Uttarakhand

A case of a 16-year-old girl attempting self-immolation in Kumoan’s Pithoragarh district has come to light. The girl says she took the extreme step as she was being allegedly raped and harassed by an elderly person. The parents of the girl first tried to hush up the incident but the […]

Uttarakhand government in its cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday decided to levy healthcare tax on the sale of liquor and increase the price of petrol and diesel in the Himalayan state. The price of the of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) has been increased […]

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday dedicated 73 ICUs, 46 ventilators and 21 BiPAP machines to eight districts in the state and to Doon Medical College. The Chief Minister dedicated these facilities and machines through video conferencing. Rawat informed that in the year 2017, there were only three medical colleges, 62 ICUs, 37 ventilators […]

Notwithstanding hailstorm, liquor enthusiasts were seen queuing up outside liquor stores at Nanital’s Mall Road, while maintaining social distancing, on Tuesday amid the national lockdown. The people were seen maintaining at least a metre’s distance and wearing masks while standing in line. Not more than two persons at a time […]

As many as 535 persons were arrested and 61 FIRs were lodged by the Uttarakhand police on Tuesday for violation of the COVID-19 lockdown, informed Media Cell, Police Headquarters, Uttarakhand. So far, the state has registered a total of 2,602 FIRs and has arrested 13,643 people since the commencement of […]

A woman, attending to a patient admitted in the Urology ward of AIIMS Rishikesh on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19. “She has been admitted to the isolation ward of the hospital. Contact tracing is being done,” said Harish Mohan Thapliyal, PRO of AIIMS Rishikesh. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, […]

Independent MLA from Nautanwa Uttar Pradesh Aman Mani Tripathi and others were arrested allegedly for violating lockdown norms and misbehaving with government officials on Sunday. The incident occurred at Gauchar of Chamoli district where the entourage was stopped for screening by officials on Sunday. Tripathi, along with ten others, was on a […]

About 1,400 people of the state stranded in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh due to coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown were brought back to Uttarakhand on Sunday, said Transport and Urban Development Secretary Shailesh Bagauli. In a press statement, the Uttarakhand government has informed that those who are stranded in other districts […]

One more person has tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand on Sunday, as per information provided by the State Health Department. The patient is from Dehradun district. With this the total number of cases in the state has risen to 60, according to the Uttarakhand Health Department. The total number of positive coronavirus cases across the country […]

The Badrinath highway reopened on Sunday morning after being blocked for over 60 hours due to heavy snow in Joshimath, an official said. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) opened the highway by using the JCB machines. They removed the 30 feet tall iceberg from a 100 meters long road. For […]

One new COVID-19 case has been reported in Dehradun on Saturday, as per information provided by J C Pandey, Nodal Officer, State Health Directorate. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the state now stands at 59. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of positive COVID-19 cases across the country are […]

Uttarakhand government on Saturday decided to give an extra 12.5 kg foodgrain per family under PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana for next three months to 13.17 lakh families in order to ensure availability food to the poor during the crisis created by COVID-19. Earlier each family was getting only 7.5 […]

Around 20 to 25 lakh people who are involved in the tourism sector in Uttarakhand have been affected due to the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus outbreak. “There are over 2.5 lakh vehicles that are involved in the tourism sector. If one vehicle is serving five families, so it […]