Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 17 (ANI): Juna Akhara's Mahamandleshwar Swami Avdheshanand Giri on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to keep Haridwar Kumbh Mela "symbolic" amid surging COVID-19 cases in the country.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 17 (ANI): Uttarakhand administration on Friday informed that 67 healthcare workers have tested positive in the state as the second wave of coronavirus prevails in the country.
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): A Noida-based lawyer has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking immediate strict directions to the Central government and Uttarakhand government to withdraw all the advertisements inviting people to Haridwar for "Kumbh Mela" keeping in view the facts
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 17 (ANI): Amid rising cases of COVID-19 in Uttarakhand, 67 healthcare workers, from doctors to nursing staff, tested positive for coronavirus in the state, informed Dr SK Gupta, Director of State Medical and Health Department.
Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) [India], April 17 (ANI): A fire broke out in the forest of Tehri's Chhamund area, adjacent to the district headquarters in Uttarakhand on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 17 (ANI): Amid the rise in COVID-19 cases in the state, the Uttarakhand government has restricted the entry of people in the state secretariat.
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 16 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing Kumbh in Haridwar, 30 sadhus in the city have tested positive for COVID-19, said the Chief Medical Officer on Friday.
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 16 (ANI): As the COVID-19 cases are increasing across the country, Panchayati Niranjani Akhada, one of the 13 akhadas, on Thursday announced the conclusion of the Kumbh on April 17.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 15 (ANI): Maha Nirvani Akhara head Kapil Dev, who was undergoing treatment after testing positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital here on Wednesday.
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], April 15 (ANI): A total of 2167 people were found positive for coronavirus in Haridwar -- the place where the month-long Kumbh Mela is going on -- in the last five days.
Roorkee (Uttarakhand) [India], April 15 (ANI): A student died at a COVID-19 quarantine centre set up at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee on Thursday. The cause of his death is yet to be confirmed.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 15 (ANI): With the completion of the 'Shahi snan' in the Haridwar Kumbh mela, 50 per cent of the police force deployed at the mela has been withdrawn, Uttarakhand's Director General of Police (DGP) informed.