Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. The Indian Embassy in Cambodia issued an advisory for Indian nationals travelling to the country amid ongoing clashes with Thailand, suggesting that they avoid going to border areas In view of the ongoing clashes at the Cambodia-Thailand border, Indian nationals are advised to avoid travelling to the border areas,” the advisory…
Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. To take precautionary measures and ease daily commute, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) and India Meteorological Department (IMD) have collaborated to provide hyperlocal rain alerts, including details about possible waterlogging. The processed data will be accessible to citizens on mumbaiflood.in, which was launched on Friday. IIT-Bombay’s artificial intelligence (AI)-based…
Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. An Army jawan was killed and two others were injured in a landmine blast on Friday along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch. The Indian Army’s White Knight Corps took to X to condole the loss of the soldier and said, “#GOC #WhiteKnightCorps and all ranks pay…
Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. MUMBAI: A ‘mangrove coalition’ has been set up to conserve mangroves in Mumbai and Chennai with the help of community engagement. The initiative is being spearheaded by the Godrej Enterprises Group, which brought together six think tanks and research institutes for this mission on Thursday. Institutes such as the World Resource…
Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. Noida: An 87-year-old retired professor was allegedly duped of ₹2.89 crore after a woman befriended him by sharing her pictures and lured him to invest in the share market from April to June 2025 in Sector 36, Noida, police said on Thursday. Police said the victim, hailing from Rajasthan, in his…
Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. In a major crackdown on illegal arms trafficking, the Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF), in a joint operation with Rudrapur police, arrested a 24-year-old inter-state smuggler and seized eight illegal semi-automatic pistols along with magazines on the night of July 23 in Udham Singh Nagar district. The accused, identified as…
Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau – A Russian Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying about 50 people crashed in the country’s far east on Thursday and everyone on board was feared to have been killed, emergency services officials said. The burning fuselage of the plane, which was made in the Soviet era and was nearly 50 years…
Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. Thailand has deployed F-16 fighter jets along the border with Cambodia on Thursday. this development comes after the Royal Thai army reported that Cambodia targeted military bases near the northeastern part of the disputed border. As per Bangkok Post, the Thai Army stated that by late morning, clashes were reported at…
Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. The World Bank’s report Towards Resilient and Prosperous Cities in India has identified a few areas in Mumbai as coastal flooding hotspots, warning that rising sea levels could severely impact coastal cities by 2100. The report highlights that affordable housing and proximity to jobs often compel the urban poor to settle…
Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. In view of the first phase of the three-tier panchayat elections, Inspector General (IG) of Police, Kumaon Range, Ridhim Aggarwal has directed all district-level officers to ensure that the polling process is conducted in a free, fair, and peaceful manner. She instructed that all zonal and sector magistrates deployed for election…