Dehradun

A 30-year-old contractor was feared to have been beaten to death after he allegedly harassed a woman at a late-night party in a restaurant here, the police said yesterday. Two men had been arrested in this connection, Dehradun SSP Nivedita Kukreti said. The men, identified as Gurpreet Singh and Ajeet Singh, alias Vicky, had been charged with murder under Section ...

Thousands of people took out a rally under the banner of the Gorkhali Sudhar Sabha on Sunday demanding separate state Gorkhaland. Participants in the rally led by Lieutenant General Shakti Gurung (AP) said that they will not give up the movement until Gorkhaland is formed. Earlier, a large number of people of Gorkha community gathered in Parade Ground. The name ...

Public broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) will soon launch an FM station in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, with an state-of-the-art studio. A government official said Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu will launch the radio station in the next few days. The radio station will have a 10-KW FM transmitter which will offer good sound quality to ...

No compromise in selection of cities and quality of smart city plans, says M.Venkaiah Naidu Central government today announced another list of 30 cities for development as smart cities taking the total cities picked up so far to 90 under Smart City Mission launched on June 25, 2015. Announcing the new batch of smart cities at a National Workshop on ...

The first phase of the government’s exercise to free the encroachment of Doon started from today. The gargantuan task started at seven in the morning at six sectors simultaneously. A large number of police forces were deployed in view of the protest of traders. Nine magistrates were deployed on the orders of DM SA Murugation in all six sectors. On ...

Chief Minister Trivendra Rawat today inaugurated a zoo aquarium and 3-D theater at Dehradun Zoo in Malsi. Addressing the gathering, the Chief Minister announced that 50 per cent of the zoo earnings would be spent on the welfare of living exhibits in the zoo. He also praised Dehradun Forest Division authorities for converting the earlier Malsi Deer Park into Dehradun ...

Days after the Uttarakhand government ordered transfer of five doctors from the Government Doon Medical College Hospital (GDMCH), during a mass transfer of over 240 doctors in various districts of the state, medical superintendent Dr K K Tamta, on Monday, cited severe staff crisis and requested authorities to put on hold these transfers until relievers are deployed. These five doctors, ...

As per the practice, the Corbett Tiger and Rajaji Tiger reserves in Uttarakhand have been closed for monsoon break. Jim Corbett National Park is famous in the country for its eco tourism activities. Bijrani, Dhikala, Jhirna, Domunda, Sonanadi and Dhera are the zones where tourists flock in big numbers. There has been a spurt in the number of visitors to ...

In a mammoth exercise, Uttarakhand government will relocate 395 villages in disaster-prone areas to safer locations. In the first phase of the project, which is worth Rs 10,000 crore, 73 villages will be relocated. A total of 3,491 families live in these villages. Of the 73 villages, three are located in Bageshwar district and harbour a total of 31 families, ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has accepted the state government’s request to probe NH-74 land scam. While addressing mediapersons at Vidhan Sabha yesterday Chief Minister TS Rawat said, “An approval has been given by the CBI, now the file will be sent to the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) for initiating the process.” Meanwhile, the state agency will ...