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Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami took stock of the rescue operation. He spoke with Chamoli DM Sandeep Tiwari via video-conferencing and asked him to accelerate the relief-and-rescue operations in the affected areas. Chamoli (Uttarakhand): Rescue teams on Friday recovered five additional bodies from the debris in rain-ravaged Chamoli in Uttarakhand, bringing the total death toll to seven. This follows the earlier recovery of two bodies on Thursday. Heavy rain caused landslides and flooding in four villages—Kuntari Laga Phali, Kuntari Laga Sarpani, Sera, and Dhurma—located in Chamoli's Nandanagar area on Thursday. The region of Nandanagar is already struggling with land subsidence issues. On Thursday, 12 people were injured, including five who were rescued alive from Kuntari Laga Phali and Dhurma villages. Those with serious injuries are being treated at AIIMS in Rishikesh, according to officials. Authorities also reported that 95 people have been relocated to relief camps at Maria...

Ankita Bhandari Murder Case: The hearing of the Ankita Bhandari murder case lasted for two years and eight months, after which the court sentenced Pulkit Arya and his two associates to life imprisonment. Ankita Bhandari Murder Case:  In the much talked about Ankita Bhandari murder case of Uttarakhand, the Kotdwar district court has convicted the three accused Pulkit Arya, Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit Gupta. The court sentenced Pulkit Arya to life imprisonment and fine under various sections of the IPC and his co-accused Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit Gupta have also been sentenced to life imprisonment and fine. Ankita's family has been given a compensation of Rs 4 lakh.  Ankita Bhandari has got justice today after a hearing that lasted for two years and eight months. The case was going on since September 2022. The court gave this verdict after hearing both the parties. Ankita worked as a receptionist at Vanatra Resort, the owner of this resort, Pulkit Arya, was accused of her murder. ...

Chamoli Avalanche:   57 BRO labours, who were removing snow in the high altitude area near Mana, a border village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, got buried under the snow after an avalanche hit on Friday, out of which 16 labourers were rescued safely. Officials gave this information. State Chief Secretary Radha Raturi told that the roadside huts of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) labourers engaged in construction work got hit by the avalanche. She told that 57 labourers were buried under the snow due to the avalanche, out of which 16 were rescued safely. He said that the work of removing 41 other buried laborers is going on. Mana, about three kilometers from Badrinath, is the last village on the Indo-Tibet border, which is located at an altitude of 3200 meters. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said that every effort is being made to rescue the laborers buried under the snow using all available resources. He said in a post on 'X', "An unfortunate avalanche occurred in Ma...