KHATIMA NEWS
Pauri
A video shows passengers escaping after a GMOU bus carrying around 30 people slid into a gorge near Bhadalikhal in Pauri district on Wednesday. The bus was travelling from Kotdwar towards Pauri and Srinagar when it reportedly rolled back after a pressure pipe burst. A tree stopped the vehicle from falling further.
Kotdwar
A 4-year-old male leopard that injured 55-year-old Leela Devi while she was cutting grass near her field in Ida Malla was captured in a Forest Department cage within 24 hours. Residents welcomed the development, but fear remains after reports of several other leopards in the area prompted a continued safety appeal.
Pauri
Forty government schools in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district have been closed after recording 0 enrolment in the new academic session. The affected institutions include 32 primary and 8 upper-primary schools, with officials linking the decline to migration from several villages and promising measures to improve enrolment and school quality.
Pauri
An unidentified man’s body was found inside the Kotdwar tehsil complex in Pauri district on Wednesday. Police reached the site after receiving information from local residents, took the body into custody and began efforts to establish his identity. The circumstances surrounding the death remain under investigation.
