As several houses in Joshimath in Chamoli district developed cracks due to land subsidence activities, the Uttarakhand government on Sunday declared all nine wards of the temple town as “landslide-subsidence zone” and unsafe for living.

Following a survey, a team of bureaucrats and experts made several recommendations, which primarily include involving premier institutions to conduct studies on different aspects of the emerging situation in Joshimath.

Land subsidence has resulted in cracks in over 600 houses out of around 4,500 buildings in Joshimath — known as the gateway to Badrinath, Hemkund Sahib pilgrimage sites and famous skiing destination Auli.

Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered oath to the newly inducted ministers, which included Vikramaditya Singh, the son of former chief minister Virbhadra Singh, in a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan

The BJP, grappling with intraparty discord and disagreement over who will be the CM candidate, is hoping to make the issues of religious conversion and corruption as the bedrock of its campaign in Chhattisgarh where it was ousted from power after 15 years in 2018 by the Congress party.

“The incident on Air India flight AI102 on November 26th, 2022, has been a matter of personal anguish to me and my colleagues at Air India. We fell short of addressing this situation the way it should have been,” Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said.

Jammu and Kashmir police had busted at least three terror modules in Rajouri and Jammu districts, which had allegedly received several consignments of rifles, grenades, explosive material and bullets through drones.

The Capital continued to reel under biting cold on Sunday as the minimum temperature dropped to its lowest level so far this season to 1

Seven and a half years, a legal battle later and an incredible series of events later, the state CID is hunting for his body after investigations have revealed that he was shot, killed and buried in a forest by a team led by a popular police officer who is now on the run.