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 govt, Centre told to reply to PIL against land transfer for new airport
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 […]
Uttarakhand CM recovering from COVID, will be discharged soon: AIIMS
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat who was admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS hospital for treatment is showing improvement in health and will be discharged soon, said the hospital authorities on Wednesday. As per his physician Dr NS Bisht, there is a rapid improvement in the Chief Minister’s health, and he will be discharged from the […]
Uttarakhand submits plan to court for monitoring Gangotri glacier region
Uttarakhand government on Wednesday submitted an action taken report to the state high court, listing the steps it is planning to take for monitoring Gangotri glacier region at the mouth of the Gaumukh glacier, the origin of the river Ganga. The report also apprised the HC of the action taken […]
Uttarakhand: Interfaith couple booked for religious conversion in violation of law
An interfaith couple who had approached the Uttarakhand High Court seeking protection has been booked here along with two others for allegedly not following the provisions of the state’s anti-conversion law, police said on Wednesday. According to police, this is the first case of violation of the Uttarakhand Freedom of […]
Uttarakhand: Out of 227 UK returnees, 25 still untraced
Out of 227 returnees from the United Kingdom, the Dehradun administration has tracked 202 people so far, while 25 people are still untraced. “Police, Local Intelligence Unit and other units are helping the local authorities to track these 25 people,” Dehradun SP (City) Shweta Choubey said. Out of the returnees, who have been tracked, six […]
Uttarakhand to learn from Prayagraj’s Magh Mela template for hosting Kumbh
A team of officials from Uttarakhand would visit the holy city of Prayagraj on Friday to see how Magh Mela, the 57-day religious fair, is being organised in Corona times with a view to using the lessons for management of Haridwar Kumbh, starting from January 14 The Akhil Bharatiya Akhara […]
Dehradun imposes restrictions on New Year’s celebrations
As New Year is around the corner amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Dehradun District Administration on Tuesday imposed restrictions on the New Year’s celebration in the state capital. District Magistrate of Dehradun Dr Ashish Srivastava said that all the restaurants, hotels and bars in the district are advised to follow COVID-19 standard operating procedures (SoPs) and are only […]
‘Uttarakhand aims to certify 31% of agricultural land as organic in 2021’: Minister
The Uttarakhand government has a target to certify 31% of the total agricultural land as organic in 2021 to expand the area under organic farming, said state agriculture minister Subodh Uniyal on Tuesday in Dehradun. He informed about the same while addressing a gathering at the seminar on State Focus […]
India’s first pollinator park inaugurated in Haldwani
Sprawling across four acres, India’s first pollinators park was inaugurated on Tuesday at Haldwani in Nainital district of Uttarakhand. The park was inaugurated by Peter Smetacek, a butterfly expert and it has around 50 different pollinator species, which include various species of butterflies, honeybees, birds and other insects. “Objective is […]
Uttarakhand: Now, NTCA allows sterlisation of feral dogs to protect tigers
To deal with the fallout of a growing number of feral dogs in tiger reserves, the National Tiger Conservation Authority on Monday laid down a standard operating procedure — count them all, take them away, and vaccinate and sterilise them. And within all 50 tiger reserves in the country, all dogs, “stray” and “feral”, […]
In a first, Uttarakhand police personnel to get weekly-offs from January 1
In a first, the Uttarakhand police on Monday announced weekly-offs for police personnel in the Himalayan state from January 1, 2021. Under the initiative, the weekly-offs would be provided to the head-constables and constables posted in the nine hill districts of Pauri Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Champawat, Pithoragarh, Uttarkashi, […]
Bluetooth pacemaker implanted at Max Hospital Dehradun
In a first in Dehradun, doctors at the Max Super Speciality Hospital implanted a Bluetooth-enabled pacemaker on an 82-year-old man. The patient, has been discharged and is in stable condition. By implanting a Bluetooth- enabled pacemaker, doctors not only avoided possible complications but also long hospital stay/visits and expenses for […]
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat being shifted to AIIMS Delhi
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who tested positive for coronavirus on December 18 and was admitted to Doon hospital in Dehradun after developing a mild fever on Sunday evening, will be shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi, chief minister’s office said. According to his physician […]
Encounter between Uttarakhand STF and wanted criminal in UP’s Bijnore, one arrested
An encounter broke out between Uttarakhand police’s special task force (STF) and a wanted criminal in Chandpur Bijnore area of Uttar Pradesh on late Saturday evening. The STF team had gone there to conduct a raid to nab Kuldeep alias KD on whom Uttarakhand police had announced a reward of […]