Pithoragarh
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Rescue operation done by helicopter in flood affected areas in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh
News | Aug 06, 2020, 12:31 PM ISTRescue operation has been done in several flood affected areas with the help of helicopter in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district.
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Portion of bridge built across Gosi River collapses in Uttarakhand
News | Jul 28, 2020, 06:59 PM ISTThe portion of a bridge built across Gosi River, under Pithoragarh and Bangapani tehsils has been collapsed on July 28.
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Former captain of wheelchair cricket team works as labourer to make both ends meet amid COVID-19
News | Jul 28, 2020, 07:20 PM ISTA former captain of the Indian wheelchair cricket team started working as a labourer in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh to earn a living for his family amid COVID-19 pandemic.
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3 die in two house collapse incidents in Pithoragarh
India | Jul 27, 2020, 08:45 PM ISTThree persons got buried alive early on Monday when torrential rains reduced their houses into a heap of rubble in two separate incidents in Pithoragarh district, officials said.
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Houses collapse in Pithoragarh following cloudburst, two feared trapped
News | Jul 27, 2020, 09:00 PM ISTTwo persons feared trapped under the debris, after two houses collapsed following a cloudburst in Jhula village of Pithoragarh district.
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Locals carry patient on makeshift plank due to unavailability of road in Pithoragarh
News | Jul 21, 2020, 01:33 PM ISTPeople in Pithoragarh's Munsyari on July 20 carried a patient to the hospital on a makeshift plank.
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5 houses washed away due to incessant rainfall in Uttarakhand's Dharchula
News | Jul 20, 2020, 11:17 AM IST5 houses were washed away in Dharchula's Munsyari on July 19
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Video: Bailey bridge near India-China border in Uttarakhand collapses
India | Jun 23, 2020, 10:24 PM ISTA bailey bridge in this district of Uttarakhand, nearly 50 km from the Sino-India border, collapsed when a truck carrying a JCB machine was crossing it, an official said on Tuesday. The truck driver and the JCB machine operator were injured as the 40-feet-long bridge, built in 2009, crashed on Monday under the combined weight of the truck and the JCB machine
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Delhi-NCR gets second airport, commercial flight takes off from Hindon
India | Oct 11, 2019, 10:32 PM ISTThe first commercial flight from the Hindon civil airport adjacent to the Air Force's Hindon airbase operated on Friday when a nine-seater plane took off for Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district.
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One killed, 2 injured in Uttarakhand cloudburst
India | Sep 07, 2019, 01:28 PM ISTA cloudburst in Timtia village following a heavy downpour caused slush to inundate the home of Ram Singh at around 2.40 am today, killing the 60-year-old man on the spot and leaving Dhani Devi (55) and Chandra Devi (70) injured
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Two killed as vehicle falls into gorge in Uttarakhand
India | Aug 30, 2019, 09:16 PM ISTThe vehicle was on its way to Dobat from Ranthi when it fell into a 150-metre deep gorge, the State Emergency Operation Centre here said.
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District admin awaits instructions from Centre 30 hours after spotting bodies on Nanda Devi
India | Jun 04, 2019, 06:40 PM ISTThe Pithoragarh administration was awaiting instructions from the Centre on Tuesday to take steps to retrieve the bodies of five mountaineers IAF choppers spotted a day earlier near an unscaled peak adjoining the Nanda Devi East, an official said.
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Nanda Devi: Bodies of 8 missing mountaineers found buried in snow
India | Jun 03, 2019, 07:12 PM ISTIndian Air Force helicopters have spotted the bodies of eight missing mountaineers who went missing on way to the 7,434-metre-high Nanda Devi East peak in Uttarakhand.
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Moderate intensity quake shook parts of Uttarakhand
India | Jun 27, 2015, 02:05 PM ISTDehradun: A moderate intensity earthquake shook parts of Uttarakhand today afternoon.The magnitude of the quake was measured 3.0 on the Richter scale.The epicentre of the earthquake was in the state's Pithoragarh district, reports said.The Uttarakhand
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First batch of Kailash-mansarovar yatris cross over to Tibet
India | Jun 20, 2015, 01:54 PM ISTPithoragarh (U'Khand): First batch of 58 Indian piligrims undertaking the annual yatra to Kailash Mansarovar today crossed over to the Tibetan Autonomous Regionn of China.All 58 Indian pilgrims of first batch of Kailash Mansarovar yatra
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Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat flags off Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
India | Jun 12, 2015, 02:42 PM ISTPithoragarh: The annual Kailash Mansarovar Yatra began today as the first batch of 58 pilgrims was flagged off by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat from Almora.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had yesterday flagged off the
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Relief work begins in snow storm-hit Uttarakhand towns
India | Jan 09, 2015, 12:15 PM ISTDehradun: Relief work began Friday in Pithoragarh and Chamoli towns of Uttarakhand which were hit by a snow storm Thursday, officials said Friday.State government officials told IANS that district officials along with rescue teams equipped
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Uttarakhand: Choppers evacuate over 500 people from Pithoragarh, 200 villages devastated
India | Jun 30, 2013, 09:29 AM ISTPithoragarh, Uttarakhand, June 30: While choppers have been pressed in to rescue over 500 people stranded in Pithoragarh, the local administration officials are yet to reach most of the village cut off due to landslide,
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Slight intensity quake hits Pithoragarh
India | Jun 27, 2013, 03:42 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 27: An earthquake of slight intensity, measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale, jolted the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand today. The quake struck at around 11.51 AM, the MeT officials said.The epicentre of