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Uttarakhand CM Rawat meets JP Nadda amid speculations of leadership change

Amid speculations about a leadership change in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat late on Monday met with Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda at the latter's residence

Uttarakhand chief minister Rawat in Delhi amid talks of leadership change

Senior leaders discounted the possibility of any leadership change while acknowledging that a section of leaders may have issues with the chief minister.

Second edition of India-Uzbek joint military exercise starts in Uttarakhand

The first edition of the joint military exercise had taken place in Tashkent in November 2019

Ukhand: BJP core group meeting fuels speculation about major change in govt

A sudden meeting of the Uttarakhand BJP's core committee has fuelled speculations about some major changes in the government. The meeting, held on Saturday evening, was presided over by BJP's national vice president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, who arrived here on Saturday afternoon. Singh was accompanied by state BJP in-charge Dushyant Kumar Gautam. The unscheduled meeting with the members of the core group came at a time when the budget session of the state assembly was underway in Gairsain. The BJP MLAs were called back from Gairsain to the state capital in view of the core committee meeting held amid ongoing speculations in the media about a cabinet expansion. The sudden meeting of the core committee for which Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had to fly back to Dehradun in a hurry from Gairsain assumed significance. Core group members -- Rajya Sabha member Naresh Bansal, Tehri MP Mala Rajya Lakshmi Shah, former chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, Nainital

Railway ministry to study expanding rail, ropeway network in U'khand: Goyal

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said his ministry will conduct a study to expand the railway and ropeway network in Uttarakhand on the lines of Switzerland.

U'khand disaster: 136 missing people 'presumed dead', says official

The flash flood in Chamoli district happened over two weeks ago

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12,000 U'khand villages to get net connectivity under BharatNet project 2.0

Twelve thousand villages of Uttarakhand will get internet connectivity in the second phase of the BharatNet project

Uttarakhand floods: One more body recovered, death toll now at 62

One more body has been recovered from a flood-hit area in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district

U'khand floods: Rescue efforts hampered by water accumulation inside tunnel

Rescuers continued efforts on the 11th day to find survivors of the February 7 glacial disaster

BS READS: Jinxed, cursed, twice destroyed - A river that doesn't want a dam on it

It has been 25 years since work on the Rishiganga hydroelectric project commenced. It has managed to generate electricity for barely four years

Rescue operations to continue till last victim is reached: NDRF commandant

NDRF Commandant PK Tiwari on Tuesday said search-and-rescue operations will go on in the flood-hit hydel project sites till the last victim is reached

NTPC starts disbursing compensation for deceased workers at Tapovan project

NTPC further said it has set up a workforce at the Tapovan site to coordinate with the administration and gather all required information about every missing worker

31 of 58 bodies recovered in Uttarakhand glacier burst identified

All 11 bodies retrieved from Tapovan tunnel till now have been identified

Uttarakhand: Badrinath portals to reopen for devotees from May 18

The temple will be reopened for devotees at 4.15 am on May 18, a Chardham Devasthanam Board official said

Uttarakhand: Over 300 personnel join Chamoli as rescue ops intensified

Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel along with National Disaster Response Force and other sister agencies have been conducting search and rescue operations in Chamoli district

Uttarakhand govt to probe Chamoli glacier burst incident: Satpal Maharaj

The death toll in the avalanche triggered by the bursting of a glacier in Chamoli has gone up to 58 as a total of 11 bodies are recovered from the Tapovan tunnel

NTPC quickens compensation process for deceased in Uttarakhand tragedy

Compensation Act covered under statutory provisions of the workers in the range of Rs 5 lakh to Rs 15 lakh will also be made available, NTPC said

Uttarakhand floods: Death toll rises to 56, over 150 missing; top updates

Uttarakhand flash flood: Since February 7, rescuers are trying to locate missing people, even as the death toll continues to rise. Track latest updates on Uttarakhand disaster

In pics: Rescue operation and the latest updates on Uttarakhand disaster

Since February 7, rescuers are trying to locate missing people, even as the death toll continues to rise