Uttarakhand

Amid COVID-19 lockdown, Uttarakhand government has asked three major universities in the state to ensure the disbursement of salaries to teachers and outsourced employees of the private PG Colleges affiliated to them. Post Graduate (PG) colleges under Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University, Kumaun University and HN Bahuguna Garhwal University have been asked to disburse the salaries. On Friday, Uttarakhand Chief […]

Haldwani: Relief after medical bulletin came from the health department of Uttarakhand that no coronavirus positive case found on Friday in the state. Uttarakhand has 35 corona cases. Dehradun has the highest number of 18 and than Nainital with 8 cases. On the other hand, Four cases from Haridwar, 1 […]

After several states have sealed COVID-19 hotspots to contain the spread of coronavirus, Uttarakhand government has sealed seven areas from where positive cases were reported. “Four areas in Dehradun, two in Haridwar and one in Nainital have been sealed in the state as COVID-19 cases were found here, said Ashok Kumar Director General of Police ( Law and Order). Earlier, over 4000 […]

J-K Students Association, a body of Kashmiri Students here in Dehradun on Wednesday demanded immediate evacuation of Kashmiri students stranded in various cities across the country. In a statement, President of the Association Mushtaq Ahmad urged Home Minister Amit Shah and J-K Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu to take immediate measures […]

Two persons were tested positive for COVID-19 here on Wednesday. With this, the total number of positive coronavirus cases in the state reached 33, as per the Directorate of Health Services. Around 109 relief camps have been set up in the state housing 4500 people, while the total number of […]

Retd Commander B K Jaiswal ( Indian Navy ) and Smt Krishna Jaiswal donated Rs. 50,000 in CM Relief Fund for fighting against Corona. Commander Jaiswal is a Swayamsewak of RSS and served the Society as National Organisation Secretary of Purva Sainik Sewa Parishad ( RSS) for more than 20 […]

A Buddhist community in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun has donated Rs 23 lakh to the Chief Minister Relief Fund to assist the fight against the menace of coronavirus in the state. The community leaders, including spiritual leaders HH Shakritajin, HH Ratna Vajra Shakya and HH Gyan Vajra Shakya, presented the cheque for the […]

One COVID-19 case has been reported in Haridwar on Wednesday. There are a total of 32 positive cases in Uttarakhand. This includes five patients who had successfully overcome the infection. In the state, as many as 176 persons are in hospital isolation, while the total number of people in quarantine (home and institutional) is 45,415. […]

Six people were booked in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani for asking a fruit vendor from the minority community to shut shop in the wake of five members of Tabhligh Jamaat testing positive for coronavirus disease Covid-19. The police said that the case was registered after a video of the incident, which took place […]

To augment government efforts for surveillance of COVID suspects, Prof Kamal Jain of Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee, has developed a tracking mobile application. “The tracking system allows for state-of-the-art surveillance during COVID-19. Besides facilitating quarantine management, it helps to overcome overcrowding at any location by issuing an alert […]

Sant Nirankari Mission zonal in-charge Harbhajan Singh on Monday handed over Rs 50 lakh to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat to aid the State’s efforts to combat the coronavirus. Singh said that Sant Nirankari Mission will help the state government in combating COVID-19 and added that ration, sanitizer and […]