Rescue operations stopped Thursday after teams encountered problems in digging a horizontal path to trapped men, even though they had just 15 more metres of debris to push through.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari & Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami visit site Sunday to assess situation. Gadkari expresses hope of rescuing workers within two to two-and-a-half days.
Highways ministry approached panel twice this year seeking approval. It refused permission both times, and has told govt that consent of Uttarkhand forest dept is crucial.
The apex court agreed to Attorney General KK Venugopal's suggestion & appointed Justice (retd) Sikri; after accepting resignation of Professor Ravi Chopra as he wished to relinquish his post.
The 3 labourers from Nepal were staying in a tent at Samkhal in Pauri district when rubble flowing down from a field above due to the rains buried them alive, officials said.
The Uttarakhand HC on 28 June stayed the Char Dham Yatra and asserted that it is more important to save everyone from Covid than being considerate towards the feelings of a few.
The strategic 900-km Chardham highway project aims to provide all-weather connectivity to the four holy towns of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath, in Uttarakhand.
The portals of the four Chardham temples will open as scheduled but only priests will be allowed to perform daily prayers, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said.
Tuesday’s Constitution Club election is not the finale of the ‘Thakur-versus-the rest’ battle in the BJP. Wait for the caste census result to come ahead of the next Lok Sabha election.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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