Nainital

The High Court has stayed the release of new licenses of Stone Crushers in Bajpur, Ramnagar and Kashipur in Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar District. At the same time, the state government has been instructed to file a reply within two weeks. Jogipura Bazpur resident, Milak Raj and others have filed a public interest petition saying that more than 60 ...

Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Coal, flagged off 12091/12092 Kathgodam-Dehradun Naini-Doon Janshatabdi Express (5 Days A Week) today through video conferencing from Rail Bhavan. Ashwani Lohani, Chairman, Railway Board, irish Pillai, Member Traffic, Railway Board & other senior official were present during the occasion. This new train will provide additional service between Kathgodam and Dehradun. Speaking on this occasion, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday pulled up the state government for inadequate efforts towards tiger conservation and asked the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to suggest within three months measures to save their population. The NTCA may take over the management of the Corbett Tiger Reserve, as an interim measure, till the state government becomes alive ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking cognizance on the PIL, High Court has imposed ban on the allotment of land along river by the government. Court has also sought information about the details of such allotment in the past and also asked to remove such encroachment after verification. With this order land encroacher, who have grabbed or sold the land on the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand High Court has permitted a petitioner from Ghaziabad to withdraw his PIL in connection with the alleged dhaincha (green manure crop) seed procurement scam and file a fresh one with additional facts. The permission was granted yesterday by a division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Manoj Kumar. The petition was filed ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday imposed a ban on slaughter of goats in the open or in public on the occasion of Bakr-Eid. Taking suo motu cognisance of the matter, the division bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Manoj Tiwari ordered that the slaughter of goats will not take place in the open or in ...

The Uttarakhand High Court today asked the state government to form a special investigation team (SIT) within 48 hours to look into the alleged gang rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Uttarkashi district. Taking suo motu cognisance of the recent incident, which has led to a wave of protests in the state, a division bench of Justice Rajiv ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A major portion of Lower Mall Road in Nainital caved in and slid into the Naini lake, disrupting traffic in the popular hill station in Uttarakhand. SDM Abhishek Ruhela said a 25-metre-long and two-metre-wide portion of the road collapsed into the lake on Saturday. However, it caused no harm to any vehicle or passerby, he added. Rain over ...

After the President’s acceptance on Monday, the letter of his appointment of Rajinder Kashyap, joint secretary of the Law and Justice Ministry as Chief Justice of Nainital High Court reached Nainital. Justice Sharma has been appointed since the day of former Chief Justice K. Joseph Joseph left office. Justice Rajiv Sharma was appointed on September 26, 2016 in the Uttarakhand ...

The Uttarakhand High Court has banned commercial use of elephants in the state and also directed the Uttarakhand government to limit the number of gypsies including private and commercial gypsies with valid permits entering Ramanagar forest division, including Sitabani, Bijrani, Dhela zone, Kalagarh and Rajaji National Park to 100 in a day. Hearing a writ petition filed by gram panchayat ...