The six-day assembly session, which lasted 31 hours and 29 minutes, was adjourned sine die by Speaker Prem Chand Aggarwal on Saturday after a state budget of Rs 57,400 crore was passed in the House. A total of 630 questions were received by the House and nine bills were passed […]
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Uttarakhand Governor gets first dose of Covid-19 vaccine
Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya Friday received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Doon Hospital here. “Today I received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Doon Medical College. I am healthy. I appeal to everyone to get vaccinated whenever their turn comes,” Rani said in a tweet in Hindi. […]
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Gairsain announced as third administrative division of Uttarakhand
Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat sprung a major surprise during the budget assembly session by announcing Gairsain as a new administrative division in Uttarakhand. After Kumaon and Garhwal, Gairsain will now be the third commissionerate of the Himalayan state, the CM said. The commissionerate would comprise of four hill districts […]
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Bollywood singer Zubin Nautiyal donated Rs 13.91 lakhs for disaster relief measures in Uttarakhand
Bollywood singer Zubin Nautiyal, hailing from Uttarakhand, provided financial assistance to the CM Relief Fund to help the Chamoli disaster victims. Singer Jubin Nautiyal hands over a cheque of Rs 13.91 lakhs to Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat for disaster relief measures, says Chief Minister’s Office pic.twitter.com/OshSqa8Yfj — ANI (@ANI) […]
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Uttarakhand CM reaches Gairsain for state Assembly session
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Sunday reached the summer capital Gairsain to attend the state Assembly session which will begin from tomorrow. The Uttarakhand assembly will meet on March 1 for its first session of this year. Gairsain in Chamoli district was declared as the summer capital of Uttarakhand last year. The Uttarakhand government has planned to develop its summer […]
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Uttarakhand govt starts initiative to display daughter’s name on house nameplates
The Uttarakhand government has started an initiative “Ghareki Pechan Chelik Naam” from the Nainital district, under which the traditional Aipan art would be used to display the daughter’s name and decoration on nameplates of the house. According to a Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) release, under the initiative, one village each has been […]
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Uttarakhand glacial burst: Death toll rises to 72
The death toll in the Uttarakhand glacier burst incident has reached 72 as two more bodies and 30 parts of human bodies were recovered from the debris, according to the state government on Saturday. “So far, 72 bodies and 30 human body parts have been recovered from different places in the […]
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Uttarakhand glacier burst: 71 bodies recovered so far, 133 remain missing
The death toll in the Uttarakhand glacier burst incident has gone up to 71, according to the state government on Thursday. “Out of 206 people missing in a flash flood, bodies of 71 people and 30 body parts have been recovered from Tapovan in Chamoli district,” the state government said. Meanwhile, the […]
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Uttarakhand: ITBP, SDRF remove obstacles from artificial lake in Chamoli
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel along with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel on Thursday removed trees and boulders from the artificial lake formed after the flash flood in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. According to ITBP sources, the flow of the water is not very high and water is […]
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Uttarakhand: Covid-19 test mandatory for people arriving from five states
The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday issued an order to make the COVID-19 test mandatory for people coming from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the wake of a surge in coronavirus cases in these states. “Due to the rise in COVID19 cases in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, travellers from these states have to […]
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Uttarakhand glacier burst death toll rises to 70
The death toll in the Uttarakhand glacier burst incident has reached 70 after two more bodies were recovered from the debris, according to the state government on Tuesday. “According to the information received from the disaster control room yesterday, one dead body was recovered from Srinagar Chauras and one from Kirti Nagar. […]
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Uttarakhand glacier burst: Union Home Secy Ajay Bhalla to hold review meeting
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Monday will hold a meeting to discuss further course of action on the lake created after flash floods in Chamoli district, said sources. The meeting is scheduled for today with SS Deswal Director General (DG), ITBP, Uttarakhand officials, and other senior officials. According to the sources, […]
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Uttarakhand glacier burst: 62 bodies recovered so far
Search teams have recovered one more body following the glacier burst in Uttarakhand, which took the total number of bodies recovered to 62 so far. Ashok Kumar Director General of Police said 62 bodies has been recovered as of Friday morning following the glacier burst in Uttarakhand. The police had […]
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22 Uttarakhand policewomen undergo training to be part of Anti-Terrorism Squad
A group of 22 policewomen from Uttarakhand is undergoing training at the Police Training College in Narendra Nagar of Tehri Garhwal district to be part of Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Rajiv Swarup Director of Police Training College told on Tuesday, “After the training, they will become part ATS. […]
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31 of 58 bodies recovered in Uttarakhand glacier burst identified
All 11 bodies retrieved from Tapovan tunnel till now have been identified, informed Deputy Inspector General of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) Ridhim Aggarwal on Tuesday. “31 of 58 bodies recovered so far have been identified. All 11 bodies retrieved from Tapovan tunnel till now have been identified,” Aggarwal told “Teams of SDRF and NDRF […]