Haridwar

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In yet another development for the state industrial development corporation of Uttarakhand Lt, German Ambassador to India Martin Ney visited Haridwar along with his wife Dr Med Gabriele Ney on Wednesday. The couple visited the industrial park in SIDCUL and a yarn factory. He is on a four day visit to the state of Uttarakhand. On his first ...

In the first-of-its-kind success, the creation and maintenance of sewage treatment infrastructure under Hybrid Annuity based PPP model has taken off, with NMCG awarding work to private sector for construction and maintenance of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in two major cities in Ganga river basin – Varanasi and Haridwar. While the work to construct, operate and maintain a 50 MLD ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU HARIDWAR Presiding over the Raksha Sutra programme organised by BJP in Sewa ashram on Friday, the state urban development minister Madan kaushik said that Raksha bandhan festival gives message of love and bon-homie amongst people. He further said that BJP government was determined to work for the welfare of women. Many women centric welfare schemes were being run ...

Another sex racket has been busted in the police which had been tarnishing the image of the holy city of Haridwar. Three girls, who were forced into prostitution, were rescued. Two people, who were running the sex racket from a posh colony in Kankhal area was also arrested. They used social media platforms to attract clients and girls were sent ...

Two girls, students of class VI in a private secondary school at Landaura, 8 km from Roorkee in Haridwar district, were stripped by their teacher in class as punishment after they scored low marks in the English test paper. After parents of the students protested, police registered a case against the woman teacher under section 509 (word, gesture or act ...

DAINIK NATION For the third consecutive day, the water level in river ganga remained close to the danger mark. On Wednesday the water level was recorded 293.50 metres while the danger level is at 294 metres. The river ganga is flowing full spate following the torrential rains in the uphill areas of Uttarakhand. The rains predicted by the metrological departments have set ...

The onset of the kanwar season in Haridwar has coincided with the unearthing of three successive sex rackets within a span of one week from the holy city and its suburbs indicating that a thriving flesh trade operates in the region during the annual pilgrimage undertaken mostly by young men. In the latest crackdown on Friday night from the upscale ...

Heavy rain in the past few days has resulted in rise of water level of the Ganga at Haridwar, with the river touching the warning mark on Wednesday. According to the central water commission (CWC), Ganga at Haridwar touched the warning mark at 293 metres at 2pm on Wednesday. The river, however, is still flowing below the danger mark of ...

Eight people have drowned in Ganga in Haridwar during the Ganga Dussehra celebrations that took place in the holy city on Sunday. While the bodies of two people – a 12-year-old from Mathura and a teenager from Delhi – have been recovered by jal police, a search is on to trace the other bodies. Twelve-year-old Mohit’s body was recovered by ...

Thousands of devotees flocked around Har Ki Pauri to pay obeisance to Mother Ganga on the occasion of Ganga Saptami on Tuesday. They conducted ‘aarti’ too by way of offering puja to the holy river, universally revered as the cleanser of human sins and bestower of salvation. Families of priests and other devotees brought milk and food delicacies, prepared in ...