With tourist footfall increasing in the state, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said the administration is actively working on measures to prevent visitors from getting caught in long traffic jams.
An official statement said that on Thursday, the Additional Director General of Police (Crime and Law and Order), Uttarakhand, V Murugeshan, conducted a field inspection of the Kainchi Dham area in preparation for the security, traffic, and arrangements of the Kainchi Dham Foundation Day Fai
At least five people were killed and 15 others were injured after a car and bus collided head-on in the Salempur area in Rajasthan's Karauli, officials said on Wednesday.
Ramkesh, the Principal Medical Officer (PMO) of Government Hospital, Karauli gave information on the incident and said, "Around 7.15 am we received information in the hospital that a house collapse incident has taken place and many people have been feared dead in the debris at the site."<
According to Superintendent of Police (SP), Karauli, Brajesh Jyoti Upadhyay, "The incident took place near Karauli Mandrayal Marg Dunda Pura turn. The dead include six women, two children and one man."
A passenger bus fell into a 50 feet deep gorge in the hills of Karauli village on the Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra border, 40 kilometres from Burhanpur district headquarters. Several passengers have been injured after the accident. The incident happened today, around 5:00 am to 6:00 am.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that despite decades of Congress' "Gareebi Hatao" campaign, it was Modi's government that lifted 25 crore Indians out of poverty.
Lashing out at the Congress party over "appeasement for vote bank", Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the grand old party of making objectionable comments against Ram Mandir and boycotting the Pran Pratishtha in Ayodhya.
Emphasising the central government's focus on promoting millets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that while earlier no one paid heed to it, today India has shown the world that the millets are 'superfood' with rising global demand.
On Sunday, the second day of the East Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) Abhar Yatra, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma held meetings in Dholpur, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk and Jaipur districts.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi came down heavily on the Congress government in Rajasthan and the party high command in the national capital over its guarantees to farmers in the poll-bound state.