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2 washed away in flash floods in Uttarakhand

Two persons were washed away in flash floods in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand following heavy rains, even as the relief works were in full swing in the flood-hit Uttarkashi district. All the 158......

Sacrifice of Tibet: Of extraordinary delusions

On November 18 every year, I silently salute the brave souls of C Company, 13th Kumaon Regiment, who in 1962 died practically to the last man and the last bullet defending Ladakh against the......

ULFA militant killed in army encounter

Continuing with the relentless operations against the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom, the troops of 19 Kumaon Regiment of 181 Mountain Brigade killed an ULFA leader in an encounter on......

Sonia Gandhi holidaying in Kumaon hills

Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi is holidaying in picturesque Kausani in Kumaon hills in Uttaranchal.Gandhi, on a private visit, is staying with the family of Suman Dubey, a close friend of her......

Countries that wish to invade do not do so by pitching tents!

What is so honourable in defending or dis-honourable in not defending the 'Johnson line' in Aksai Chin? That is a question that needs to be asked to the Indian shouting brigade. The Chinese also......

Uttarakhand plans IIM at Kashipur

The Uttarakhand government is planning to set up an Indian Institute of Managementin Kumaon region of the hill state.For this purpose, the government has identified two sites-- Escort Farms in the......

Rudrapur readies for Nano launch

A five-star hotel, malls and branded showrooms. The face of Rudrapur, a small township in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, has undergone a drastic change due to the Pantnagar Industrial Estate.......

Village level innovation: The next big thing

Over the last twenty years it has even more passionately been argued that the future of India depends on rapid expansion on four fronts, writes Rajni Bakshi.A brilliantly innovative rural woman......

Double agr growth to ensure food security: PM

Concerned over the slow pace of agricultural growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called for doubling it to 4 per cent in order to achieve inclusive growth and food security."We must......

Maoists cast shadow over Pancheshwar dam Project

Maoist insurgency in Nepal has begun to cast its shadow over the proposed multi-purpose 6,000 Mw Pancheswhar hydropower project on river Mahakali along the Indo-Nepal border.Nepalese Maoist leaders......

John Abraham injured

John Abraham sustained minor injuries during the shooting of Karan Johar's production, Kaal, near the famed Jim Corbett National Park in Ram Nagar, Kumaon, Uttaranchal.The filmis directed by......

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Q. How to reach Kedarnath and Badrinath and where to stay there?
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Q. Kumaoni language--- what is it?
Sudhakar Kuruvada: A. kedarnathBy foot for a steep fourteen km trek through a paved path (horses or palanquins are available for rent) from Gaurikund, which is connected...... more

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Q. Muhammad BIn Tughlak - tell me few sentences about this rulerr ?
Chocklate: A. The Kumaoni are a people of the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, a region in the Indian Himalayas. Their Kumaoni language is one of the Central...... more

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Q. Where is the most beautiful place you have ever been?
Rocking Raaj: A. Mohammad bin Tughlaq is best remembered as a ruler who undertake a number of bold experiments, and showed a keen interest in agriculture. He was...... more

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Army gets new unit, five commanders

The Indian Army on Friday named five three-star officers to take over the charges of five commands besides announcing the formation of a new... ...

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Army announces key appointments

On a day when the Army took a major step towards bolstering security in the eastern sector bordering China by establishing the first battalion of... ...

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Army Vice Chief unveils Sikkim Scouts flag

Lucknow, May 24 (IBNS) , who is also the President of the Gorkha Brigade, unveiled the flag of Sikkim Scouts on Friday in Lucknow. This new... ...

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BJP not satisfied with Governor's action

The State BJP has expressed cautious disappointment over the Uttarakhand Governor's role in the much talked-about office of profit issue, where... ...

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Kumaon University's VC steps down, cites lack of functional autonomy as the reason

Bhatnagars resignation came five months after he joined university as its vice-chancellor. A former head of the bio-chemistry department in... ...

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