Nainital

Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Thursday while hearing the matter related to MBBS admissions in Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences (SGRRIMHS) in Dehradun directed the institute to grant admission to the students according to the renewed “state government guidelines.” Jitendra Chaudhary, counsel for the institution said, “The honorable court has directed the college to admit ...

Police claimed to have cracked the mystery of the murder of a woman whose body was found in Bhujiyaghat in Haldwani after arresting her husband for the crime. Police said that Anil Kumar, who works as a driver in the Indian Army and is posted in Haldwani Cantt, was angry over his wife delivering a girl eight months ago and ...

Over 500 residents of Nainital took out a protest march in the city alleging inaction by the municipal corporation and the district administration against menace of stray dogs and monkeys. Holding placards that carried statements like ‘Kutte Bandaron Ko Karo Pyaar, Par Hum Par Na Ho Atyachaar’ (Love dogs and monkeys, but do not torture us), students and citizens marched ...

Chief Minister Trivendra Rawat yesterday said that the state government would approach the Supreme Court against HC’s decision barring Arts stream students from being appointed as ANMs. Addressing media persons at Janta Durbar here today Rawat said, “We will approach the Supreme court, against the High Court’s decision to bar students from Arts background, who have cleared the ANM examination, ...

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 ...

Nainital: Taking serious note of acid attack cases, the High Court has directed the lower courts to give such judgments within three months. In such cases, the government should constitute the Criminal Inaugural Vision Board in four weeks. The court has prohibited the sale of acid in the open and has ordered the government to immediately pay a compensation of ...

A landslide at Kakdighat, around 40 km from Nainital, resulted in a huge boulder falling on top of a passenger bus carrying pilgrims, killing 5 people and leaving 11 injured on Monday afternoon. Those with minor injuries were taken to a nearby government hospital, while two critically injured people were admitted in the Dr Sushila Tiwari Government Medical College and ...

The Uttarakhand high court, on Thursday, stayed the state government’s decision of cancelling mining leases or licences in Dehradun, Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital and Haridwar districts. A petition filed by a company involved in the business from Ramnagar in Nainital district after the state government had on May 1, 2017 ordered cancellation of mining leases or licences. On March 28 ...

Nainital: Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Friday, while hearing a petition regarding tampering of EVMs in various assembly constituencies of the state, directed that its previous order, dated May 1 (in which the HC had asked for the sealing of EVMs in six constituencies of the state) should not be cited as a precedent anywhere in the country. The order, ...

The state irrigation department has drawn up a Rs 13 crore plan to rejuvenate water bodies in Nainital, including Naini lake, Bhimtal and Sattal. Officials of the state irrigation department said that the project aims at cleaning and beautification of the lakes along with research and preservation of water bodies which have seen water levels dwindle, especially in the summers, ...