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Kasar Devi is a village near Almora, Uttarakhand. It is known for the Kasar Devi temple, a Devi temple, dedicated to Kasar Devi, after whom the place is also named. The temple structure dates to the 2nd century CE. Swami Vivekananda visited Kasar Devi in 1890s. The area is home to deodar and pine forests. It also provides views not...

Famously referred to as the ‘Lake District of India’, Nainital, at 1938 meters above sea level, is a scenic delight that would be irresistible to any tourist. It is located around the famous Naini Lake in a valley. With mountains on all sides, Nainital is where you need to be for a rendezvous with nature. Some of the most...

Dehradun is the capital city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Located in the Doon Valley at the foothills of the Himalayas, Dehradun is bordered by the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers of India. The city is known for its pleasant climate and provides a gateway to the popular hill stations like Nainital, Mussoorie etc. and pilgrim sites like Haridwar...

In order to curb leopard attacks in villages in hilly areas, Chief minister Harish Rawat on Friday directed officials of the forest department to explore the option of breeding foxes and jackals. CM Rawat, in a meeting with the forest department officials at Beejpaur house said that the major challenge of man-animal conflict in the state needs to be brought...

Congress sought to put its house in order in Uttarakhand with Chief Minister Harish Rawat and other senior leaders meeting party vice president Rahul Gandhi amid growing infighting in the state unit. Besides meeting Gandhi, the leaders participated in the state Congress coordination committee meeting convened by AICC General Secretary Ambika Soni, who is in-charge of party affairs in the...

The students of IIT-Roorkee in Uttarakhand have developed a device which can generate electricity when pressure is applied on it. Reportedly, the PhD students of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department have invented this device under the leadership of vice-president Kaushik Pal. This nano-generator device can be fitted in shoes and electricity can be generated while walking. According to the developers, the device...

Three persons, including a woman, were on Friday killed when their car slipped into a deep gorge in Pithoragarh district, police said. Puranchand (24), Govind Singh (28) and a woman died as their car fell into a 600-meter deep gorge on Friday morning on Dharchula-Tawaghat road, the state emergency operation centre said. The identity of the woman has not been ascertained...

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Drawing the Centre's attention to "poor" medical infrastructure in Uttarakhand, former AAP leader Anoop Nautiyal on Friday opposed upgradation of the city's premier Doon hospital to a medical college without making provisions for an alternative district hospital. In a letter to Health Minister J P Nadda, Nautiyal said the government healthcare infrastructure of the state has collapsed. He said many...