Uttarakhand Floods
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Uttarakhand: 5,000 missing in Kedarnath, presumed dead, says ActionAid
India | Jun 22, 2013, 07:26 AM ISTNew Delhi, June 22: Nearly 5,000 people are still missing in Kedenarth in Uttarakhand following the devastating floods and are presumed dead, ActionAid said Friday.Debabrat Patra, ActionAid India's regional manager for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand,
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Uttarakhand: 556 bodies found, hundreds may have died, says CM
India | Jun 21, 2013, 10:02 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 21: A total of 556 bodies have been recovered in flood-hit Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has said, adding that hundreds may have died in the terrible tragedy."(A total of) 556 bodies
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11-year-old returns home, six of family missing in Uttarakhand
India | Jun 21, 2013, 08:46 PM ISTGurgaon, June 21: An 11-year-old boy who got separated from his family in flood-hit Uttarakhand, miraculously returned home here Friday.Sahil Yadav had lost contact with the other members of his family, including five women, June
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BSNL to fix mobile towers at crucial spot Uttarakhand in 3 days
India | Jun 21, 2013, 08:35 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 21: State-run telecom firm BSNL today said it will restore within three days its mobile towers at places where most of the stranded people are located in flood-hit Uttarakhand.“Our 270 BTS (mobile
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Felt like Lord Shiva dancing in rage: Former Karnataka minister Shobha Karandlaje
India | Jun 21, 2013, 08:19 PM ISTBangalore,Jun 21: Former Karnataka minister Shobha Karandlaje, who returned here after remaining stranded for four days at Rudraprayag in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, on Friday said it was a harrowing experience as her group of 1,000 pilgrims
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Pilot injured as rescue helicopter crashes in Uttarakhand
India | Jun 21, 2013, 08:20 PM ISTDehradun, June 21: A private helicopter carrying relief materials for the rain-affected people in Rudraprayag district on Friday crashed near Gaurikund leaving the pilot injured, police said.The mishap occurred at a place in the Jungle
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Uttarakhand: official death toll climbs to 207, thousands missing
India | Jun 21, 2013, 05:16 PM ISTDehradun, Jun 21 : The terrible magnitude of nature's fury continued to unfold in Uttarakhand today where 40 bodies of flood victims were found, taking the toll in the disaster to 207 even as rescue
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Uttarakhand: 50,000 still stranded, 34,000 rescued, 43 choppers involved in operations, says Centre
India | Jun 21, 2013, 04:51 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 21 : More than 34,000 people have been evacuated from the flood-hit areas of Uttarakhand so far, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Friday, adding that about 50,000 still remain stranded.The home minister,
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Uttarakhand: Centre appoints V K Duggal as nodal officer for rescue, relief
India | Jun 21, 2013, 04:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 21: The Centre today appointed a former top bureaucrat as the nodal officer for relief and rescue operations in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand, saying lack of proper coordination was hampering its mitigation efforts.After an
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Uttarakhand tragedy: Survivor recounts tales of horror
India | Jun 21, 2013, 04:19 PM ISTDehradun, Jun 21: Running from hotels to army camps to escape the landslides and flash floods, surviving the Himalayan tragedy was nothing short of a miracle for Diksha who lived on only one meal for
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Uttarakhand : 45 choppers, over 10,000 troops deployed, yet thousands go without food, water, bodies rot in the open
India | Jun 20, 2013, 10:22 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 20: Stepping up relief and rescue operations in Uttarakhand, the Defence Ministry has deployed more than 45 choppers belonging to the Army and the IAF there along with more than 10,000 troops
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No trace of 462 pilgrims from Maharashtra in Uttarakhand
India | Jun 20, 2013, 09:43 PM ISTMumbai, June 20: As many as 2,470 people from Maharashtra are stranded in various parts of flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, and the government has established contact with 2008 of them, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said Thursday."We are
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Uttarakhand floods: PM appeals to public for donations
India | Jun 20, 2013, 09:29 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 20: As the magnitude of tragedy caused in Uttarakhand continues to unfold, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday issued an appeal to the public for generous donations to support the victims who
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Idols inside Kedarnath shrine safe, everything else destroyed: official
India | Jun 20, 2013, 05:36 PM ISTDehradun, June 20: The ancient Kedarnath shrine has survived the devastating floods in Uttarakhand but virtually everything around it has been destroyed, an official of the temple committee said Thursday."Call it a miracle but the
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Uttarakhand tragedy: Flood survivor narrates nightmare
India | Jun 20, 2013, 05:01 PM ISTDehradun, June 20 : He spent 12 hours out in the open precariously perched on a cliff as torrential rains unleashed largescale devastation on Kedarnath, demolishing all that came in their way with equal fury
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Three-day state mourning declared in Uttarakhand
India | Jun 20, 2013, 04:53 PM ISTDehradun, June 20: The Uttarakhand government today declared a three-day state mourning in view of the calamity triggered by incessant rains in the state.“Massive damages have been caused to life and property by the flash
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Thousands have died in Uttarakhand floods: Sushma Swaraj
National | Jun 19, 2013, 05:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 19: Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has said thousands of people have died in the floods and landslides in Uttarakhand and asked Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to use