The Uttrakhand tragedy has raised a fear among people with experts predicting the possibility of bursting of dams in Jammu and Kashmir. The flash floods in Uttrakhand last month left scores of people dead and many missing. As Jammu and Kashmir are also mountains regions, experts believe that there is a possibility of Uttrakhand like … Read more
The entire picture of the devastation caused by flash floods in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand is gradually coming to the fore. So far 26 corpses have been recovered, but the time to save at least 170 missing people alive is running out. Nearly two days have passed since the floods, but army, paramilitary and disaster management … Read more
An Engineer from Kashmir valley who was working in a power project in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district has been missing since the bursting of a glacier on Sunday. Among the missing persons, there is a Project Engineer from Kashmir Valley. The friends of the missing Project Engineer Basharat Ahmed Zargar, a resident of Soura Srinagar told … Read more
The bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde has issued notice on the petition challenging the constitutional validity of the conversion laws of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. According to the Live Law website, a bench of Justices SA Bobde, Justice V Ramasubramanian and AS Bopanna heard the petitions of Vishal Thackeray and others and Teesta Setalvad’s … Read more
उत्तराखंड की स्वास्थ्य सेवाएं पटरी से उतर चुकी हैं। खास तौर से भौगोलिक विषमताओं वाले यहां के पर्वतीय क्षेत्रों में मातृ एवं शिशुओं की देखभाल के सरकारी इंतजाम अति दयनीय दशा में हैं। पहाड़ के दुर्गम क्षेत्रों के हालात और भी ज़्यादा खराब हैं। यहां के प्राथमिक चिकित्सा केन्द्र स्वयं गंभीर रूप से बीमार हैं। इन … Read more
The date of November 9 is recorded in history as the foundation day of Uttrakhand. Ultimately, on 9 November 2000, Uttarakhand was included in the Republic of India as the twenty-seventh state after several years of agitation over the demand for a separate Uttrakhand. It was called Uttaranchal from the year 2000 to 2006, but in … Read more
