Agriculture minister Harak Singh Rawat flagged of 13 buses carrying about 600 pilgrims from Rishikesh main bus stand at 11.30 AM while seven buses of Tehri Garhwal Motor Owners and Yatayat companies were flagged off in Haridwar.shrines' portals in Uttarkashi district will reopen on Sunday at 2.30 pm and 12.15 pm while portals of Badrinath and Kedarnath shrines in Chamoli and Rudrapryag districts will...

Source : Times Of India | 37 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Tehri Garhwal

A slice of 'Green Qutub' beckons nature lovers

Rahul Chhabra, Dehradun, March 12 : When the foundation of Delhi's historic Qutub Minar was being laid in the late 12th century, a deodar seed germinated in the Tehri Garhwal mountains in what is now Uttarkhand.For the next 700 years, the sapling grew into a colossal tree of almost the same height as Qutubuddin Aibak's 72.5 metre victory tower. A slice of this gigantic tree, also known as the 'Green...

Source : Newkerala | 98 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Tehri Garhwal

A slice of Green Qutub beckons nature lovers (With Image)

When the foundation of Delhi's historic Qutub Minar was being laid in the late 12th century, a deodar seed germinated in the Tehri Garhwal mountains in what is now Uttarkhand. For the next 700 years, the sapling grew into a colossal tree of almost the same height as Qutubuddin Aibak's 72.5 metre victory tower. A slice of this gigantic tree, also known as the 'Green Qutub', is on display at a museum...

Source : Webindia123 | 98 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Tehri Garhwal

Woman pilgrim dead, 6 injured as car falls into gorge

pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh died while six others were injured when their vehicle fell into a deep gorge on Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway in Tehri Garhwal district last night, sources today said. The accident occurred around 2100 hrs last night when the driver lost control near Totaghati and the vehicle hurtled around 200 metre down into the gorge, according to State Emergency Operation...

Source : Webindia123 | 232 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Tehri Garhwal

Nikhil Dwivedi gorged 75 bananas during TAMANCHEY shoot

Nikhil Dwivedi, who plays a small town outlaw, literally had to pay a price on the challenges of working in the realistic 'rehearse and shoot' mode in TAMANCHEY. And in a lighter vein, to have a strict visual director, a first in Bollywood, truly didn't help his cause further. Recently Nikhil Dwivedi and the cast of TAMANCHEY were in the picturesque town of Tehri Garhwal in Uttarakhand. And whilst...

Source : Glamsham | 243 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Tehri Garhwal

URM co-founder Gunsola joins Congress

Congress delt a major blow to the Uttarakhand Raksha Morcha headed by Rtd Brig TPS Rawat as its co-founder and senior Vice President Ratan Singh Gunsola joined the ruling Congress here today. State Congress spokesperson Dhirendra Pratap Singh said Mr Gunsola, a political heavyweight and district Panchayat president, Tehri Garhwal, joined Congress with a number of his supporters ,at the party...

Source : Webindia123 | 261 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Tehri Garhwal

Lok Sabha bypoll in Jangipur and Tehri Garhwal on October 10

Byelection in Lok Sabha constituencies of Jangipur in West Bengal and Tehri Garhwal in Uttarakhand will be held on October 10. With the announcement of schedule for the two byelections by the Election Commission here this evening, the model code of conduct comes into force with immediate effect in the district(s) in which these parliamentary constituencies fall. The byelection in Jangipur...

Source : Webindia123 | 286 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Tehri Garhwal

3 dead, 4 injured as van falls into gorge

people died while four others were injured when the van they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge near Virpur in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand today. According to revenue official T Kandari, the van was on its way from Lambgaon to Bhetalkhal when the driver apparently lost control and the vehicle veered off the mountainous road and fell into a deep gorge this afternoon....

Source : Webindia123 | 439 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Tehri Garhwal

Vijay Bahuguna to take oath as Uttarakhand chief minister today

Vijay Bahugana, MP from Tehri Garhal would be sworn-in as the seventh chief minister of hilly state of Uttarakhand. The decision to select Bahugana has put to end all the speculations and week-long drama over the selection of candidate for the top post.THE CONGRESS in Uttarakhand finally found its chief minister in Vijay Bahuguna, the Member of Parliament from Tehri Garhwal and former Bombay High Court...

Source : Merinews | 462 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Tehri Garhwal

Harish Rawats supporters protest over making Vijay Bahuguna Uttarakhand CM

Legislators supporting Lok Sabha MP Harish Rawat have expressed their unhappiness over Vijay Bahuguna, the MP representing Tehri Garhwal being chosen as the next...

Source : Webindia123 | 462 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Tehri Garhwal