Kumaon Hills
Mudslide blocks tunnel in Meghalaya, traffic in NE states affected: Police
A mudslide caused by incessant rainfall blocked the Sonapur tunnel on NH 6 in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Saturday blocking traffic movement to Tripura, Mizoram and Assam's Barak valley, police said. The mudslide was caused by incessant rainfall in the state in the past 24 hours. Two vehicles were stuck in the mudslide, Superintendent of Police, Jagpal S Dhanoa told PTI. He said the NHAI was informed for necessary clearance and to make sure traffic on the important NH 6 connecting to three other north eastern states flow normally. Earthmovers and personnel were put to work to clear the debris and the stuck vehicles, an NHAI official said.
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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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Say Cheese
An alien animal in the Indian mountains, Old Hills Cheese is making inroads in more ways than one
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Students on clean-up drive: Don't treat hills like your personal dustbin
A local clean-up drive in Kumaon shows that there are some pay-offs of PM Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, writes Anjuli Bhargava
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The Kumaon hills are proving to be a viable option to reboot and relocate
Social lives are more active and people are more involved in each other's lives in Kumaon than in the cities
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Down in bird land
As a fire rages in the hills of Kumaon, the author remembers the time spent there
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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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