Kedarnath
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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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Delhiites reel under humidity while rains lash parts of north India
India | Aug 06, 2014, 08:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Moderate to heavy rains lashed several parts of north India with landslides blocking roads in Uttarakhand but the showers continued to evade Delhi. Overcast conditions persisted in the national capital pushing the humidity
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Yatra to Badrinath stalled following warning of heavy rains
India | Jul 17, 2014, 04:29 PM ISTDehradun: A day after yatra to Kedarnath was suspended, the pilgrimage to another major Himalayan shrine, Badrinath, in Uttarakhand was stalled on Thursday in view of the weatherman's prediction of heavy rains in the area.Yatra
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Harish Rawat seeks additional funds of Rs 4000 cr from Centre
National | Jun 30, 2014, 04:36 PM ISTDehradun: Seeking liberal funding from the Centre to address the situation in calamity-ravaged areas of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has demanded an additional assistance of Rs 4,000 crore for carrying out the third phase
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17 more skeletal remains found in Kedar valley
India | Jun 16, 2014, 11:48 AM ISTDehradun: Ahead of the first anniversary of horrendous flash floods which claimed thousands of lives in Uttarakhand, authorities recovered 17 more skeletal remains and cremated them in Kedar valley.Rudraprayag Superintendent of Police Barindrajit Singh said
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One year after Kedarnath tragedy, 12 more bodies found, cremated
India | Jun 14, 2014, 07:16 PM ISTDehradun: As the first anniversary of the flash floods which claimed thousands of lives in Uttarakhand approaches rpt approaches fast, authorities recovered 12 more skeletal remains and cremated them in Kedar valley today.“Twelve skeletal remains
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Special task force to search for bodies near Kedarnath
India | Jun 14, 2014, 06:07 PM ISTDehradun: With human skeletal remains still being found in Kedar valley, the Uttarakhand government today constituted a special task force to conduct intensive combing operations in the forests adjoining Kedarnath in search of bodies.The task
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2nd phase of restoration works at Kedarnath begins: Rawat
India | Jun 07, 2014, 11:55 PM ISTDehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat today said second phase of restoration works at Kedarnath, which had suffered huge destruction due to the last year's floods, has begun.Chairing a meeting with National Disaster Management Authority
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Pandit Jasraj to perform at the opening ceremony of Kedarnath
India | May 01, 2014, 02:10 PM ISTDehradun: Hindustani classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj will welcome devotees with an early morning performance of ‘ragas' at the Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath when its sacred portals are reopened on May 4 after a six-month winter
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Flood-ravaged Kedarnath to get a brand new look
India | Jan 10, 2014, 11:19 AM ISTNew Delhi: If things go the way the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has advised, a new township will be constructed on the southern terrace of the Kedarnath shrine that was ravaged by flash floods
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Landslide damages NH connecting Rishikesh and Kedarnath
India | Oct 17, 2013, 06:44 AM ISTGopeshwar: A stretch of the National Highway connecting Rishikesh and Kedarnath was day before yesterday damaged due to a landslide at Phata village in Rudraprayag near here. A 50-metre stretch of the road fell in
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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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Uttarakhand disaster: No decision so far on removal of debris in Kedarnath, says Bahuguna
India | Oct 03, 2013, 05:13 PM ISTDehradun: Uttarakhand government has not taken any decision so far on removal of tonnes of debris lying around Kedarnath since the “Himalayan Tsunami” of June, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said today.“Debris cleaning in areas surrounding
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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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Uttarakhand: Homeless in Kedarnath valley to boycott 2014 polls
India | Sep 30, 2013, 03:51 PM ISTDehradun: Kedarnath valley residents, who lost their houses in the June calamity in Uttarakhand, have threatened to boycott the 2014 general elections if the state government does not devise a proper rehabilitation policy and relocate
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Pokhriyal questions 'hurry' in resuming prayer at Kedarnath
India | Sep 12, 2013, 07:05 PM ISTKedarnath: Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank today said by allowing prayer to resume at the Kedarnath shrine without involving common people, the Bahuguna-led government had put an end to the century-old tradition.“For century
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Watch exclusive pics of Kedarnath three months after devastation
India | Sep 12, 2013, 06:11 AM ISTKedarnath: Pooja began Wednesday (Sept 11) morning at 7 am at the holy Kedarnath shrine, the first since flash flood devastated the shrine on the night of June 16. Prayers were suspended at the shrine
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Pooja at Kedarnath to resume from Sept 11
India | Sep 01, 2013, 07:47 PM ISTDehradun: Preparations are in place for resumption of prayers from September 11 at Kedarnath shrine in the flood-ravaged state of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said today.Prayers at Kedarnath, suspended since the mid-June natural calamity
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Uttarakhand: 48 more bodies found from heaps of rubble in Kedarnath, cremated
India | Aug 10, 2013, 11:03 AM ISTDehradun, Aug 10: Forty-eight more bodies were extricated from the heaps of rubble in Uttarakhand's worst flood-hit Kedarnath area by police and NDRF personnel, even as four persons were feared dead when their jeep fell