The Badrinath shrine pilgrimage, which attracted 47 lakh devotees this year, has resulted in the accumulation of 180 tonnes of garbage at more than 10,000 feet above sea level in this eco-sensitive zone
The Kedarnath assembly bypoll in Uttarakhand recorded around 57 per cent voting by 5 pm on Wednesday even as the Election Commission of India was yet to announce final figures with likely margin of around 3 per cent increase.
Umesh Kumar, an Independent MLA from Haridwar's Khanpur constituency in Uttarakhand, has publicly threatened Dehradun District Magistrate and IAS officer Savin Bansal over alleged attempts to collect details about his properties.
As delay to appoint new Director General of Police(DGP) by Uttarakhand government continued, acting head of the state police Abhinav Kumar questioned the dominance of UPSC and union home ministry in the present selection module.
Currently, the state police force is led by Acting DGP Abhinav Kumar, who is not included in the UPSC panel.
The Serampore CPM candidate Dipsita Dhar, Hooghly CPM candidate Monodeep Ghosh and Arambagh CPM candidate Biplab Moitra also filed their nomination papers.
Though no loss of life has been reported so far, officials say with the rise in mercury level the blaze is going out of control.
The initiative is undertaken by the Institute of Heart and Lung Diseases (IHLD) in collaboration with Krafton India.
Party leaders want at least three rallies each of Adityanath and Modi in the next 25 days of the campaign as the state will undergo polling on April 19.
Bhavya (61kg) faced a challenge from Telangana's Mohammed Ur Rehman but managed winning the bout 4-1 margin.
