A few days after a woman died in a chance encounter with elephants in Pantnagar area in the Terai region of Kumaon, there have been no reports of fatal human-wildlife conflict situations. However, experts point out that the small elephant population has been trapped in this area due to their corridors being blocked. If the situation remains unchanged and the ...

Reopening of the portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines marked the start of the Char Dham Yatra period in Uttarakhand on Friday. The shrines to the river goddesses Ganga and Yamuna were reopened to the public amidst Vedic chanting and traditional rituals on the occasion of Akshay Tritiya. Thousands of devotees were present at the shrines in Uttarkashi district on ...

Acting on the state education minister Dr Dhan Singh Rawat’s ‘nationalist’ diktat to the vice- chancellors of the universities  and principals of the colleges based in the state during a meeting in Nainital earlier this month, DAV College principal Dr Devendra Bhasin has made mandatory for the students to sing the national anthem and the national song ‘Vande Matram’ twice ...

The National Cadet Corps (NCC) should organize sanitation campaign and workshops on digitization in different parts of the state. The land for  establishment of a NCC academy in the state should also the earmarked. The education and sports minister, Arvind Pandey made these comments in his meeting with Additional Director General of NCC, Major General C Mani at Vidhan Sabha ...

To review the security preparedness for upcoming Vidhan Sabha session slated  to begin on May 1, the Speaker Premchand Aggrawl convened a meeting with the officials of the administration, police, health, municipal corporation, power, water supply and information in the Assembly premises  on Friday. He instructed the nodal officer of the estate department to ensure uninterrupted supply of  power and ...

To review the outcome of April 3 meeting called to take stock of the rehabilitation of the people affected by the ongoing works by Koteshwar/Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC), the state agriculture minister Subodh Uniyal convened another meeting with the officials in Dehradun on Wednesday during which the people’s representatives and THDC officials were present. The previous meeting had tasked ...

Commenting on the BJP victory in DELHI MCD elections, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad categorically asked that first tell me what Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has said on it. when he was told that he has blamed Electronic voting machine (EVM) for his defeat then Prasad said that in 2015 when he had won then EVM was okay, When Akhilesh ...

Uttarakhand Governor Dr.K.K.Paul today inaugurated the first international conference on Green Chemistry/ Engineering and Technologies for Sustainable Development (GCET-2017)  at Panjab University, Chandigarh . Addressing the conference as the chief guest, he said that it was a matter of pride for the entire country that the conference, organized jointly by Panjab University and Florida Polytechnic University (USA) , was being ...

The mercury surged up to over 35 degree Celsius, about three degree above the normal, in Dehradun with the weather officials predicting a further rise in the maximum temperature in the city on Thursday. However, there is a possibility of light rain lashing some parts of the state, particularly the higher reaches in districts like Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh on April 14. ...

Former chief minister Harish Rawat termed as unfortunate, the decision of the state government to terminate a contract with a helicopter service enterprise in the state. He said that the previous state government had worked on it with full transparency under inter-state connectivity plan. Interacting with mediaperson before quitting government accommodation Rawat said that the government’s decision to cancel the ...