Uttarakhand

People coming to Haridwar from across India funeral rituals of their loved ones are being asked to defer the rites amid a Covid-19 lockdown in Uttarakhand and unavailability of priests in the sacred city. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a complete 21-day lockdown on Tuesday evening across the country as […]

DEHRADUN: A day after the Uttarakhand government issued orders of statewide lockdown of non-essential services, many residents were seen in large numbers, even creating situation of traffic jams at some places, causing problems for the cops who kept persuading them to stay at home in view of the Covid-19 threat. A large […]

Thousands of chickens were left in the forests of Uttarakhand’s Nainital district alarming locals and prompting district authorities to file a first information report (FIR), officials said. Rahul Rathi, in-charge of TP Nagar police post in Haldwani, said some unknown people left nearly 4000 chicken, some alive and some dead, […]

As a relief measure for all daily wage workers who are facing financial losses due to lack of work amid Coronavirus outbreak and one-day ‘Janta Curfew’, Uttarakhand government has decided to give them ₹500 each directly into their bank accounts. Uttarakhand has over 3 lakh registered daily wage workers in […]

Dehradun ,The Uttarakhand government imposed a lockdown till March 31 in the state on Sunday to contain the spread of the coronavirus, officials said. However, essential supplies such as medicines, food grains, vegetables etc. were kept out of the ambit of the lockdown, they added. The lockdown was imposed on […]

PITHORAGARH: Barely a few hours after the vehicular movement was restored on the Pithoragarh-Tanakpur road (National Highway-9), the stretch was closed again on Thursday due to landslide. On Wednesday night, the NH-9 was blocked at Delhi Band due to landslide, cutting off Pithoragarh from Tanakpur and Haldwani. Supply of essential commodities like […]

DEHRADUN: Several members of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) joined the Uttarakhand unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Dehradun on Thursday. Among them is Raju Maurya, who had contested some elections on the UKD ticket, the latest being in the 2017 assembly elections, when he contested from the Devaprayag constituency. Maurya also held an important organisational post in […]

DEHRADUN: In a short span of 48 hours, the Uttarakhand government took two major decisions. First was to part with reservation in promotions and the second was to reinstate the previous reservation roster for direction recruitment in government jobs. While the first has annoyed the SC/ST employees, the second has not gone well […]

Dehradun: Nearly a month-and-a-half after the Supreme Court ruled that “there is no fundamental right to claim quota in promotions”, Uttarakhand government on Wednesday ended reservation in promotion. The order was issued by state chief secretary Utpal Kumar Singh. Delighted with the announcement, the state government employees belonging to General and OBC […]

Nainital: As coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country, the Nainital district administration, on Tuesday, ordered closure of all the cinema halls, multiplexes, malls, clubs, discotheques, swimming pools, coaching institutes, and other such places where there are mass gatherings. This comes just two days after the state reported its first Covid-19 positive case. […]

Dehradun: Some BJP legislators belonging to reserved seats are said to be “disturbed” by the impact of the government’s move on SC/ST communities who were availing the benefit of reservation in promotion in the hill state. The state has 15 reserved assembly constituencies and one parliamentary constituency, and reservation in promotion has […]

DEHRADUN: Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday released a handbook of his government’s achievements titled ‘Baatein Kam, Kaam Zyada’ to mark completion of three years of BJP-ruled government in Uttarakhand. While thanking the people of the state for extending support to the government, CM Rawat said that his government is doing its best to […]

Coronavirus infection threat has made Uttarakhand government order all State employees to work from home for a period of eight days beginning Thursday, March 19, with the exception of departments of health, police, transport, food and water supply, electricity and sanitation, said a new agency report. Uttarakhand is the first […]

India’s most famous tiger habitat – Corbett Tiger Reserve – and all protected areas and zoos in Uttarakhand will be out of bounds for tourists till March 31 as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus, the state government said Tuesday. Rajiv Bhartari, chief wildlife warden of Uttarakhand issued […]