Uttarakhand

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, 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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered the demolition of the illegal construction done by BJP MLA Pradeep Batra from Roorkee. In its order on Thursday, the court has also asked the Haridwar Development Authority to take action against illegal construction in two weeks and submit a report A division bench of Acting Chief […]

Uttrakhand Education Department has cancelled winter vacation for students of Class 10 and 12. The decision has been taken to ensure students complete their board syllabus before the start of their exams. Issuing an order dated December 24, the state government said that teachers of Class 10 and 12 will be present […]

The Uttarakhand court on Tuesday ordered BJP MLA Mahesh Negi, who is accused in an alleged sexual harassment case, to appear before it on December 24 and give his DNA sample. Chief Judicial Magistrate Vivek Srivastava gave the order, saying that the accused Mahesh Negi should remain present in the court at 11 […]

Uttarakhand Police has announced a reward of Rs 20,000 for the arrest of an accused in a rape and murder case of a minor girl in Haridwar, according to state Director General of Police. The main accused in the case has already been arrested and the reward has been announced for […]

Jail authorities in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani are hosting a cricket tournament called the Jail Premier League (JPL), like the much-touted Indian Premier League, inside jail premises. Inmates fond of cricket are showing their talent and others are enjoying the event, an official said. Senior jail superintendent Manoj Arya said, “To make […]