Roorkee
City in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
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Roorkee (Rūṛkī) is a city and a municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is 31 km (19 mi) from Haridwar city, the district headquarter. It is spread over a flat terrain under Sivalik Hills of Himalayas. The city is developed on the banks of Ganges Canal, its dominant feature, which flows from north–south through middle of the city. Roorkee is home to Asia's first engineering college Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, formerly known as Thomson College of Civil Engineering. Roorkee is also known for the Roorkee Cantonment, one of the country's oldest military establishments and the headquarters of Bengal Engineer Group since 1853. A freight train ran in between Roorkee and Piran Kaliyar on 22 December 1851, this was two years before first passenger trains were started between Bombay and Thana in 1853 and 14 years after first freight trains ran in Chennai in 1837.
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After Yamuna wreaks havoc in Delhi, Ganga breaches danger mark in Devprayag, alert issued in HaridwarA flood-like situation is prevailing in 71 villages of Laksar, Khanpur, Roorkee, Bhagwanpur and Haridwar tehsils due to incessant rains in the past few days.DNA - Published | |
Delhi-Mussoorie in 4 hours, Delhi-Rishikesh in 3.5 hours, Delhi-Dehradun in just 2.5 hours via new expresswayDelhi-Mussoorie: This expressway will connect Delhi, Bareilly, Roorkee, Baghpat, Shamli and Saharanpur.DNA - Published | |
Uttarakhand: Railway officials erect pillars outside cricketer Rishabh Pant's home in Roorkee, here's whyUttarakhand: People also protested against the officials who were installing pillars in front of Rishabh Pant's house.DNA - Published | |
Supreme Court postpones twin tower demolition by 1 week to August 28The Supreme Court on Friday postponed the demolition of Supertech’s illegally constructed twin towers on Noida-Greater Noida expressway by a week to August 28, and asked Noida authorities and Edifice..IndiaTimes - Published | |
10 kanwarias killed in Uttarakhand road accidents over weekendWith huge influx of kanwarias into Haridwar in the last few days of the yatra, including dak kanwars (pilgrims who arrive on vehicles instead of on foot), accidents have dramatically increased in the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Uttarakhand horror: Woman, 6-year-old daughter gangraped inside moving car in RoorkeeA woman along with her young daughter was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving car in Uttarakhand's Roorkee.DNA - Published | |
QS World University Rankings: IISc-Bengaluru is top research varsityIISc-Bengaluru is now the ‘fastest-rising’ South Asian university, inching closer to the global Top 150, having gained 31 places to 155 in this year’s QS World University Rankings. It remains the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Haridwar Hate Speech Row: Amid controversy, cops cancel religious conclave in Uttarakhand's RoorkeeUttarakhand cops have said a firm no to holding a religious conclave in Roorkee after the hate speech controversy in Haridwar.DNA - Published | |
Illegal Bangladeshi immigrant arrested from Roorkee with forged documentsThe military intelligence and Local Intelligence Unit at Roorkee have arrested a 34-year-old Bangladeshi national from Piran Kaliyar in the city on the charges of forging documents to live in India...IndiaTimes - Published | |
Uttarakhand CM launches India's first earthquake early warning mobile app developed by IIT-RoorkeeIndiaTimes - Published | |
Man denied bail for case in UP thana that doesn’t existThe Allahabad high court has issued a showcause notice to a police officer in UP after it emerged that he had falsely claimed that a Muslim man from Roorkee was a “dreaded criminal” who had..IndiaTimes - Published | 135 fresh undisclosed deaths in Uttarakhand hospitalsClose on the heels of the Covid care centre (CCC) at Baba Burfani Hospital in Haridwar not disclosing 65 deaths, unrecorded fatalities in hospitals across Uttarakhand are now tumbling out — from..IndiaTimes - Published |
30 dead in Roorkee village in May, say localsAt least 30 people have lost their lives in a village in Uttarakhand’s Roorkee this month after suffering from Covid-like symptoms, locals said on Sunday. The administration did not give out the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
