Uttarkashi, meaning Kashi of the north, is a town in Uttarakhand, India. It is the district headquarters of Uttarkashi district. Uttarkashi is situated on the banks of river Bhagirathi at an altitude of 1158 m above sea level. Uttarkashi is generally known as a holy town close to Rishikesh. It is located in the state of Uttarakhand in India. Uttarkashi is home to a number of ashrams and temples and also to the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. The name of the town reflects its similarity to and location the city of Kashi. Read More
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is working to clear the snow from three major avalanches of sizes ranging between 40 and 130 metres near Dharali between Harshil and Gangotri here, an official on Saturday. ...
A day after declaring the deadly coronavirus as an epidemic, Uttarakhand government on Wednesday issued an order to allow govt employees to work from home from March 19 to 24. However, the order does not apply to employees of health, police, transpor ...
A team from Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) visited cloudburst-hit Mori Tehsil of Uttarkashi to take stock of the damages incurred due to the calamity. ...
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) conducted search and rescue operation for missing people in Tikochi and Arakot village, following a cloudburst and heavy rainfall in the area. ...
Death toll due to cloudburst in Arakot village of Uttarkashi rose to 17 as personnel of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) launched an operation to rescue people stranded in the affected area on Monday morning. ...
Six people have died following a cloudburst and heavy rainfall in the border area of Uttarkashi and Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. Bodies of all the six including, an 80-year-old Nepali national have been recovered by Himachal police, according to SDRF, ...
Five persons were missing following a cloudburst and heavy rainfall here in Mori Tehsil of Uttarkashi district on Sunday, Sub-Divisional Magistrate Anurag Arya said. ...
