Uttarakhand Flood
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Akhilesh donates month's salary for Uttarakhand
National | Jun 25, 2013, 07:34 AM ISTLucknow, June 25: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Monday gave away a month's salary for disaster relief in Uttarakhand.He also urged ministers in his government and MPs and legislators of the Samajwadi Party to
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Clean up Kedarnath temple area, says BJP MP
National | Jun 25, 2013, 07:36 AM ISTNew Delhi, June 25: BJP MP Tarun Vijay Monday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to constitute a group of ministers for reconstruction of the Kedarnath region and to have the temple area cleaned up due
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'C.I.D.' team to lend helping hand in Uttarakhand
Bollywood | Jun 25, 2013, 07:37 AM ISTMumbai, June 25: Members of the TV crime show "C.I.D." actor Dayanand Shetty and director B.P. Singh will leave for Uttarakhand Tuesday to lend help to victims of the devastating floods in the hill state,
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Uttarakhand relief: Tihar jail inmates donate Rs 10 lakh
India | Jun 25, 2013, 07:18 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 25: Prisoners in Tihar jail on Monday donated Rs 10 lakh for Uttarakhand flood victims.A maximum amount of Rs 3.5 lakh has been contributed by inmates of jail number 2, where those
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China expresses sorrow over Uttarakhand disaster
World | Jun 24, 2013, 04:59 PM ISTBeijing,Jun 24: China today expressed grief over the loss of lives and damage to properties in the aftermath of devastating floods in Uttarakhand and surrounding areas.Premier Li Keqiang has sent a message of condolence to
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UP govt will extend all possible help to Uttarakhand: Akhilesh
National | Jun 24, 2013, 02:58 PM ISTFirozabad, Jun 24: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said his government would extend all possible help to those affected by the calamity in Uttarakhand.He said his government had given Rs 25 crore to
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Rahul Gandhi visits Uttarakhand
National | Jun 25, 2013, 07:37 AM ISTDehradun, June 25: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi arrived in Uttarakhand Monday to take stock of relief and rescue work being done by the party and the state government.Congress leaders said that Gandhi was likely to
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Omar 'salutes' armed forces' rescue operations in Uttarakhand
National | Jun 24, 2013, 01:27 PM ISTSrinagar, Jun 24: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah may have differences with the Army over its stand on AFSPA, but today said he admired the forces for rescuing thousands of people from flood-ravaged
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Uttarakhand: 58 survivors from Hemkunt Sahib reach Ludhiana, spent 4 days on broken road without food
India | Jun 24, 2013, 07:47 AM ISTLudhiana, Jun 24: Fifty-eight members of two families rescued from Hemkunt Sahib reached Ludhiana on Sunday evening and narrated their ordeal.Parminder Singh Ahuja who returned with his family, including 30 members said: “We have left
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Uttarakhand: Bad weather hinders rescue, toll may cross 1,000
India | Jun 23, 2013, 08:58 PM ISTDehradun/New Delhi, June 23: As bad weather, fresh rains and dark clouds briefly halted rescue operations in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna Sunday admitted it will "take another fortnight to evacuate flood victims" and that
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Uttarakhand: Congress sidesteps queries about Rahul Gandhi's absence
National | Jun 23, 2013, 10:16 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 23: Congress on Saturday sought to dismiss questions about Rahul Gandhi's absence from the country as well as his silence at a time when heavy rains have wrecked havoc in Uttarakhand."Some political
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Uttarakhand: nearly 22,000 people still stranded, official death toll may touch 1,000, hundreds of unclaimed bodies sighted
India | Jun 23, 2013, 11:05 AM ISTDehradun/New Delhi,Jun 23: Racing against time in the face of predicted adverse weather, over 10,000 people were evacuated on Saturday from various upper reaches of flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, including the worst-affected Kedarnath, as the death toll
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Uttarakhand: No damage to Shri Hemkunt Sahib gurudwara, says trust
India | Jun 23, 2013, 08:59 AM ISTPatiala, Jun 23: The Shri Hemkunt Sahib Management Trust on Saturday said no damage has been caused to the Hemkunt Sahib shrine by the rain fury in Uttarakhand and it is safe."The main Gurudwara building
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Uttarakhand flood: Volunteers reach out to survivors
India | Jun 25, 2013, 07:29 PM ISTDehradun, June 22 : Amidst tales of unscrupulous shopkeepers fleecing the last dime out of hapless pilgrims, small groups of volunteers are trying to bring some succour to the distraught by providing them with water
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Uttarakhand flood: Three including Indore BJP leader dead
India | Jun 21, 2013, 04:08 PM ISTIndore, Jun 21 : The rain-ravaged Uttarakhand has claimed the lives of three persons, including a BJP leader and his wife in Kedarnath.Among the persons found dead in Kedarnath, three have been identified as -
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Sonia surveys flood-hit Uttarakhand, seeks quick relief for victims
National | Jun 20, 2013, 09:13 AM ISTNew Delhi, June 20: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand along with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday, sought quick relief for stranded people, a party statement
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Dikshit announces Rs.10 crore for Uttarakhand
National | Jun 20, 2013, 08:15 AM ISTNew Delhi, June 20: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday announced Rs. 10 crore for those affected in the devastating floods in Uttarakhand.She expressed grief over the widespread devastation and loss of lives in the
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Uttarakhand devastation: Survivors bring back harrowing tales
India | Jun 20, 2013, 07:17 AM ISTHaridwar/Lucknow, June 20: Akash and his three friends watched in horror as a rain swollen river in Uttarakhand washed away their car, leaving them stranded.On their return to Haridwar, they said they escaped the nature's
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Uttarakhand flood fury: Thousands missing, 62,000 stranded
India | Jun 20, 2013, 07:08 AM ISTDehradun/New Delhi, June 20: AThousands are said to be missing in Uttarakhand after unprecedented rains and cloudburst led to landslides and flash floods killing more than 100 people and leaving 62,000 stranded, officials and survivors
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List of 300 people rescued from Kedarnath
India | Jun 20, 2013, 02:48 PM ISTRishikesh, Jun 20: Following is the list of nearly 300 people rescued from Kedarnath. The list has been released by Administrative Officer, District Collectorate, Rudraprayag. These names are out of 771 people rescued as of