Uttarakhand

A political storm is raging in Uttarakhand after the ruling BJP’s state president, Bansidhar Bhagat, called the leader of opposition and a senior Congress leader, Indira Hridayesh, a ‘Budhiya’ (an old woman) while addressing party workers in an event in Bhimtal area of Nainital district on Tuesday evening. Bhagat use […]

Responding to Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Indira Hridayesh’s remarks that some BJP MLAs are in touch with her, the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Bansidhar Bhagat on Tuesday said that why would they get in touch with “an old lady’. The Congress party has demanded an apology from him for “derogatory remarks.” […]

Uttarakhand’s tableau representing ‘Kedarkhand’ has been selected for the Republic Day parade to be held on January 26 at Rajpath in the national capital. According to an official release of the state government, the order to this effect was issued on Tuesday by the central government after the final meeting was […]

Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Om Prakash has announced that a dry run for Covid-19 vaccination will be carried out at 10 booths in all the districts of the state on January 8. Prakash made the announcement after reviewing the preparations concerning the Covid-19 vaccination in Dehradun on Tuesday. He stressed that all preparations should be ensured […]

The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the denotification of the Shivalik Elephant Reserve and issued notices to both the Central as well as State governments. The court has given the respondents four weeks to file their counter-affidavits in the matter and has listed the case for further hearing after […]

Uttarakhand police have arrested two persons hailing from Uttar Pradesh who allegedly looted Rs 28 lakh from people on the pretext of providing reviewer’s job at the state Secretariat and the Central Secretariat. According to the police, the accused looted money from unemployed youth from Uttarkashi, Tehri, Pauri of Garhwal division […]

A day after Uttarakhand urban development minister Madan Kaushik wrote a four-page open letter to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader and Delhi deputy chief minister (CM) Manish Sisodia calling him a “tourist politician”, Sisodia on Monday alleged that Kaushik “ran away from the debate as he had nothing to […]

Uttarakhand’s Urban Development Minister Madan Kaushik on Sunday said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government works as a “seller of hope”. Kaushik was responding to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s challenge to debate on the ‘Kejriwal Model vs Trivendra Rawat Model’ of governance. “In seven years of AAP government, the people of Delhi have seen that you […]

A 22-year-old youth from Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur was found dead in the popular hill station of Auli, 300 km away from Dehradun on Sunday afternoon. The deceased had gone to visit the place along with four friends with whom he used to study in Noida. According to the police, […]

Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar on Saturday chaired a meeting to review security arrangements for the upcoming Maha Kumbh Mela 2021 scheduled to begin in Haridwar next month. In the review meeting at Police Headquarters, the DGP reviewed traffic and crowd management to avoid any last-minute obstacles during the […]

Uttarakhand on Saturday reported 263 new Covid-19 cases, taking the state’s tally to 91,544. Seven more Covid-19 patients also died in the state, taking the death toll to 1522. Out of 91,544 people who have tested positive so far, a total of 84,461 have recovered successfully, taking the recovery rate […]

The Uttarakhand health department on Thursday informed that the state is ready for the vaccination process with the onset of the New Year. A statement released by the health department informed that Sonika, Director of the National Health Mission in the state has been appointed as the nodal officer for […]

Uttarakhand high court has asked the Centre, state government and the Airport Authority of India (AII) to submit their replies, within two weeks, on the public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the transfer of 1072 acre land of GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Kumaon’s US Nagar for construction […]