The 7-member expert committee will be headed by Lt Gen (retd) M C Badhani, former Director General of Border Road Organisation

Faced with widespread criticism over the lackadaisical approach to deal with natural disasters, Uttarakhand today announced the formation of an expert advisory committee in lieu of the disaster management board headed by the chief minister.

বাড়িটা কি এখনও আছে? সেই চার তলা বাড়িটা, যেটা হৃষিকেশে রামঝুলা ছাড়িয়ে লছমনঝুলা যাবার পথে রাস্তার বাঁকে প্রায় গঙ্গার ওপরই তৈরি হচ্ছিল?

The devastation caused by torrential rains that lashed Uttarakhand earlier this month is expected to cause a loss of Rs 12,000 crore to the state's tourism industry in the current fiscal, says a PH

This will be in addition to the central financial assistance of about Rs 95 crore already sanctioned during the current fiscal

The Tourism Ministry today sanctioned a Rs 100 crore special financial package for restoration and reconstruction of the government tourist facilities damaged due to rains and floods in Uttarakhand.

Intense rains in Kedarnath-Badrinath unleashed death and destruction

Facing criticism that it didn't predict the cloudburst that ravaged Uttarakhand, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday that cloudburst was not to blame for the disaster that has killed hundreds.

Amid fears of disease outbreak after widespread devastation in flood-affected Uttarakhand, the Union health ministry has deputed a high-level team which will review the public health measures in th

What could turn out to be Uttarakhand’s worst tragedy was a disaster waiting to happen.

The devastating natural disaster that hit Uttarakhand, has claimed yet another victim.

Small hydro power projects totalling 6,000 Mw in Ganga river basin in Uttarakhand have been affected by Chaturvedi panel proposals

NEW DELHI: While thousands have suffered the fury of floods in Uttarakhand, experts say worse tragedies may strike the region unless the rampant violation of the Himalayan state's sensitive ecology