Bypolls: Voting picks up amid stone pelting in UP

An average voter turnout of 20 per cent was recorded in the first four hours of voting in the bypolls to 15 assembly seats spread across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala and Uttarakhand on Wednesday......

Kedarnath: IAF's MI-17 drops civilian chopper being airlifted for repairs

A snag-hit helicopter being towed to Gauchar for repairs by an MI-17 chopper of the Indian Air Force crashed in the hills near Kedarnath on Saturday morning. IMAGE: Indian Air Force's Mi-17 V5......

14 dead after torrential overnight rain in Uttarakhand

Fourteen people died and 10 more were injured in heavy overnight rains that triggered flooding and a house collapse as several rivers swelled in Uttarakhand, officials said on Thursday. IMAGE:......

Uttarakhand: 10 killed as tempo traveller plunges into Alaknanda river

Ten tourists were killed and 13 injured when a tempo traveller skidded off the road and fell into Alaknanda river on Badrinath national highway in Uttarakhand here on Saturday, officials said.......

L&T, Lanco face wrath of 'save river' campaign

After the state-run hydropower projects, it is the turn of two top private companies Larsen and Toubro and Lanco Infratech, which are developing two key hydropower projects in the hilly Rudraprayag......

Uttarakhand stops L&T's Singoli-Bhatwari project

The Uttarakhand government has asked Larsen & Toubro to stop work on its 99-Mw Singoli-Bhatwari hydel project in the hilly Rudraprayag district of the state. Additional power secretary Saurabh Jain......

Himalayan calamity: Banks start counting losses

The Garhwal region collectively has deposits worth Rs 2,100 crore and advances worth Rs 1,000 crore. Leading public sector banks, particularly State Bank of India, are staring at a substantial loss......