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The Uttarakhand government on Thursday began evacuating families in Joshimath where hundreds of houses are at risk of collapsing after developing cracks. 

The town observed a bandh to protest against administrative indifference to the plight of residents and the "NTPC projects which have led to its gradual sinking."

Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said situation in the area is being closely monitored and he will himself visit the place to assess the situation

So far, 561 houses in different areas of the town have developed cracks, including 153 in Ravigram, 127 in Gandhinagar, 71 in Manoharbagh, 52 in Singhdhar, 50 in Parsari, 29 in Upper Bazar, 27 in Suneel, 28 in Marwadi and 24 in Lower Bazar, Joshi said.

According to the Chamoli Disaster Management Department, 561 homes in the town have developed cracks due to sinking of earth’s surface.

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With the situation spiralling out of control, police resorted to lathi charge initially and then opened fire at protestors. According to the police, the situation is now under control, as a curfew is being imposed in the city.

Ranchi: A day after the Jharkhand government allowed intra-state bus services to resume, a majority of the operators chose to not ply their vehicles on Thursday. Of the 1,200 buses that ply across Jharkhand, only 400-odd vehicles resumed their operations after a three-month lull. “It will take at least four days for all the buses to hit the streets,” Ranchi Bus Owners Association president Krishna Mohan Singh said. “The batteries are dead and insurance papers have expired. Drivers and o...

SRINAGAR: A 35-year-old man from Kund belt of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district was found hanging in a rented accommodation in Upper Bazar area of Qazigund on Saturday. An official told that the man identified as Shabir Ahmad Naikoo(35) son of Sonaullah Naikoo, a resident of Waripora Kund was found hanging at Upper Bazar Qazigund. He said that the man was working in post office on contract basis. He added that the man was residing in a rent accommodation at Qazigund in the house of Ghulam Ahmad...

Ranchi police sealed a garment shop in Upper Bazar, the capital’s wholesale market, after a surprise raid on Sunday afternoon and registered FIRs against the shop owner and six others for violation of the partial lockdown in the wake of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. An official of Kotwali police station said that an FIR has been filed under Disaster Management Act, 2005 on the shop owner—Waris Malik and six other employees—for illegally keeping the shop open during the lockdown. �...