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Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district will become the sixth city in the state to have a motorcycle-borne city patrol unit. The patrolling unit primarily enforces traffic regulations. First introduced in 2014, CPU is operational in five cities – Dehradun, Haridwar, Roorkee, Haldwani and Rudrapur. Kewal Khurana, deputy inspector general of police (traffic), said, “After Rudrapur, we have decided to ...

A Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) was opened in Udham Singh Nagar headquarters Rudrapur on Tuesday. Residents of the district, who till now had to travel to Dehradun to get their passports done or renew them, welcomed the development. MP Bhagat Singh Koshyari inaugurated the facility at the city post office. “The centre will largely benefit the people living in this ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Governor Dr KK Paul urged the scientists to give emphasis on developing drought-resistant varieties of different crops, keeping in view the climate change and global warming. It must be ensured that the farmers could get enough production even in case of scanty rain or high temperature. Dr Paul expressed these views after inaugurating Pantnagar University’s 103rd ...

With a special investigating team (SIT) already examining the Rs 300 crore scam in the NH-74 land acquisition and compensation process another central agency, enforcement directorate (ED), on Sunday joined the investigation process. The ED is all set to register cases under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on FIR filed by SIT which also ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A SIT, which is investigating the NH-74 land compensation scam that originated in Udham Singh Nagar, has filed a chargesheet against 12 persons, including former SDMs DP Singh and Bhagat Singh Fonia, in the Uttarakhand High Court. Udhamsinghnagar SSP said that now their investigation will focus to other tehsils. In the chargesheet, the 12 persons have been ...

The Uttarakhand government has suspended the Additional District Magistrate Tirthpal of Rudraprayag in the famous NH-74 land compensation case of Udham Singh Nagar. He is associated with the Office of Revenue Council. So far, eight PCS officers have been suspended in this case. On Wednesday, Principal Secretary (Personnel) Radha Rautudi ordered this. TheNH-74 scam involves four tehsils of Udham Singh ...

Police arrested SDM Anil Shukla after the arrest of former SLAO DP Singh and PCS officer Bhagat Singh Fonia in connection with the NH compensation scam. In this case, some other PCS officials can also be arrested. Investigating the NH compensation scam has so far arrested 11 officers, employees and tenants including former SLAO DP Singh and have been jailed. ...

On the Lalkothi-Dhanushpul road, an uncontrolled Honda City car fell into the Sharda Canal. Two people, including a car driver, died. Both the deceased were found to be resident of Banbasa in Champawat district. The incident occurred day before yesterday. People saw a car (UAE 06 0111) submerged in the Sharda Canal. Police arrived at the spot on the information. ...

Former Chief Minister Harish Rawat has opposed large-scale demolition at Rudrapur, Udham Singh Nagar. Harish Rawat, in a statement issued here today, said he would stage a dharna at Ambedkar Park, Rudrapur, tomorrow against the demolition drive and delay in the release of payments to sugarcane farmers. He said there was no point in undertaking a demolition exercise when several ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a bid to ensure overall development in a planned manner, state government has constituted district development authority (DDA). This was disclosed by the state urban development minister Madan Kaushik while convening its first meeting of Udhamsinghnagar DDA here in Rudrapur on Wednesday. He averred that the authority had been established for the development of the areas ...