In a relief and rescue operation, a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) pulled out the four submerged vehicles from the Ganga river after they were swept away in the flooding of rain drain near Kharkhari in Haridwar on Sunday.
On Saturday, intense downpours resulted in the Ganga River's water level rising significantly, flooding roads and leaving several vehicles partially or completely submerged.
The Bharatiya Janata Party workers from various areas of Haridwar district met Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at the Mukhya Sevak Sadan on Saturday.
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev along with Patanjali Chairman, Acharya Balkrishna performed yoga in Uttarakhand's Haridwar on the occasion of the 10th International Day of Yoga, and urged people to make yoga a part of their lives.
Two accused in connection with the Raipur murder case identified as Manish Kumar Singh and Yogesh have been arrested by the Dehradun police after an encounter carried out at Haridwar Roorkee highway.
Notably, the Election Commission of India had earlier announced the dates to hold by-elections to fill vacancies in 13 assembly constituencies of seven states. The elections will be conducted on July 10 and the counting of the votes will be done on July 13.
BJP emerged victorious in all five Lok Sabha constituencies including Tehri, Haridwar, Nainital, and Almora in Uttarakhand for the third consecutive time. The BJP recorded a clean sweep in the state in the 2014 and 2019 general elections.
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat launched a scathing attack at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), saying that those who gave the slogan of '400 paar' has struggled to attain even 272 seats in 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate and former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat exuded his confidence and said that the BJP is winning elections with a humungous share of votes on 5 out of 5 seats in Uttarakhand and Prime Minister Modi is poised to form government in the cent
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday inspected the Char Dham Yatra registration centre being operated at Rishikul Maidan in Haridwar and took stock of the arrangements.