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WATCH: Tempo tumbles as landslide pushes it downhill in Uttarakhand
Fp Staff •In the viral video, a tempo driver can be seen crossing the landslide area near Maneri Dam, but the tempo got stuck. The vehicle overturned while trying to cross the road
WATCH: Biker falls into 200-meter-deep gorge in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag, rescued
Fp Staff •Uttarakhand SDRF officials said that as soon as they got to know about the biker, they rushed to the spot, launched an operation, and rescued him
Uttrakhand CM Pushkar Dhami visits 'sinking' Joshimath to assess situation, says 'topmost priority to rescue everyone'
Fp Staff •Dhami conducted a survey of the areas in the town where houses and other establishments, roads and fields have displayed cracks due to land subsidence. The chief minister also met with displaced families who were relocated after cracks were seen in their houses
Uttarakhand gas leak: Over 20 hospitalised due to difficulty in breathing
•The leakage at the Azad Nagar transit camp in Rudrapur was due to a torn pipe fixed to the approximately 40-50 litre capacity cylinder, according to the police
Three of a group of 13 tourists die in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur due to bad weather
Fp Staff •The tourists — 12 from Mumbai and one from Delhi — were going to Sangla in Kinnaur from Janglik in Shimla via Barua Kanda
Uttarakhand glacier burst leaves 7 dead, 125 missing; efforts on to rescue 30 trapped in tunnel, say officials
Fp Staff •Two power projects – NTPC’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project and the Rishi Ganga Hydel Project – were extensively damaged with scores of labourers trapped in tunnels as the waters came rushing in.
Uttarakhand glacier burst updates: At least 30 workers trapped in tunnel, rescue efforts on, says official
Fp Staff •Uttarakhand glacier burst LIVE updates: Around 30 to 35 people including workers and employees of the 480 mw Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project on the Dhauli Ganga river are feared trapped inside one of the tunnels following the avalanche, project GM RP Ahirwar said
IMD predicts heavy rainfall in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Northeastern states; downpour expected in J&K, Himachal Pradesh
•The IMD said that heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely over Konkan, Goa, central Maharashtra, Gujarat region. Heavy downpour is also expected over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and south Rajasthan.
Heavy rainfall expected over parts of Uttrakhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, predicts IMD; thunderstorm warning for Bihar
•Coastal Karnataka, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura may also witness heavy downpour.
BJP sacks Uttarakhand party unit general secretary Sanjay Kumar over sexual harassment allegations
•The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday removed its Uttarakhand organisation general secretary Sanjay Kumar from his post after a woman party worker accuses him of sexual harassment.