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Haridwar: Policeman saves life of man who climbed to top of cable bridge
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttrakhand) [India], July 27 (ANI): In an act of bravery, a policeman saved a man who climbed to the top of a cable bridge in Haridwar in an inebriated state. The man was an attendee of the Kanwar yatra.
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Uttrakhand CM stresses on environmental conservation
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], July 21 (ANI): Uttrakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Sunday requested people to make an active contribution to environmental conservation.
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U'khand CM meets 29-year-old Everester
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], July 20 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday met and felicitated Mount Everest climber Ameesha Chauhan, who scaled the world's highest peak earlier this year.
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Despite heavy rains, El Nino fear looms large: Skymet
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Although monsoon has picked up pace in July but the prospects of El Nino effects are still looming large, said Skymet Weather, a private weather forecasting agency.
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Rishikesh's Lakshman Jhula shut for public
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Rishikesh (Uttrakhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): Amid protests by locals, the nearly century-old Laxman Jhula bridge in Rishikesh, was closed for pedestrians on Sunday after a ban was imposed on vehicular movement earlier.
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ITBP women mountaineers scale 17,000 feet unnamed peak near Badrinath
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Badrinath (Uttarakhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): Women mountaineers of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) underwent an advanced Mountaineering course near Badrinath after which they scaled a 17,000 feet unnamed peak near Narayan mountain on Monday.
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Landslide debris on Badrinath highway causes traffic jam
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttrakhand) [India], July 13 (ANI): Heavy rainfall in Uttrakhand led to a landslide, waterlogging and traffic disruptions on Badrinath Highway in the wee hours of Saturday.
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Uttrakhand CM: Will take steps to preserve Lakshman Jhula
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], July 13 (ANI): After Rishikesh's nearly 100-year-old suspension bridge Lakshman Jhula was closed for public citing safety reasons, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday said that his government will make efforts to preserve it.
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Prayagraj: City faces flood-like situation as heavy rainfall swells river
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 13 (ANI): Due to relentless rains, Sangham Ghat here is facing a flood-like situation as the water level of river Ganga has increased.
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Laxman Jhula closed for public
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], July 12 (ANI): Laxman Jhula, the nearly century-old suspension bridge across the Ganges in Rishikesh, was closed on Friday by the local administration citing weak structure due to old age and high tourist footfall.
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Heavy rainfall in U'khand increases fear of house collapse
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Haldwani (Uttrakhand) [India], July 12 (ANI): Continuous rains have added to the problems of people residing in Uttrakhand's Haldwani area. The heavy downpour has eroded the soil in the region which weakens the foundation of structures causing them to collapse.
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Police to check violation of rules in issuing weapon licenses to Pranav Si
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttrakhand) [India], July 12 (ANI): Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Haridwar has been ordered to check violation of rules in the issuance of weapon licenses to suspended BJP MLA Pranav Singh Champion and his family.
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