In a high speed accident on Yamuna Expressway 1 person lost his life. The accident that killed one person happened when the driver of the Swift Dzire tried to overtake a speeding Lamborghini, which abruptly swerved to its left hitting a Maruti Eeco car that was following the high-end vehicle. The impact was such that the Eeco car rolled over ...

In a significant decision, the Uttarakhand government has decided to introduce compulsory retirement for all officials above the age of 50 if they fail an annual screening test meant to check their performance. According to the government order issued on Thursday, a screening committee would meet every year to ascertain the performance of employees above 50. The ones who fail ...

The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the ‘Ashiana Annexe’ in Dehradun, Uttarakhand today (July 10, 2017). He will return back to Delhi the same day. The main restored and renovated building of ‘Ashiana’ was inaugurated by the President on September 27, 2016. The Annexe of the Presidential Retreat ‘Ashiana’ at Dehradun comprises of twelve low cost dwelling units ...

Goods and Service Tax (GST) has brought rejoice for the car buyers in India. While the conventional customers are enjoying significant price cut on various models, those who are willing to buy a supercar or an ultra-luxury car will feel a pre-season festivity, especially in Mumbai. The Maharashtra state government has raised the one-time registration tax on private two- and ...

The state government’s move to transfer government doctors in the hills and deploying private institutions for running its hospitals in the plains has drawn flak from doctors under the aegis of Provincial Medical Health Services (PMHS). The government in a decision taken in June had decided to operate all the community health centres in the Dehradun district under PPP mode ...

Authorities clamped curfew in three towns including Tral in Kashmir and imposed restrictions on the movement of people in the rest of the valley to foil the separatists’ plan to hold a rally on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in strength across Kashmir to ...

The Supreme Court on Friday found faults in IIT’s decision to award 18 bonus marks to students for wrong and vague questions in the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) paper and stayed the ongoing counselling and admission in IITs, NIITs, IIITs and all government-funded engineering colleges. The apex court’s decision comes at a time when 33,000 candidates have already taken admissions ...

The leaders of the 5 BRICS countries held an informal meeting on the sidelines of G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. This was in run up to the forthcoming 9th BRICS Summit in September in Xiamen, China. President Xi of China said he looked forward to welcoming the BRICS leaders. In their interventions, the leaders discussed preparations and priorities for the ...

Even as the pendency of cases are mounting in courts across Uttarakhand, as many as 75 judicial posts, including a post of a high court judge, are lying vacant, reveals an RTI reply. “There are a total of 291 sanctioned positions in the state judiciary, including the high court, of which nearly 25% positions are lying vacant, which the government ...

President Pranab Mukherjee today gave nod to an order pertaining to implementation of the Goods and Services Tax regime in Jammu and Kashmir, clearing decks for the state assembly for enacting a State GST law. Official sources said that the President cleared the order and sent it to Ministry of Home Affairs for further action. The PDP-BJP government had passed ...