Mussoorie (Uttarakhand) [India], August 7 (ANI): Several people were injured after a roadways bus carrying 39 passengers fell into a deep gorge near the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Academy in Mussoorie on Sunday afternoon, said ITBP.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 4 (ANI): The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rain in Uttarakhand for the next four days.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 27 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has given instructions for the installation of crash barriers at 77 vulnerable places identified on Chardham Yatra motor road of Chamoli, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Tehri and Pauri districts, as per the Chief Minister's Office (CMO).

Dehradun Feb 22 PTI Fourteen people returning from a wedding including five women and two children died and two were injured when a vehicle fell into a deep gorge on the Sukhidhang-Dandaminar road in Uttarakhands Champawat district police said on TuesdayTheir bodies were recovered from the gorge after a nearly 11-hour-long rescue operation Champawat Superintendent of Police SP Devendra Pincha told PTI from the spotFive women a four-year-old girl and a teenaged boy are among the dead he said The deceased also include a mother-daughter duo the SP saidAll of them died on the spot as the gorge was deep and the car was badly damaged in the accident on Monday night he saidThe two injured are being treated at hospitals in Tanakpur and Champawat the SP saidThe authorities were informed about the accident around 3 am on Tuesday after which rescue teams were rushed to the spot an official at the Champawat district disaster management office saidThe vehicle was returning from a wedding in Tanakpur to Danda Kaknai village when the accident occurred he saidPrime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief at the loss of lives in the accident and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund for the next of kin of those killed and Rs 50000 for the injuredChief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami condoled the deaths in the accidentFive more lives were lost in separate accidents in Pauri and Tehri districts on Tuesday the police saidThree teachers were killed near Kotdwar when the vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a gorge while two people died when their car fell into a gorge near Gooler in Tehri district PTI ALM IJT

Tehri (Uttarakhand) [India], February 12 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday alleged that Congress has always opposed the construction of the Ram Mandir and said that there is a competition within the Congress to insult "Hindu".

New Delhi Jan 28 PTI The BJP on Friday named Kishore Upadhyay a former state Congress president who joined it on Thursday as its candidate from Tehri assembly seat in Uttarakhand The party also fielded Brij Bhushan Gairola from Doiwala from where former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is the sitting MLA but has expressed his unwillingness to contest the poll this time With the announcement the BJP has now named all its candidates for the February 14 elections to the 70-member assembly The BJP is in power in the state Unhappy with shrinking space for him in the Congress Upadhyay had joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister and the partys election in-charge for Uttarakhand Pralhad Joshi and Union Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt PTI KR DV DV

Dehradun Jan 27 PTI The Congress on Thursday fielded sitting MLA Dhan Singh Negi from Tehri for the Uttarakhand assembly polls hours after he quit the BJP to join the grand old party There are speculations that the BJP is preparing to announce former PCC chief Kishore Upadhyay who joined the party early on Thursday as its nominee from the Tehri seat Upadhyay joined the BJP just a day after being expelled from the Congress for anti-party activities Though the BJP has not officially announced its candidates for Tehri and Doiwala so far Upadhyays name for Tehri and BJP mahila morcha national vice president Dipti Rawats for Doiwala have been doing the rounds as the probable candidates from the seats Sitting MLA from Doiwala and former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat recently wrote to BJP president J P Nadda expressing his unwillingness to contest the polls this time PTI ALM AQS AQS

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 27 (ANI): Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Singh Rawat will contest the February 14 Assembly election from Lalkuwa, instead of Ramnagar.