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Uttarkashi, November 23 Boring through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel was put on hold again Thursday apparently after cracks appeared in the platform on which the drilling machine rests, in a fresh hurdle to the rescue of 41...

New Delhi, November 23 National Disaster Management Authority on Thursday said it would not be fair to speculate on the timeline for rescue operations at Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand as it is just like fighting a war. Briefing media about...

Uttarkashi/New Delhi, November 22 Ambulances were on standby and a special ward at a local health centre kept ready as a multi-agency effort to rescue 41 men trapped in the Silkyara tunnel appeared close to success on Wednesday evening. Till...

Uttarkashi, November 22 A 41-bed hospital was readied on Wednesday at the Community Health Centre in Chinyalisaur in this district for the care of 41 trapped labourers after they are evacuated from the Silkyara tunnel. Rescue efforts at the tunnel...

Uttarkashi, November 22 An Uttarakhand policeman, the first to reach the site of the collapsed Sikyara tunnel, said he had inspected the under-construction tunnel last month and the work was going well. Posted at Genwala Police Post under Dharasu Police...

Neeraj Mohan  Silkyara (Uttarkashi), November 22 The rescue operation gained momentum on the 11th day on Wednesday as the US-made auger machine managed to drill up to 42 metres and inserted seven pipes, which will be used to rescue the...

Uttarkashi, November 21 The workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel at Uttarkashi received some amount of relief as few of them spoke to their relatives for the first time after being stuck for 10 days. In a major breakthrough in...

New Delhi, November 21 The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday issued an advisory to television channels asking them to refrain from sensationalising the ongoing rescue operation under way at Silkyara, Uttarakhand, and undertaking any live posts and videos...

Uttarkashi (U’khand), November 21 Rescuers on Tuesday released the first video of the workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel here for 10 days. The visuals were captured using an endoscopic camera sent in through the 6-inch food pipeline. VIDEO |...

Nainital, November 20 The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday sought replies from the state government and central agencies within 48 hours on the ongoing operation and measures taken to rescue 41 workers trapped inside a partially collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi...

Uttarkashi, November 20  Rescuers on Monday pushed a 6-inch-wide pipeline through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel, a breakthrough that will help them supply larger quantities of food and possibly allow live visuals of the 41 workers trapped inside...

Dehradun, November 20 The Uttarakhand government will bear the travel, food and lodging expenses of relatives of the 41 workers trapped at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi district for over a week. Assuring the families of the trapped workers that...

Uttarkashi, November 20 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to take stock of the rescue operation to save 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel and stressed on the need to keep...

Neeraj Mohan New Delhi, November 19 If the drilling machine continues to work smoothly, the 41 workers trapped inside the partially collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand could be rescued within the next two days, said Union Minister for Road Transport...

Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand), November 19 Whatever is required to save the 41 trapped workers will be done and keeping the morale of workers and their family members high should be everyone’s collective responsibility, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday as...

Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand), November 19 Efforts were under way on Sunday to build an access road at the top of the hill above Silkyara tunnel for initiating vertical drilling to reach 41 workers trapped for seven days, with authorities hopeful that...

New Delhi, November 18 The government on Saturday said drilling into the partially collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi was stopped to save lives as earth movement was detected when a US auger machine cut through the rubble to lay pipes...

Ajay Banerjee New Delhi, November 17 When the Indian Air Force (IAF) on November 15 was asked to ferry a specialised boring machine for the rescue of people trapped inside an under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand, it had two challenges —...

Neeraj Mohan New Delhi, November 17 On the sixth day of the operation to rescue 40 workers trapped inside a partially collapsed under-construction Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand, significant success is said to have been achieved on Friday as 25-metre drilling...

Neeraj Mohan New Delhi, November 17 On the sixth day of the rescue operation on Friday, efforts to extricate 40 trapped labourers from the collapsed Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand gained momentum. The latest drilling machine, having successfully penetrated 24 metre,...

Nainital (Uttarakhand), November 17 Nine people were killed after their pick-up vehicle fell into a gorge on the Chedakhan-Midar Road in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district early on Friday, police said. The accident occurred around 8 am when the vehicle was going...

Neeraj Mohan New Delhi, November 15 As the rescue mission for the 40 trapped labourers in Uttarkashi entered its fourth day on Wednesday, the Uttarakhand Government has turned to specialised teams from Thailand, known for their successful rescue of children...

Rudraprayag, November 15 The portals of Kedarnath were closed on Wednesday for the winter season on the occasion of Bhaiya Dooj.    The doors of the Himalayan temple, dedicated to lord Shiva, were closed at 8.30 am amid worship and traditional...

Uttarkashi, November 14 Gabbar Singh Negi, one of the 40 labourers trapped in the under-construction tunnel that collapsed on the Char Dham route, spoke to his son on Tuesday. “I was allowed to speak to my father for a few...

Uttarkashi, November 13 All 40 workers trapped in an under-construction tunnel on the Char Dham route are safe and being sent food and water, authorities assured Monday but said the rescue operation could take up to two more days. A...