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Polling concludes for five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand; hilly state records 57.55% turnout amid several high-profile contests
Fp Staff • 6 years agoUttarakhand recorded lower voter turnout (57.75%) as compared to 2014 Lok Sabha polls in the hilly state as polling concluded for the five seats in the hilly state
From 4-BHK mansion in hills of Uttarakhand to a 1-RK flat in Dehradun: State’s unemployed youth forced to move to plains
Varshasingh • 6 years agoWith no jobs available, Uttarakhand's hills have been witness to its sons and daughters leaving home in search of work in the towns, most of which are located in the plains.
Migration in Uttarakhand: 25% of villages without access to roads; residents lament lack of govt accountability, forced to abandon state
Rahul Singh Shekhawat • 6 years agoAccording to government data, 34,000 kilometres of road has been laid in Uttarakhand over the past 18 years, but only 24,000 kilometres is concretised.
Migration in Uttarakhand: As crisis plagues hill state, govt survey finds 50% villagers left gram panchayats in search of jobs
Rahul Singh Shekhawat • 6 years ago"We might as well have not separated from Uttar Pradesh if this was going to be the state of affairs" — this is the common train of thought that villagers in Uttarakhand have been voicing. Reason: the 40-year-old problem of mass migration that continues to hold the hilly region in its grip.
Kailash Mansarovar yatra suspended temporarily, pilgrims airlifted to overcome broken roads
• 8 years agoKailash Mansarovar pilgrims were airlifted on Wednesday after the yatra was temporarily suspended as the route between was damaged due to the recent cloudbursts.
Fire at West Bengal hospital raises interest on Ronald Ross who discovered malarial parasite
Shantanu Guha Ray • 8 years agoThe devastating inferno that rattled both patients and physicians in West Bengal's SSKM Hospital last week, thankfully, left out a living room sized laboratory where British medical doctor, Ronald Ross, discovered how malaria transmits
Amit Shah lauds demonetisation in Uttarakhand but concedes people facing trouble
• 8 years agoAmit Shah targeted other parties, asking the crowd if they could see worry on the faces of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati or Arvind Kejriwal.
FP mobile diaries: Poor resources, tools slowed efforts combating Uttarakhand forest fires
Sai Prasad Mohapatra • 9 years agoThe forest department was under-staffed and lacked the resources and equipment to combat the flames in the Uttarakhand fire.
Uttarakhand forests continue to burn: Around 2,270 hectares in five districts affected
• 9 years agoLatest satellite images of Uttarakhand show that the forest fire has gone out in 70 percent of the areas. The NDRF deployed over 130 personnel to tackle the fire
Dehradun: 15 dead as Delhi-bound bus falls into gorge in Almora
Fp Archives • 10 years agoFifteen people were killed and 25 others injured when a bus, travelling from Pithoragarh to Delhi, fell into a deep gorge in Almora district this afternoon.