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900 stranded sikh pilgrims reach city

Chandigarh, Punjab:  JWe have got a second birth. These were the repeated words of several survivors who were brought back from Rishikesh on the Punjab Roadways and PRTC buses to the Sector 43 ISBT today. Over 900 pilgrims, rescued from ...

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Survivor recounts Uttarakhand horror tales

Sahnewal, Ludhiana:  It was a real home coming for seven friends who returned yesterday on the ninth day after facing a brush with death for 72 hours. Gurvir Singh of Sahnewal, one of the rescuers, narrated the tale of horror ...

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More state pilgrims evacuated from Joshimath

Chandigarh: The rescue and relief operations initiated by the Punjab Government for pilgrims stranded at Hemkund Sahib, Badrinath and Kedarnath due to flash floods in Uttrakhand, is nearing completion, an official press release said here today. More than 3,000 pilgrims, ...

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Punjab govt’s PR disaster in U’khand exposed

Patiala, Punjab: The Punjab government’s ‘publicity-oriented’ drive after the natural disaster in Uttarakhand has been disastrous right from the beginning. The assault on senior IAS officer Kahan Singh Pannu, video clips of which went viral on YouTube, has exposed the public ...

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