The Latest Breaking News from Uttarkashi

In Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand), a tunnel under construction collapsed trapping 40 workers. Relief and rescue operations were launched by the police, NDRF, SDRF, fire brigade and NHIDCL. The Char Dham Road Project tunnel will reduce the journey to Yamunotri Dham by 26km.

On Oct 16, NCS confirmed an earthquake of Magnitude 4.0 in Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. It occurred at 09:11 a.m., 48km northeast of Pithoragarh at a depth of 5km. On Oct 5, an earthquake of magnitude 3.2 was felt in Uttarkashi district. Tremors were felt at 3:49 AM with a depth…

Wide cracks have appeared in the roads and walls of several homes in Mastari village here, nearly 300 km from Joshimath, which caught national attention earlier this year when thousands of people had to be evacuated to safer locations due to land subsidence.

In the sensitive Purola town in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, Muslims did not gather for namaz in public places on the occasion of Id-ul-Azha on June 29, following pressure from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). Many drove to far-off places to offer namaz.

While several Muslim residents of Purola, who were forced to leave the town in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district last month following communal tension, have returned, a few others have put up their houses on sale and vowed not to come back

This week, host Gurmehar Kaur is joined by Newslaundry’s Anmol Pritam and Pratyush Deep. They delve into the details of two cases of “love jihad”, a Hindutva conspiracy theory, that gained traction in the media.

The ongoing communal tensions in Purola town in Uttarkashi stems from allegations that two men allegedly tried to kidnap a 14-year-old Hindu girl last month. Jitendra Saini and Ubed Khan were arrested on May 26 and booked under the POCSO Act. 

About 35 Muslim families have permanently moved out of Purola town in Uttarkashi while six families have left temporarily after communal tension began in the area.

As Cyclone Biparjoy hit Gujarat this week, we were hit by some crazy reporting from Republic Bharat’s anchor Sweta Tripathi. She stumbled around the studio with an umbrella, visuals of a cyclone in Florida playing behind her – all while reporting on Gujarat.