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  • Nepal nominates 8 new ambassadors, including for India |

    New Delhi: Nepal has nominated ambassadors for eight countries, including India, a little over two weeks after recalling the incumbents.

    According to the Cabinet sources, former chief secretary and Nepal’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Lokdarshan Regmi, has been nominated as the new Nepalese ambassador to India.

    Regmi has earlier held positions of Home Secretary, Finance Secretary and Secretary at the Ministry of Land Reform and Management.

    The decision was taken by Nepal’s Cabinet on Friday.

    Earlier on June 6, the Nepal government had recalled ambassadors from 11 countries, including those serving in India and the US and appointed under the Nepali Congress’ quota, three months after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ terminated his alliance with the party and joined hands with former prime minister KP Sharma Oli.

    The development had come three months after the coalition was formed with the support of CPN-UML.

    The government has named former Commerce and Industry Secretary Chandra Ghimire as Nepal’s new ambassador to the United States replacing the incumbent ambassador, Sridhar Khatri while Bijan Pant has been named Nepal’s new ambassador to the United Kingdom.

    All the ambassador nominees need to undergo parliamentary hearings before the president appoints them to their respective positions.

  • Indian UPI Users Can Now Pay Nepalese Merchants Via QR Codes; All You Need To Know

    It was specified that merchants who are part of the Fonepay Network can now receive UPI payments from Indian customers.

  • Not Only Ayodhya, This Temple In Nepal Also Held Week-Long Celebrations For Ram Mandir’s ‘Pran Pratistha

    The Ram Temple in Ayodhya held a week-long puja ceremony in the run-up to the January 22 pran pratistha ceremony.

  • We will strive to take India-Nepal ties to Himalayan heights: PM Modi after talks with Prachanda

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: India and Nepal will strive to take their bilateral ties to Himalayan heights and resolve all matters, including the boundary issue, in this spirit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday after holding wide-ranging talks with his Nepalese counterpart Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.

    In his media statement after the meeting, Modi said he and Prachanda have taken many important decisions to make the partnership between the two countries a “super hit” in the future.

    Following the talks, Modi and Prachanda jointly launched several infrastructure projects.

    The two sides also signed seven agreements to boost cooperation in several areas including trade and energy.

    The two leaders virtually inaugurated integrated check posts at Rupaidiha in India and Nepalgunj in Nepal. They also virtually flagged off a cargo train from Bathnaha in Bihar to the Nepal custom yard.

    “We will continue to strive to take our relationship to Himalayan heights. And in this spirit, we will resolve all the issues, be it boundary related or any other issue,” Modi said in the presence of Prachanda.

    To further strengthen cultural and religious ties, PM Prachanda and I decided that projects related to the Ramayana circuit should be expedited, he added.

    Nepal is important for India in the context of its overall strategic interests in the region, and the leaders of the two countries have often noted the age-old “Roti Beti” relationship which refers to cross-border marriages between people of the two countries.

    The country shares a border of over 1,850 km with five Indian states – Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

    Land-locked Nepal relies heavily on India for the transportation of goods and services.

    Nepal’s access to the sea is through India, and it imports a predominant proportion of its requirements from and through India.

    The India-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 forms the bedrock of the special relations between the two countries. 

    NEW DELHI: India and Nepal will strive to take their bilateral ties to Himalayan heights and resolve all matters, including the boundary issue, in this spirit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday after holding wide-ranging talks with his Nepalese counterpart Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.

    In his media statement after the meeting, Modi said he and Prachanda have taken many important decisions to make the partnership between the two countries a “super hit” in the future.

    Following the talks, Modi and Prachanda jointly launched several infrastructure projects.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    The two sides also signed seven agreements to boost cooperation in several areas including trade and energy.

    The two leaders virtually inaugurated integrated check posts at Rupaidiha in India and Nepalgunj in Nepal. They also virtually flagged off a cargo train from Bathnaha in Bihar to the Nepal custom yard.

    “We will continue to strive to take our relationship to Himalayan heights. And in this spirit, we will resolve all the issues, be it boundary related or any other issue,” Modi said in the presence of Prachanda.

    To further strengthen cultural and religious ties, PM Prachanda and I decided that projects related to the Ramayana circuit should be expedited, he added.

    Nepal is important for India in the context of its overall strategic interests in the region, and the leaders of the two countries have often noted the age-old “Roti Beti” relationship which refers to cross-border marriages between people of the two countries.

    The country shares a border of over 1,850 km with five Indian states – Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

    Land-locked Nepal relies heavily on India for the transportation of goods and services.

    Nepal’s access to the sea is through India, and it imports a predominant proportion of its requirements from and through India.

    The India-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 forms the bedrock of the special relations between the two countries. 

  • India asks Nepal not to allow Amritpal Singh to escape; Nepal puts him on surveillance list

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: The Indian government has requested the Nepal government not to allow pro-Khalistan activist and chief of  ‘Waris Punjab De’ Amritpal Singh believed to be hiding in Nepal to flee to a third country. Nepal has been told to arrest him if he attempts to escape using Indian or any other fake passport. Thus, Nepal has put the radical Sikh preacher on their surveillance list. 

    The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu has requested the Nepalese government agencies to arrest Singh if he tries to flee from Nepal. The letter and Singh’s personal details have been circulated to all the concerned agencies from hotels to airlines, as Singh is said to be possessing multiple passports with him, said sources.

    It is learnt that after Nepal received request from India embassy the Immigration department of the neighboring country  has put Amritpal on its surveillance. As it was suspected that he had entered Nepal and was hiding somewhere around.

    Meanwhile, the Punjab Police on Monday arrested yet another gunman of Amritpal Singh, Varinder Singh Johal alias ‘Fauji’ in relation to the Ajnala violence case.

    Johal who is a dismissed army jawan was arrested by the Tarn Taran Police as he belongs to Raju Singh Wala village in the district. The police have invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against him and he was then sent to Dibrugarh jail in Assam.

    Confirming his arrest, a senior police official said that the accused had been working as a gunman of Amritpal Singh for some time and is a dismissed Army jawan. He was on the run after the radical leader had vanished and was caught on Monday by the Tarn Taran Police and handed over to Amritsar (Rural) Police.

    Earlier Johal’s arm license issued from Jammu and Kashmir was cancelled after the Punjab government took up the matter with their J&K counterparts in view of the Ajnala violence. He was among the 10 gunmen who accompanied Amritpal all the time.

    CHANDIGARH: The Indian government has requested the Nepal government not to allow pro-Khalistan activist and chief of  ‘Waris Punjab De’ Amritpal Singh believed to be hiding in Nepal to flee to a third country. Nepal has been told to arrest him if he attempts to escape using Indian or any other fake passport. Thus, Nepal has put the radical Sikh preacher on their surveillance list. 

    The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu has requested the Nepalese government agencies to arrest Singh if he tries to flee from Nepal. The letter and Singh’s personal details have been circulated to all the concerned agencies from hotels to airlines, as Singh is said to be possessing multiple passports with him, said sources.

    It is learnt that after Nepal received request from India embassy the Immigration department of the neighboring country  has put Amritpal on its surveillance. As it was suspected that he had entered Nepal and was hiding somewhere around.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    Meanwhile, the Punjab Police on Monday arrested yet another gunman of Amritpal Singh, Varinder Singh Johal alias ‘Fauji’ in relation to the Ajnala violence case.

    Johal who is a dismissed army jawan was arrested by the Tarn Taran Police as he belongs to Raju Singh Wala village in the district. The police have invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against him and he was then sent to Dibrugarh jail in Assam.

    Confirming his arrest, a senior police official said that the accused had been working as a gunman of Amritpal Singh for some time and is a dismissed Army jawan. He was on the run after the radical leader had vanished and was caught on Monday by the Tarn Taran Police and handed over to Amritsar (Rural) Police.

    Earlier Johal’s arm license issued from Jammu and Kashmir was cancelled after the Punjab government took up the matter with their J&K counterparts in view of the Ajnala violence. He was among the 10 gunmen who accompanied Amritpal all the time.

  • Vigil intensified in UP border districts after intel alert that Amritpal may flee to Nepal

    Express News Service

    LUCKNOW: Stepping up surveillance in UP districts on the border with Nepal, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has issued an alert and put up posters bearing pictures of fugitive Amritpal Singh and his aides in Bahraich to avert the possibility of the radical preacher fleeing via Uttar Pradesh and sneaking into the neighbouring country.

    According to SSB sources, each check-post of the border was under intensified vigil which was increased after intelligence inputs that Amritpal could enter Nepal. “We have issued an alert on the border. Posters with pictures have also been put up in Rupaidiha in Bahraich. We are closely monitoring the movement of people along the border,” said a senior SSB official.

    ALSO READ | Hunt for Amritpal: Preacher was ready with ‘Khalistan flag’, private militia, say cops

    High-resolution pictures of Amritpal and his accomplices were uploaded on the mobile phones of SSB personnel and in the facial recognition software used on the border, he added.

    He said that besides Amritpal, posters of two of his associates were also put up along the border. “If the people of the town see anyone like him, they must inform the police and SSB about it,” said the official.

    ALSO READ | Amritpal asked Sikhs to be prepared for ‘ultimate sacrifice’, incited through speeches: Officials

    Even though Punjab is far from Rupaidiha, the presence of a considerable Sikh population in Bahraich and Terai district of Lakhimpur Kheri could provide Amritpal ample opportunity to hide and enter Nepal crossing the border, officials said.

    The alert has been issued following the orders of the Union home ministry and the Punjab government.

    The sources claimed that 22 highly-sensitive cameras capable of graphical face recognition were installed at different places along the border. They said that once the photo of a person was uploaded in the system, even if he tried to dodge securitymen by changing his get-up, the camera would recognise him.

    LUCKNOW: Stepping up surveillance in UP districts on the border with Nepal, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has issued an alert and put up posters bearing pictures of fugitive Amritpal Singh and his aides in Bahraich to avert the possibility of the radical preacher fleeing via Uttar Pradesh and sneaking into the neighbouring country.

    According to SSB sources, each check-post of the border was under intensified vigil which was increased after intelligence inputs that Amritpal could enter Nepal. “We have issued an alert on the border. Posters with pictures have also been put up in Rupaidiha in Bahraich. We are closely monitoring the movement of people along the border,” said a senior SSB official.

    ALSO READ | Hunt for Amritpal: Preacher was ready with ‘Khalistan flag’, private militia, say copsgoogletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    High-resolution pictures of Amritpal and his accomplices were uploaded on the mobile phones of SSB personnel and in the facial recognition software used on the border, he added.

    He said that besides Amritpal, posters of two of his associates were also put up along the border. “If the people of the town see anyone like him, they must inform the police and SSB about it,” said the official.

    ALSO READ | Amritpal asked Sikhs to be prepared for ‘ultimate sacrifice’, incited through speeches: Officials

    Even though Punjab is far from Rupaidiha, the presence of a considerable Sikh population in Bahraich and Terai district of Lakhimpur Kheri could provide Amritpal ample opportunity to hide and enter Nepal crossing the border, officials said.

    The alert has been issued following the orders of the Union home ministry and the Punjab government.

    The sources claimed that 22 highly-sensitive cameras capable of graphical face recognition were installed at different places along the border. They said that once the photo of a person was uploaded in the system, even if he tried to dodge securitymen by changing his get-up, the camera would recognise him.

  • Four candidates likely to file nomination for Nepal’s Vice President’s post

    By PTI

    KATHMANDU:  As many as four candidates from Nepal’s three main political parties will be filing their nomination for the post of Vice President on Saturday, the election for which will take place on March 17.

    Filing of nominations will take place at the Parliament Building in New Baneshwor in Kathmandu from 9 am to 2 pm, according to Assistant Election Officer Amrita Kumari Sharma.

    Like the President, the Vice President is elected by an electoral college comprising the members of the Federal Parliament (House of Representatives and the National Assembly) and the Provincial Assembly.

    The total number of voters is 882, including 332 federal Members of Parliament and 550 provincial assembly members.

    The vote weightage of the federal Member of Parliament is 79 and that of the provincial assembly member is 48.

    As per the Constitution, the president and vice president should represent different gender or ethnic groups. Four candidates are likely to register for nomination for the post of Vice President, according to party sources.

    CPN-UML has decided to field Ashta Laxmi Shakya as the candidate for the post of Vice President.

    Similarly, Janamat Party has decided to field Mamata Jha as the candidate for Vice President and Janata Samajwadi Party has decided to field Pramila Yadav and Ram Sahaya Yadav as the candidate.

    The voting for the post will be held on March 17. Jha and both the Yadav belong to the Madhesi community and they both are from the eight-party alliance.

    The Madhesi community in Nepal’s southern Terai region is mostly of Indian origin.

    KATHMANDU:  As many as four candidates from Nepal’s three main political parties will be filing their nomination for the post of Vice President on Saturday, the election for which will take place on March 17.

    Filing of nominations will take place at the Parliament Building in New Baneshwor in Kathmandu from 9 am to 2 pm, according to Assistant Election Officer Amrita Kumari Sharma.

    Like the President, the Vice President is elected by an electoral college comprising the members of the Federal Parliament (House of Representatives and the National Assembly) and the Provincial Assembly.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    The total number of voters is 882, including 332 federal Members of Parliament and 550 provincial assembly members.

    The vote weightage of the federal Member of Parliament is 79 and that of the provincial assembly member is 48.

    As per the Constitution, the president and vice president should represent different gender or ethnic groups. Four candidates are likely to register for nomination for the post of Vice President, according to party sources.

    CPN-UML has decided to field Ashta Laxmi Shakya as the candidate for the post of Vice President.

    Similarly, Janamat Party has decided to field Mamata Jha as the candidate for Vice President and Janata Samajwadi Party has decided to field Pramila Yadav and Ram Sahaya Yadav as the candidate.

    The voting for the post will be held on March 17. Jha and both the Yadav belong to the Madhesi community and they both are from the eight-party alliance.

    The Madhesi community in Nepal’s southern Terai region is mostly of Indian origin.

  • Indian construction workers pelted with stones on Indo-Nepal border in Uttarakhand

    Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: Indian labourers working along the Indo-Nepal border in Dharchula were allegedly pelted with stones by Nepalese nationals leaving at least one person injured and damaging several machineries.  

    The attack is the 11th such incident of stone pelting by Nepalese nationals over the last two months from across the border against Indian workers engaged in the construction of a safety wall along the Kali river.

    The attack comes a day after a joint inspection and talks between officials from both countries.

    Enraged by the incident, India has threatened to stop the movement of vehicles from the Nepal side of the border.

    In order to protect Dharchula town and surrounding villages, the Indian side is working to build embankments on the banks of the kali river. The construction of the embankment is being hampered by stone pelting from Nepal. On Friday evening, stones were once again hurled from Nepal in Ghatkhola.

    Nepalis threw stones at labourers constructing embankments at Ghatkhola in Dharchula, breaking window panes of two dumpers, two tipper trucks and JCBs. Dumper driver Danveer Sawant was also injured in the stone pelting. The construction of the embankment has been affected by the incident.  There is tremendous anger among the Indian people due to these repeated incidents.

    Pithoragarh District Magistrate Reena Joshi told The New Indian Express, “A joint survey has been conducted by both sides as a precautionary measure on the incident.  A meeting of high-level officials will also be called in the near future.”

    Joshi added, “the report sought by the Ministry of External Affairs regarding this incident has also been conveyed to them about the actual situation.”

    Earlier, another labourer was also injured in a similar stone-pelting incident. Indian traders had closed the ‘Jhula’ bridge in protest against this incident. In view of the tension, officials of the two countries had said to resolve the problem by meeting in mutual coordination.

    Nepal’s CDO also came to India and took stock of the situation. A day earlier on Thursday, engineers from Nepal also conducted an on-site inspection along with the local administration. Despite this, there is resentment among Indians due to stone pelting from Nepal.

    BJP district vice-president Mahendra Budiyal said, “The Nepal administration is repeatedly failing to stop stone-pelting incidents. This is affecting the construction work of the embankment being built to protect Dharchula. If Nepal does not take punitive action along with banning the activities of anarchists,the International Jhula Bridge will be closed.”

    DEHRADUN: Indian labourers working along the Indo-Nepal border in Dharchula were allegedly pelted with stones by Nepalese nationals leaving at least one person injured and damaging several machineries.  

    The attack is the 11th such incident of stone pelting by Nepalese nationals over the last two months from across the border against Indian workers engaged in the construction of a safety wall along the Kali river.

    The attack comes a day after a joint inspection and talks between officials from both countries.

    Enraged by the incident, India has threatened to stop the movement of vehicles from the Nepal side of the border.

    In order to protect Dharchula town and surrounding villages, the Indian side is working to build embankments on the banks of the kali river. The construction of the embankment is being hampered by stone pelting from Nepal. On Friday evening, stones were once again hurled from Nepal in Ghatkhola.

    Nepalis threw stones at labourers constructing embankments at Ghatkhola in Dharchula, breaking window panes of two dumpers, two tipper trucks and JCBs. Dumper driver Danveer Sawant was also injured in the stone pelting. The construction of the embankment has been affected by the incident.  There is tremendous anger among the Indian people due to these repeated incidents.

    Pithoragarh District Magistrate Reena Joshi told The New Indian Express, “A joint survey has been conducted by both sides as a precautionary measure on the incident.  A meeting of high-level officials will also be called in the near future.”

    Joshi added, “the report sought by the Ministry of External Affairs regarding this incident has also been conveyed to them about the actual situation.”

    Earlier, another labourer was also injured in a similar stone-pelting incident. Indian traders had closed the ‘Jhula’ bridge in protest against this incident. In view of the tension, officials of the two countries had said to resolve the problem by meeting in mutual coordination.

    Nepal’s CDO also came to India and took stock of the situation. A day earlier on Thursday, engineers from Nepal also conducted an on-site inspection along with the local administration. Despite this, there is resentment among Indians due to stone pelting from Nepal.

    BJP district vice-president Mahendra Budiyal said, “The Nepal administration is repeatedly failing to stop stone-pelting incidents. This is affecting the construction work of the embankment being built to protect Dharchula. If Nepal does not take punitive action along with banning the activities of anarchists,
    the International Jhula Bridge will be closed.”

  • Uttarakhand: Nepalese pelt stones at Indian workers objecting to construction work over Kali river

    By Online Desk

    A tense situation prevailed on the Indo-Nepal border in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand on Sunday evening following stone pelting against Indian labourers from the Nepal side.

    The stone pelting comes against the backdrop of Nepalese organisations objecting to construction of an embankment over the Kali river by India. Sunday’s stone pelting took place at the Dharchula area. A few workers were reportedly injured in the incident.

    Stone pelting incidents have been reported earlier as well.

    India has maintained that the embankment is being constructed on its own side and it should not bother the Himalayan nation.

    According to reports, the Kali river, also called Sharda river and Mahakali river, originates at Kalapani in the Himalayas in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. It flows along Nepal’s western border with India.

    The construction of more than 1,700 metres long embankment on the Indian side commenced in March this year.

    A tense situation prevailed on the Indo-Nepal border in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand on Sunday evening following stone pelting against Indian labourers from the Nepal side.

    The stone pelting comes against the backdrop of Nepalese organisations objecting to construction of an embankment over the Kali river by India. Sunday’s stone pelting took place at the Dharchula area. A few workers were reportedly injured in the incident.

    Stone pelting incidents have been reported earlier as well.

    India has maintained that the embankment is being constructed on its own side and it should not bother the Himalayan nation.

    According to reports, the Kali river, also called Sharda river and Mahakali river, originates at Kalapani in the Himalayas in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. It flows along Nepal’s western border with India.

    The construction of more than 1,700 metres long embankment on the Indian side commenced in March this year.

  • People run out of houses in panic after tremors of Nepal quake jolt Uttarakhand

    By PTI

    PITHORAGARH/DEHRADUN: People ran out of their houses in panic at several places in Uttarakhand after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake, with its epicentre in neighbouring Nepal, hit the lower Himalayan region in the early hours of Wednesday.

    The tremors were felt across the hill state, including in Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Almora, Champawat, Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Tehri, Pauri, Haridwar, Uttarkashi and Dehradun districts.

    The epicentre of the earthquake was located around 90 km from the border district of Pithoragarh.

    Jolted out of their sleep as they heard window panes rattling, people ran out of their houses in panic and waited outside in anticipation of aftershocks for hours.

    “I woke up and ran outside after I heard the window panes rattling and saw the fan swaying,” said Prabha, a resident of Kasani village in Pithoragarh.

    “A second jolt was also felt at 6.29 am.

    But it was milder in comparison,” a shopkeeper named Pramod Dwivedi in the Munsiyari sub-division of Pithoragarh said.

    People standing in huddles outside their houses were seen sending messages on their mobile phones to their relatives and friends.

    Pithoragarh’s District Disaster Management Officer B S Mahar said there was no information of any damage to life and property from any part of the district.

    “We woke up in the dead of night and rushed to safety. However, no damage was caused in our village.

    We are in touch with those in the interior parts of the district to find out if they suffered any damage,” Mohit Bhandari, a villager from Sailekh in Nepal’s Baitari district, said.

    “Villagers rushed out of their homes immediately after the jolts that lasted for more than five seconds.

    Even after the jolts were over, they were afraid of going back to their homes anticipating aftershocks,” said Santosh Raj Joshi, a member of the Niglasaini Nagar Palika in Baitari.

    The tremors were also felt in the Haridwar and Chamoli districts of Uttarakhand’s Garhwal region. A Haridwar resident said the tremors lasted for around 20 seconds.

    At Gwaldam in Chamoli, the tremors were intense. According to a resident, the tremors lasted for nearly half a minute.

    Niraj Negi, a resident of Gopeshwar, said people ran out of their homes in panic as they felt the jolts. However, there was no report of any damage to life and property from anywhere in the state.

    Mild and low-intensity earthquakes are frequent in the hills of Uttarakhand.

    A 4.5-magnitude earthquake shook parts of the Garhwal region on the morning of November 6. It had its epicentre in the Tehri district.

    PITHORAGARH/DEHRADUN: People ran out of their houses in panic at several places in Uttarakhand after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake, with its epicentre in neighbouring Nepal, hit the lower Himalayan region in the early hours of Wednesday.

    The tremors were felt across the hill state, including in Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Almora, Champawat, Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Tehri, Pauri, Haridwar, Uttarkashi and Dehradun districts.

    The epicentre of the earthquake was located around 90 km from the border district of Pithoragarh.

    Jolted out of their sleep as they heard window panes rattling, people ran out of their houses in panic and waited outside in anticipation of aftershocks for hours.

    “I woke up and ran outside after I heard the window panes rattling and saw the fan swaying,” said Prabha, a resident of Kasani village in Pithoragarh.

    “A second jolt was also felt at 6.29 am.

    But it was milder in comparison,” a shopkeeper named Pramod Dwivedi in the Munsiyari sub-division of Pithoragarh said.

    People standing in huddles outside their houses were seen sending messages on their mobile phones to their relatives and friends.

    Pithoragarh’s District Disaster Management Officer B S Mahar said there was no information of any damage to life and property from any part of the district.

    “We woke up in the dead of night and rushed to safety. However, no damage was caused in our village.

    We are in touch with those in the interior parts of the district to find out if they suffered any damage,” Mohit Bhandari, a villager from Sailekh in Nepal’s Baitari district, said.

    “Villagers rushed out of their homes immediately after the jolts that lasted for more than five seconds.

    Even after the jolts were over, they were afraid of going back to their homes anticipating aftershocks,” said Santosh Raj Joshi, a member of the Niglasaini Nagar Palika in Baitari.

    The tremors were also felt in the Haridwar and Chamoli districts of Uttarakhand’s Garhwal region. A Haridwar resident said the tremors lasted for around 20 seconds.

    At Gwaldam in Chamoli, the tremors were intense. According to a resident, the tremors lasted for nearly half a minute.

    Niraj Negi, a resident of Gopeshwar, said people ran out of their homes in panic as they felt the jolts. However, there was no report of any damage to life and property from anywhere in the state.

    Mild and low-intensity earthquakes are frequent in the hills of Uttarakhand.

    A 4.5-magnitude earthquake shook parts of the Garhwal region on the morning of November 6. It had its epicentre in the Tehri district.