Chardham

Over 10 lakh pilgrims visited Kedarnath this year, Badrinath welcomed over 12.44 lakh pilgrims. Over 4.65 lakh pilgrims visited Yamunotri and over 5.30 lakh pilgrims went to Gangotri this year. Sikh shrine of Hemkund Sahib witnessed over 2.40 lakh pilgrims... read more

An apex court bench comprising Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and Surya Kant also ordered the Ministry of Environment and Forests to form a high-powered committee (HPC) by August 22. read more

An apex court bench comprising Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman and Surya Kant also ordered the Ministry of Environment and Forests to form a high-powered committee (HPC) by August 22. read more

The camps will focus specially on pilgrims with cardiac and respiratory ailments. read more

Earlier, there were 14 private and four government operators of helicopter services in the valley for Kedarnath and Badrinath pilgrimages. But after the previous state government order was revoked, the number increased to 18, indicating alleged illegal... read more

Work is in full swing with BJP insiders claiming that the official machinery is under pressure from the Centre to complete the project before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls read more

A bench of justices Jawad Rahim and S P Wangdi and expert member Nagin Nanda said that as the Supreme Court has noted in its order that the matter is complex one, it should be heard by a larger bench. read more

National Green Tribunal on Tuesday issued notices to the Centre and the Uttarakhand government on a plea seeking a time-bound muck disposal plan for the all-weather Chardham road project read more

The district magistrate of Pauri on Monday announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the next of kin of those killed in the bus accident here and Rs 10,000 to the injured read more

Those who made a fresh beginning are yet to gain foothold. Now, they believe, all their efforts to put their life together would go in vain once again and they blame it on the all-weather Chardham road read more

The Chardham all-weather road project being implemented in the geologically volatile Uttarakhand Himalaya will be based on the concept of sustainable roads read more

Pilgrims booking a helicopter package for Chardham yatra have to shell out 15-16 per cent more following a hike in royalties and parking charges by authorities in Uttarakhand, evoking a strong protest from the Business Aircraft Operator Association read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will review the \u20B911,700-crore Chardham all-weather road project through high resolution drone cameras on May 23, chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said Friday. read more

Aiming to give a boost to culinary tourism in Uttarakhand, the government will soon launch a scheme under which all “delicious ethnic pahari cuisines” will be popularised among tourists visiting the Himalayan state read more

Rawat said after the yatra began this year, some 60,000 pilgrims have visited the Badrinath shrine and 51, 000 Kedarnath till Wednesday evening. read more