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  Rescue operation done by helicopter in flood affected areas in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh

  News | August 06, 2020 12:31 IST

  Rescue 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 | July 28, 2020 18:59 IST

  The 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 | July 28, 2020 19:20 IST

  A 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 | July 27, 2020 20:45 IST

  Three 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 | July 27, 2020 21:00 IST

  Two 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 | July 21, 2020 13:33 IST

  People 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 | July 20, 2020 11:17 IST

  5 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 | June 23, 2020 22:24 IST

  A 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 | October 11, 2019 22:32 IST

  The 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 | September 07, 2019 13:28 IST

  A 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 | August 30, 2019 21:16 IST

  The 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 | June 04, 2019 18:40 IST

  The 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 | June 03, 2019 19:12 IST

  Indian 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 | June 27, 2015 14:05 IST

  Dehradun: 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 | June 20, 2015 13:54 IST

  Pithoragarh (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 | June 12, 2015 14:42 IST

  Pithoragarh: 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 | January 09, 2015 12:15 IST

  Dehradun: 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 | June 30, 2013 9:29 IST

  Pithoragarh, 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 | June 27, 2013 15:42 IST

  New 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