ali said. He said a wedding ceremony took place in Pithoragarh on Sunday evening. After the wedding ceremony, The …

Pithoragarh
Uttarakhand's Manaskhand Corridor Yatra to begin from April 22 to popularise the ancient temples of the Kumaon region
8 months ago

Uttarakhand's Manaskhand Corridor Yatra to begin from April 22 to popularise the ancient temples of the Kumaon region

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand tourism department in collaboration with the Indian Railways will start the 'Manaskhand Corridor Yatra' next week to popularise the ancient temples of the Kumaon region, officials said on Saturday. A special train will be run from Pune to Tanakpur in Pithoragarh district for the yatra from April 22, District Tourism Officer Kirti Chand Arya said. The train will carry …

Uttarakhand Temples Pune Train Pithoragarh Kumaon Khatima
Uttarakhand: 7 feared dead as car buries under debris triggered by landslide
1 year, 2 months ago

Uttarakhand: 7 feared dead as car buries under debris triggered by landslide

Hindustan Times  

At least seven people were feared dead after the car they were travelling in was buried under heavy debris triggered by a landslide on the Dharchula-Gunji road in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh on Sunday, a senior official said. Bhupendra Singh Mahar, district disaster management officer, Pithoragarh, said the incident took place around 1pm. He said, “The rescue teams from SDRF, Police, ITBP …

Uttarakhand Dharchula
Disclose Instances Of Illegal Mining In State, Action Taken Against Such Breaches: Uttarakhand High Court To State
1 year, 5 months ago

Disclose Instances Of Illegal Mining In State, Action Taken Against Such Breaches: Uttarakhand High Court To State

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court directed the State to disclose the instances of illegal mining in the state and the actions taken against such breaches. “The State should disclose in its affidavit to be filed within two weeks the instances of illegal mining by the licensees, which have come to light, and the nature of action taken in respect of each …

Court Mining Uttarakhand Illegal Mining State Taken Illegal
Woman's Body Pulled Out of Sludge-filled Home as Cloudburst Triggers Flash Flood in Uttarakhand Village
2 years, 3 months ago

Woman's Body Pulled Out of Sludge-filled Home as Cloudburst Triggers Flash Flood in Uttarakhand Village

News 18  

A cloudburst in a border village of Nepal triggered a flash flood in Khotila village on the Indian side as waters of the swelling Kali river rushed into homes, filling them with sludge and killing a woman. The body of Pashupati Devi, a resident of Khotila village, was later pulled out of the sludge that had choked her house after …

Nepal Village Dharchula Khotila Village
Uttarakhand forest dept ropes in hunter to kill ‘maneater’ leopard in Pithoragarh
3 years, 2 months ago

Uttarakhand forest dept ropes in hunter to kill ‘maneater’ leopard in Pithoragarh

Hindustan Times  

After clamping night curfew, the Uttarakhand forest department has now roped in hunter Harish Dhami to kill the maneater leopard in Pithoragarh district. Bhargav said after the leopard killed an eight-year-old girl in Bajeti ward of the town, the forest department had installed a cage near the place. On September 30, the Pithoragarh administration had extended the night curfew by …

Forest State Pithoragarh Night Curfew Bajeti Leopard Kill
Night curfew clamped in half a dozen Uttarakhand villages after leopard terror
3 years, 3 months ago

Night curfew clamped in half a dozen Uttarakhand villages after leopard terror

Hindustan Times  

In a bid to avoid man-animal conflict, night curfew has been clamped in half a dozen villages in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, officials said. “Night curfew has been clamped in half a dozen villages where leopard movement has created terror. Since a pair was spotted at the time of this incident, the local administration has clamped night curfew from 6 pm …

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Illegal crossing of Indo-Nepal border in Pithoragarh has forces worried
3 years, 4 months ago

Illegal crossing of Indo-Nepal border in Pithoragarh has forces worried

Hindustan Times  

The recent drowning of a 33-year-old Nepalese national at Indo-Nepal border near Uttarakhand’s Dharchula town in Pithoragarh district has brought the focus back on Nepalese citizens illegally crossing the border to enter India. The SSB personnel deployed in the area also said that they often intercept such illegal border crossing mechanisms at the border in Dharchula and have often raised …

Border Indian Crossing Citizens River Illegal Wire
Uttarakhand: Youth Dies While Dousing Forest Fire In Pithoragarh, Total Death Toll Reaches 7
3 years, 8 months ago

Uttarakhand: Youth Dies While Dousing Forest Fire In Pithoragarh, Total Death Toll Reaches 7

ABP News  

Pithoragarh : A youth died while dousing a wildfire in his village in the Didihat forest range in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district, officials said on Monday. The incident occurred on Saturday when a fire broke out in Athkhawli and Sarpanch Puran Singh Mehta called youths from the village to extinguish the blaze, Divisional Forest Officer Vinay Bhargava said. Forest fires continue …

Uttarakhand Forest Pithoragarh Forest Fire
Man-eater leopard that killed 2 women shot dead in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh
3 years, 9 months ago

Man-eater leopard that killed 2 women shot dead in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh

Hindustan Times  

A man-eater leopard, which killed two women in Pithoragarh last month, has been shot dead by a hunter engaged by the Uttarakhand forest department, an official said. The leopard was shot dead by a forest department appointed hunter Rajeev Soloman in Kanalichhina block on Tuesday evening," said Naveen Chandra Pant, sub-divisional forest officer of Pithoragarh forest division. On February 28, …

Uttarakhand Forest Village Killed Leopard Pithoragarh
3 Women Killed: Fear-stricken Villagers in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh Demand Killing of Leopard
3 years, 10 months ago

3 Women Killed: Fear-stricken Villagers in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh Demand Killing of Leopard

News 18  

The residents of the Devalthal area in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district, where three women were killed in quick succession by a leopard recently, held a demonstration on Saturday demanding the killing of the big cat. "We are demanding the killing of the leopard and a government job for one of the three children of the woman, who became the third victim …

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Night Stay, Camping, Campfires Banned in Pithoragarh Grasslands: Forest Dept
4 years, 1 month ago

Night Stay, Camping, Campfires Banned in Pithoragarh Grasslands: Forest Dept

News 18  

As part of efforts to preserve the Himalayan meadows, the forest department here has put a complete ban on night stay, pitching tents and making camp fires in the grasslands of the district. The number of people visiting the meadows has also been restricted to 200 per day, sub divisional forest officer, Navin Pant, said. "Besides the imposition of a …

Night Stay