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DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand High Court has come to the rescue of a government servant who was denied maternity leave for her third child, terming a state government rule to this effect “unconstitutional”. Hearing a writ petition by Haldwani resident Urmila Manish, the single-judge Bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma said denial of maternity leave to women for their third ...

During the bus operator’s strike, people had to face lot of difficulties, now the taxi operators have also gone on strike. With this, schoolchildren are also facing troubles along with the general public. According to the Supreme Court directive, private bus operators are on strike in the Garhwal and Kumaon division against the imposition of speed governor. The taxi operators ...

Due to continuous torrential rains, the rivers are overflowing their banks. On Monday morning, at around 7:30 in the morning a 28-seater bus started flowing in one such seasonal river canal in the rainy season of Haldwani’s Chorglia. During this time the passengers were saved in some way. It was told that a bus from Roadways was going to Tankpur ...

On the instructions of commissioner Kumaon, the district administration too is not in the mood to relax on encroachment. On Tuesday, the City Magistrate Pankaj Upadhyay held a meeting with the traders in the Municipal Auditorium and said that from 23 July, the campaign will be run strictly against encroachment. The City Magistrate said that there is no difference between ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In an attempt to end the practice of discrimination being allegedly practised by the temple priests, the Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday ruled that no high caste priest in Uttarakhand will turn down request for performing religious ceremonies, rituals and poojas by the members belonging to lower castes in all religious places. The division bench of Justice ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU People caught talking on their mobile phones while driving in the state will now have to pay a heavier penalty for the offence than just paying a fine, with the Uttarakhand High Court ordering temporary seizure of the cellphones of the offenders in such cases for 24 hours. Justice Rajiv Sharma of the High Court said the ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A division bench of the high court has directed the Dehradun-based Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology and ISRO to inspect the Gaumukh glacier every three month to find out whether a lake is developing close to the glacier and present the first report to the court by August 31. The division bench of Chief Justice KM Joseph ...

The Uttarakhand High Court has passed orders to cancel the licenses of mobile users while driving the vehicle. At the same time, the State Government has been asked to ensure strict compliance with Section 129 of the Motor Vehicles Act. Not allowing motorcycle and scooter drivers to drive without the ISI mark helmets , and making SSP, CO and Kotwal ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand High Court has banned vehicles from carrying iron sheets, iron rods or any protruding material beyond the body frame, till the Uttarakhand Government frame its own rules prohibiting their transport. It also slammed those using cell phones while driving and directed the state government to ensure motorists compulsorily wear the ISI-marked helmets. A Division Bench ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Uttarakhand High Court has asked the state government to take steps within three weeks for the eviction of all unauthorised occupants from government buildings at Kalagarh which come under the core zone of the Corbett Tiger Reserve. On a PIL challenging a government notification demarcating the buffer and core zones of the Corbett Tiger Reserve on ...