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Uttarakhand state government has ordered a probe into the alleged gold scam at famous Hindu shrine of Kedarnath situated in Garhwal Himalayas following a major controversy and slugfest between main opposition party Congress and ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

In the ongoing controversy over the gold plating of the sanctum sanctorum of Kedarnath Temple, Congress has expressed apprehension of organized tax evasion.

The former minister said that there has been a tradition in all religions that people donate money to temples and that is how places of worship are built

PK Mishra, the principal secretary to the Prime Minister, has visited Badrinath to review the progress of projects undertaken in the area under the Badrinath master plan. The temples reconstruction and beautification are among the ambitious projects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The war of words between the ruling BJP and the Congress party on the alleged ‘gold scam’ in Kedarnath temple is continuing to escalate. The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Karan Mahara said on Thursday that the BJP uses religious sentiments of crores of Hindus only to grab power. He

Floods Devastated Kedarnath 10 years ago, yet Joshimath warnings not heeded

The market in subsidence-hit Joshimath observed a bandh on Friday in protest against the resumption of the construction of the Helang-Marwari bypass.

State tourism minister Satpal Maharaj said that the Opposition parties should not try to disturb the Char Dham Yatra by giving unnecessary weightage to this sensitive matter

Part of India's heritage, the Badrinath Dham is undergoing a process of reconstruction and beautification, but there are many apprehensions about these works. Ultimately, we are all responsible for Badrinath's preservation.

Controversy over the genuineness of gold-plating work in the Kedarnath temple's sanctum sanctorum -- undertaken last year by an anonymous Maharashtra-