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SSB jawans conducting last rites of the woman Pithoragarh: When Jhupa Devi passed away at 100 in Tadegaon, a remote hamlet in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, on Wednesday, only three able-bodied men — her son Ramesh Chand, grandson Ravi Chand and another villager — were at hand to carry her to the cremation ground, situated around…
GOPESHWAR: Around 60 people were injured after a loco train carrying workers and officials hit a goods train inside the Pipalkoti tunnel of the Vishnugad–Pipalkoti Hydroelectric Project late on Tuesday night, officials said. District Magistrate Gaurav Kumar said 109 people were on board the train when the accident took place. All those injured have been…
DEHRADUN: The family of Anjel Chakma, the young Tripura native killed in Dehradun earlier this month, pushed back sharply against the city police chief’s public dismissal of racial slurs as a motive behind the murder – a claim central to the family’s version of events and backed, they say, by the firsthand account of Anjel’s…
ALMORA: At least six passengers died and several others injured after a bus plunged into a deep gorge near Sailapani, close to Vinayak in the Bhikyashen area of Almora district, on Tuesday morning. The accident triggered panic in the region and prompted a large-scale rescue operation by the administration.According to tehsildar Abid Ali, the bus…
NEW DELHI: Father of Anjel Chakma, the Tripura student who died in a fatal racial attack in Dehradun, made serious allegations against the authorities saying that they refused to file an FIR after the assault dismissing it as “minor matter”.“They wanted to file an FIR, but they were refused, being told it was a minor…
Protest against the death of Angel Chakma in Agartala (Picture credit: PTI) AGARTALA: Tripura chief minister Manik Saha spoke with his Uttarakhand counterpart Pushkar Singh Dhami and sought justice for the racially-spurred fatal assault on Anjel Chakma, a 24-year-old MBA student, from Unakoti district in the northeastern state, reports Biswendu Bhattacharjee. Chakma, who was attacked…
Mumbai’s Rohit Sharma (PTI Photo) Rohit Sharma’s brief stay at the crease ended in a golden duck, but Mumbai’s firepower ensured they defeated Uttarakhand by 51 runs in a Group C Vijay Hazare Trophy clash on Friday. Batting first, Mumbai posted a commanding 331 for seven, thanks to crucial contributions from Hardik Tamore, who remained…
Kashmiri shawl seller assaulted in Uttarakhand (Credits: X/@MehboobaMufti) DEHRADUN: A 28-year-old Kashmiri shawl seller was allegedly assaulted by a group of men in Kashipur, Udham Singh Nagar district, after they learnt he was from Kashmir and tried to force him to chant a slogan. The incident surfaced on Thursday after a video of the assault…
MUM vs UT Live Score: Context, Contrast, and the Bigger Picture While Rohit owned Jaipur, the Vijay Hazare Trophy delivered plenty elsewhere too. Virat Kohli starred for Delhi with a commanding 131, becoming the fastest to 16,000 List A runs, while Punjab piled on 347 against Maharashtra thanks to Naman Dhir’s 97. Yet none of…
NEW DELHI: SC on Monday expressed concern over forest land being grabbed by private individuals in Uttarakhand and said it was shocking that the state govt remained a silent spectator over the years.While hearing an appeal on a litigation over a disputed parcel of forest land, a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya…
