As heavy rainfall and cloudbursts hit Uttarakhand, a vehicle and a bridge got washed away in Nachti drain on the Lipulekh border of border tehsil Dharchula of Pithoragarh district, breaking the connection of Om Parvat Kalapani with Gunji. Amid the increase in water levels in the drain on Tuesday night, […]
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Uttarakhand: 9 killed, 2 injured after car falls into a ditch in Pithoragarh
Nine people died while two persons were severely injured after the SUV car in which they travelling fell into a ditch in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh, police said on Thursday. “Out of 11 people travelling in the Bolero car, 9 died. Two others are also badly injured and in critical condition,” said […]
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Uttarakhand: One dies, 30 houses destroyed in cloudburst in Pithoragarh
A woman died and about 30 houses were destroyed in the cloud burst incident in the Lasko river flowing close to the India and Nepal border at midnight in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. “About 30 houses have been destroyed in the cloud burst incident and one woman has died,” District Magistrate (DM) Ashish Chauhan told. […]
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Uttarakhand: Earthquake of 3.6 magnitude hits Pithoragarh
Mild tremors were felt in the Pithoragarh area of Uttarakhand which was hit by an earthquake of 3.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale on Friday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The earthquake occurred at 12:55 IST. “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.6, Occurred on 19-08-2022, 12:55:55 IST, Lat: 29.96 & Long: 80.12, […]
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Uttarakhand: ITBP engaged in rescuing two missing Uttar Pradesh’s trekkers in Pithoragarh
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is engaged in rescuing two missing trekkers in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand, the Central Armed Police Force said on Wednesday. The trekkers– identified as Vishal Gangwar, 28, and Santosh Kumar, 30– belong to Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly. They went for the Khaliya Top trek and were stranded at a difficult […]
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Uttarakhand: Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 hits in Pithoragarh
An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale hit Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh on Wednesday morning, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed. According to NCS, the tremors of the earthquake had a depth of five kilometres at 20 kilometres northeast of Pithoragarh. “Earthquake of Magnitude: 4.6, Occurred on 11-05-2022, 10:03:09 IST, […]
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Uttarakhand: Fire breaks out in forests of Pithoragarh, Tehri Garhwal
Amid rising temperatures, a fire broke out in the Dhanoda forest area in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh on Monday night. Pithoragarh District Magistrate (DM) Ashish Kumar Chauhan, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Coco Rosso, reached the spot at around 8 pm. “DFO and I had a discussion; our master control room will be […]
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Earthquake of 3.1 magnitude strikes in Pithoragarh Uttarakhand
A moderate earthquake of the magnitude of 3.1 on Richter scale struck near Uttarakhand’s Pithorgarh on Tuesday afternoon. The earthquake struck at around 3:40 pm. “Earthquake of Magnitude:3.1, Occurred on 28-09-2021, 15:40:41 IST, Lat: 29.89 & Long: 80.32, Depth: 10 Km, Location: 35km NNE of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India,” National Center for Seismology said in […]
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14-day ‘Surya-Kiran 15’ begins in Pithoragarh Uttarakhand
A 14-day joint military exercise ‘Surya-Kiran 15’ of India and Nepal began on Monday in the frontier district of Pithoragarh. A battalion of the Nepal Army and a battalion of Garhwal Regiment from India are participating in the 15th edition of the exercise. Today, more than 650 soldiers from both […]
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5 killed, 2 missing due to cloudburst near India-Nepal broder in Pithoragarh Uttarakhand
Five people died and at least two went missing after several houses were flattened by torrential rain following a cloudburst in a village along the India-Nepal border in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand Two severely injured people were also airlifted to a hospital on Monday. According to officials in the district disaster control room, […]
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Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami tells 3 bodies of children recovered after landslide in Pithoragarh
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said three bodies of children have been recovered from the seven people who went missing after a cloud burst incident in Pithoragarh district. “Due to bad weather, I could not go to Jumma in Pithoragarh where three children have died and their bodies have been recovered and the […]
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Pithoragarh’s Sweta Verma selected to Indian women’s cricket team
After Ekta Bisht and Mansi Joshi, Sweta Verma, a 24-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman from Pithoragarh’s Thal, has now been selected for the Indian women’s cricket team. She will feature in the squad for the upcoming ODI series against South Africa which starts from March 7 in Lucknow. Coming from a humble background, she […]
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2.6 magnitude earthquake hits Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh
An earthquake of magnitude 2.6 on the Richter scale occurred in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand on Friday, said National Centre for Seismology. The quake hit Pithoragarh at 3:10 am today, National Centre for Seismology informed.
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BJP holds on to Pithoragarh seat, defeats Congress
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Chandra Pant, widow of former MLA and state finance minister Prakash Pant, won the Pithoragarh by-election to the Uttarakhand assembly on Thursday, defeating her nearest rival, Congress candidate Anju Lunthi, by a margin of 3,267 votes. Of the 50,584 votes cast in the November 25 […]
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Bypoll conducted smoothly in Pithoragarh, one village boycotts voting
With around 47% polling till 5pm on Monday, voting for by-election for the Pithoragarh assembly seat in Uttarakhand was conducted smoothly barring a boycott by people in one polling booth, said the district election officer. With over 1.05 lakh voters, polling was conducted across 145 polling stations. The results for […]