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Tiger population in Uttarakhand rose by 314 per cent in 16 years: official
Dehradun: The tiger population in Uttarakhand has increased at a rate of 314 per cent between 2006 and 2022, officials said on Saturday. Uttarakhand Chief Wildlife Warden Samir Sinha claimed the tiger…
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UCC will soon be implemented in Uttarakhand: CM Dhami
Mathura: The Uniform Civil Code will soon be implemented in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said. The bill for its implementation will be tabled in the assembly soon, Dhami said…
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Centre approves Rs 1658 cr recovery plan for Joshimath
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday approved a Rs 1658.17 crore recovery and reconstruction plan for Joshimath in Uttarakhand which was affected by landslide and ground subsidence earlier this year. The decision was…
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Lalu slams BJP for crediting Modi with Uttarakhand tunnel rescue
Patna: RJD president Lalu Prasad on Wednesday slammed the BJP for showering encomiums on the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for the rescue of 41 workers from a collapsed tunnel in…
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Uttarkashi tunnel: Workers licked water dripping from rocks, ate ‘muri’ to survive
Ranchi: Anil Bediya, one of the 41 labourers who were rescued from a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel after 17 days, survived the ordeal by eating ‘muri’ (puffed rice) and licking water dripping from rocks.…
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In pics: Silkyara Tunnel Rescue Operation
Uttarkashi: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Union Minister of State for Road, Transport and Highways General (Retd.) Vijay Kumar Singh with a rescued worker after a successful evacuation at the…
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Uttarakhand tunnel: PM Modi interacts with workers; lauds rescue operation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded a successful operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in an under-construction road tunnel in Uttarakhand on Tuesday, asserting that everyone involved in the mission has created an…
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Gadkari says ‘relieved and happy’ after rescue of 41 workers from Silkyara tunnel
New Delhi: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said he is “relieved and happy” as all 41 trapped workers have been rescued from the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand. “I am completely…
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All 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand tunnel finally rescued
Uttarkashi: After 17 days of agony for the 41 trapped labourers in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi, on Tuesday, November 28, rescuers broke through the debris and managed to pull all…
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Bengal sends team to Uttarakhand to bring back three trapped workers from the state
Kolkata: The West Bengal Government has sent a team to Uttarakhand, on Tuesday to bring back three workers from the state who are among the 41 men trapped at the Silkyara tunnel…
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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Vertical drilling over, ambulance sent in
A major breakthrough was achieved in the Silkayara tunnel rescue operation after verticle drilling was stopped temporarily and 55 meters of manual drilling was completed on Tuesday in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. According to…
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Despite challenges, efforts on to rescue trapped workers in Uttarakhand: PM Modi
Hyderabad: Despite challenges from nature in the evacuation process of the 41 workers trapped inside a tunnel in Uttarakhand, the government stands firmly to bring them out to safety, Prime Minister Narendra…
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Families of trapped workers anxious as tunnel rescue hits setback
Ormanjhi: In Khirabeda, the anxiety has now reached its peak as three people from this nondescript village on the outskirts of Ranchi are still stuck in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand…
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Uttarakhand tunnel: Option of manual drilling being considered
Uttarkashi: With the auger machine encountering hurdles in the rubble time and again, rescuers are considering switching over to manual drilling at the Silkyara tunnel where 41 labourers have been trapped for…
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Uttarakhand tunnel: Mock drill to demonstrate extraction process held
Uttarkashi: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel on Friday carried out a demonstration of the movement of wheeled stretchers through the pipeline inserted to extricate 41 workers trapped in a portion…
