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 […]
Coronavirus forces Uttarakhand to close Corbett Tiger Reserve till March 31
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 […]
Hyderabad man cycles to Uttarakhand with ‘say no to rape’ message
Dehradun: “The brutal rape and murder of a veterinary doctor in Hyderabad shook me to the core. The horrific crime took place just 50 kilometres away from my home. I was extremely disappointed and thus, I decided to cycle across the country with the message of — say no to rape,” said […]
Uttarakhand Congress leader quarantined after he meets suspected coronavirus patients
Uttarakhand Congress vice-president Suryakant Dhasmana was quarantined at home on Tuesday, a day after he met people suspected to have been infected with the novel coronavirus at a government hospital in the state capital of Dehradun. AK Srivastava, the district magistrate of Dehradun, said that according to the report from […]
Coronavirus scare: Three city-based boarding schools close
DEHRADUN: All three prominent boarding schools (Welham Boys’ School, Welham Girls’ School and The Doon School) of the city have decided to temporarily close due to Covid-19. All three of them have decided to send their students back to their homes and for that, they have asked parents or local guardian […]
UAE-returned man flees from isolation ward in Roorkee, cops bring him back
A man with suspected coronavirus briefly escaped from the isolation ward of a hospital in Uttarakhand’s Roorkee city Monday evening before he was brought back to the facility, police said. The man, who had returned home from UAE few days ago, was tracked to his home from where he was […]
Water level in Naini Lake at a 10-year high
Nainital: Due to good rain spells in February and March, the water level in the Naini Lake has touched a ten-year-high at 14 feet. Experts have welcomed this rise in the level of water in the lake, which is the main source of water for Nainital. “The rise in water level of […]
Haldwani to get Jurassic Park, to house plant species
Nainital: The Uttarakhand forest department is building a ‘Jurassic Park’ in Haldwani area of Nainital district. The park will not only have replicas of dinosaurs but will also focus on plant species that have survived from the Jurassic period (201 million years ago to 145 million years ago). Forest department […]
Day after joining AAP, DK Pal made organisational secy
Dehradun: A day after joining Aam Aadmi Pary (AAP), former Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) leader DK Pal was appointed as the state organisation in-charge of the party in Dehradun on Sunday. Pal was earlier serving as the national general secretary of UKD. He will share the new responsibility with Devendra […]
SIT arrests couple for siphoning off Rs 16L scholarship money
Roorkee: The special investigation team (SIT) probing the multi-crore SC/ST students’ scholarship scam on Sunday arrested a couple from Paniyala village near Roorkee for siphoning off over Rs 16 lakh. The couple ran a fake study centre affiliated to a Himachal Pradesh university. According to sources, the man, who earlier […]
Uttarakhand reports first coronavirus case as forest official who visited Spain tests positive
DEHRADUN: A 26-year-old trainee forest service officer from the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA) was on Sunday found coronavirus positive, making it the first confirmed case of the disease in the Himalayan state. The officer had returned from an international study tour to Spain, Finland and Russia along with other probationers on March 11. In all, […]
Heavy snowfall in Uttarkashi brings normal life to standstill
UTTARKASHI: Normal life was thrown out of gear in Uttarakhand as some of the areas of the state received heavy snowfall on Sunday, affecting road connectivity, electricity and water supply. In Uttarkashi’s Harshil Valley, roads were blocked due to the deposition of the snow, making it difficult for vehicles to […]
Waterlogging due to rainfall throws traffic out of gear in Doon
Dehradun: The rain spell that lashed the city on Friday not only slowed down the pace of traffic in the city but also caused water logging in areas like New Road, Darsanlal Chowk, Buddha Chowk, and Miyawala. This caused inconvenience for both motorists and pedestrians. Vandana Kanyal, a resident of […]
Lakshya Sen knocked out of All England Badminton Championship
Dehradun: Uttarakhand badminton star Lakshya Sen got knocked out of the second round of the men’s singles category at the All England Badminton Championship in Birmingham on Thursday. Sen (world ranking 29) lost straight sets to Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen (world ranking 7) by 21-17 and 21-18 Sen was the only player from […]
Pole falls on Jhanda Mela gathering, 8 injured
Dehradun: Panic struck the historical Jhanda Mela celebration in Dehradun when the flag pole that was being installed broke and fell on the people gathered at the spot, injuring around eight. The incident took place around 4.30 pm on Friday when a new flag was being mounted on the pole. Eyewitnesses said that such […]