Following the instruction of urban development minister Madan Kaushik, the state urban development department has terminated the terms of   all  the nominated  members of municipal corporations,  municipality councils and other local bodies with immediate effect on Saturday.Soon after officially assuming charge, the newly appointed urban development minister had convened a review meeting of the department officials on late Friday  evening during which ...

Taking a strong note of the death of Pahalwan Singh, a forest beat watcher who was allegedly trampled to death by a dumper in Rampur Tarai falling under the west forest division on Friday, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has attached DFO and Forest Ranger to the forest headquarters with immediate effect. He instructed chief secretary to book them if their ...

In a veiled hint that the old horses of the party are not happy with many of the Congress rebels being given important ministerial postings in the BJP government, the state BJP president, Ajay Bhatt said that the party should not be reduced to an open platform for all to jump on, given the legacy of sacrifice and commitment it ...

State chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has made it clear that his government’s basic mantra would be to provide the people with corruption- free responsive governance. This was what the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to do during their recent meeting in Delhi, he said. He was addressing the party activists who gathered at the BJP headquarters in ...

In tune with his pledge to embark on an all-out crusade against corruption, the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has on Saturday referred the case of the alleged fraudulent land acquisition for four-laning of the National Highway 74 in Udham Singh Nagar district to the  Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)  while    suspending six serving PCS officers and vowing to  book  a retired ...

State agriculture minister Subodh Uniyal said that he is committed to align the state resources with centre government’s schemes like Make In India, FDI retail, Mission Horti & various schemes of Ministry of Food procession (MOFPI). Food processing industry is one of the major employment intensive segments contributing majorly to employment generation, he  said while addressing a conference organized by ...

Soon after officially assuming charge, the newly appointed drinking water minister Prakash Pant has met the senior officials of the drinking water department at Vidhan Sabha on Saturday. It is being expected that the water projects whose clearances have been pending for some time due to what is known as red -tapism would get the ministerial nod fast as Pant is ...