archive for August, 2004


By Our Staff Correspondent DEHRA DUN, AUG. 9. Uttarakhand activists today called for a state-wide bandh tomorrow in protest against the death of Baba Mohan Uttarakhandi this morning, on the 38th day of his fast seeking establishment of a new Capital for Uttaranchal at Gairsen in Chamoli district instead of the present Capital of Dehra [...]


TEHRI (UTTARANCHAL), AUG 3 (PTI) At least 17 workers of a private company were buried alive and 11 injured when a portion of an underground tunnel of Tehri hydel project caved in after heavy lanslides in the area. Nearly 50 to 60 workers, mostly laborers from Jharkhand and Bihar, were working inside the tunnel when [...]

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