Badrinath
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Char Dham yatra begins today, portals of Kedarnath shrine opened for devotees
India | May 09, 2016, 08:10 AM ISTThe portals of Kedarnath shrine was thrown open to public this morning amid chanting of vedic hymns and blowing of conch shells. A large numbar of devotees from all over the country arrived here to worship at the shrine which was reopened at 07:15am.
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Will never show India in bad light: Kailash Kher
Bollywood | Feb 25, 2016, 06:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: Singer-composer Kailash Kher, now a producer, says there are some filmmakers who highlight the "helplessness of India" in their movies in the name of creativity. But he, as an artiste, will never follow
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Badrinath Portals to be Closed on November 17
India | Oct 22, 2015, 08:01 PM ISTGopeshwar: The sacred portals of Badrinath will be closed for devotees on the evening of November 17 this year. Announcing the propitious date and time for the ceremonial closure of its gates, Chief Dharmadhikari of
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Landslide on the route to Badrinath strands over 3,000 pilgrims
India | May 01, 2015, 11:41 AM ISTDehradun: Over 3,000 pilgrims were left stranded on the route leading to Badrinath shrine on Wednesday due to landslides, officials said.A heavy downpour on Tuesday led to a landslide in Vishnuprayag after which the road
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Badrinath highway in Uttarakhand closed after snowfall
India | Mar 09, 2015, 12:00 PM ISTDehradun:The Badrinath highway was closed due to to heavy snowfall in Uttarakhand, officials said on Monday.The inclement weather has also stopped the restoration and construction work at Kedarnath, one of the shrines of the famous
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Thick sheets of snow envelop famous Himalayan temples in Uttarakhand
India | Jan 14, 2015, 02:09 PM ISTGopeshwar: Thick sheets of snow today shrouded the famous Himalayan temples of Kedarnath, Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib as the higher reaches of Garhwal Himalayas received fresh snowfall, while the lower areas were lashed by rains
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Anil Ambani takes 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' to Badrinath, Kedarnath
India | Oct 19, 2014, 07:44 AM ISTBadrinath: Taking forward Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative to rid the country of litter and rubbish, Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani on Saturday cleaned the Badrinath and Kedarnath temple premises and area around it to
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Weather clears in Uttarakhand; pilgrims leave for 'Char Dham'
India | Aug 20, 2014, 11:29 PM ISTDehradun: The weather was clear in most parts of Uttarakhand today except light to moderate rain at isolated places, allowing ‘Char Dham' pilgrims to leave for Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri.The weather was clear in
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People here leave their jobs to collect 'Indian Viagra'
India | May 31, 2014, 04:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: In the months between May and July, people of Chamoli district apply for a long leave from their offices in Dehradun and head to their villages above Joshimath near the temple town of
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Fresh snowfall blocks two highways to Kedarnath, Badrinath
India | Apr 20, 2014, 08:44 AM ISTDehradun: Fresh snowfall in higher reaches and moderate showers in plains in Uttarakhand have left two highways leading to Kedarnath and Badrinath shrines in Garhwal Himalayas blocked, raising worries about timely start of the annual
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Badrinath chief priest Namboodiri arrested in Delhi on sexual molestation charge
India | Feb 04, 2014, 05:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: The chief priest (mukhya rawal) of the famous Badrinath shrine, Keshavan Namboodiri was arrested by Delhi's Meharuli Police today on charge of trying to sexually molest a married woman in a hotel. The
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Yatra to Kedarnath, Badrinath resumes after 3 months
India | Oct 05, 2013, 09:54 PM ISTGopeshwar(Chamoli): After a gap of nearly three months, pilgrimage to Kedarnath and Badrinath temples formally resumed today as the first batch of nearly 200 devotees paid obeisance at the two Himalayan shrines, leaving behind horrific
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Kedarnath-Badrinath pilgrimage to restart Oct 5
India | Oct 01, 2013, 10:50 AM ISTDehradun/Lucknow: Almost four months after flash floods and heavy rains led to the halt of the annual "Char Dham Yatra" in Uttarakhand, the religious trip to Kedarnath and Badrinath shrines is scheduled to open for
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Yatra to Kedarnath, Badrinath to resume on Oct 5
India | Sep 30, 2013, 09:44 PM ISTDehradun: Pilgrimage to the famous Himalayan shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath, suspended since the mid-June calamity in Uttarakhand, will resume on October 5 with the start of the Navratras.The decision was made at a meeting
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Landslides near Badrinath in Uttarakhand
India | Aug 13, 2013, 11:00 AM ISTDehradun: Heavy rains continued to lash Uttarakhand on Monday and Tuesday morning causing landslides at several places near Badrinath and Chamoli. Landslides were reported near Peepalkoti, blocking the route to Badrinath. Landslides also took place
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IAF 'evacuates' helicopter amid landslide warning in Uttarakhand
India | Jul 12, 2013, 08:13 PM ISTNew Delhi, July 12: After evacuating over one lakh people stranded in flash-flood hit Uttarakhand, Indian Air Force pilots (IAF) "rescued" a helicopter parked at a helipad in Gauchar Thursday night.The pilots were woken up
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Relief operations resume in Uttarakhand as skies clear up
India | Jul 09, 2013, 08:18 PM ISTDehradun, July 9: Relief operations resumed in disaster-hit Uttarakhand on Tuesday as the weather cleared up after three days even as most of the personnel engaged in clearing debris and cremating bodies at Kedarnath were
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Uttarakhand: Fresh rain hinders relief work in remote
India | Jul 07, 2013, 06:10 PM ISTDehradun, July 7: Fresh spell of rains on Sunday halted helicopter operations to ferry rations to remote Uttarakhand districts reeling under shortage of foodgrains even as wet weather put brakes on the task of cremation
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Uttarakhand:Hundred Badrinath pilgrims await evacuation, says NDMA
India | Jul 03, 2013, 05:00 PM ISTDehradun, July 3: Rescue operations at Badrinath in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand have not ended yet, as about hundred pilgrims and 200 local people are still to be evacuated, a disaster management official said Wednesday."Still we have
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Uttarakhand: Rescue operations in Badrinath end
India | Jul 02, 2013, 11:02 PM ISTDehradun, July 3: Seventeen days after the Uttarakhand disaster, the mammoth multi-agency rescue operations to evacuate all stranded pilgrims and tourists concluded today with a group of 150 people being taken to safety from Badrinath.In