Kumaon
PM Modi arrives in Uttarakhand on daylong visit, to inaugurate projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stones of several development projects, and address a public meeting here during a one-day visit to the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand on Thursday. The prime minister will also have a darshan of Adi Kailash, offer prayers at Jageshwar Dham and Parvati Kund, and visit Gunji village during the tour. In a post on X, Modi said, "Our government is committed to the welfare of each and every individual of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand and the state's rapid development. To impart more speed to it, I will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several projects in Pithoragarh." "I will also get the good opportunity of interacting with the people of Gunji village. I also look eagerly forward to a darshan of the spiritually significant Parvati Kund and and a puja at Jageshwar Dham during the tour," he said. Cultural troupes from Uttarakhand's Kumaon region will welcome Modi at several points of a renovated 6-km road decorated with murals and ...
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Major Bakhtawar Singh Brar, one of oldest Army veterans, passes away at 109
Born in November 1913 in Faridkot district, Major Brar served in the Faridkot State Forces and then joined the 6 Kumaon Regiment, before retiring in 1963
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SATVIR soldiers on: 6 decades into service, goats that serve Indian Army
SATVIRs retire at the age of ten and are accorded a military funeral upon their death
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Special attention to be paid to hilly areas: CM Dhami instructs officials
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has instructed officials for the overall development of the state and stated that special attention should be paid to the development
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Uttarakhand polls 2022: PM Modi likely to hold public rally in Kumaon
Ahead of the upcoming Uttarakhand Assembly elections, PMModi is likely to hold a public rally in the Kumaon region during his second visit to the state later this month.
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A unique project giving quality education to children with no access to it
The Navjeevan children proudly demonstrate their learning and achievements by teaching their younger siblings and other children in the community
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The Shaama camp in Kumaon is impossibly remote and incredibly beautiful
The camp also offers delicious food, all grown in the vicinity and cooked over a fire in a dark kitchen hut
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Mid-term break in Kumaon
Stranded in the rainwashed hills of Uttarakhand, Suman Dubey wonders why it had to be so.
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