Uttarakhand News

Proposal to start rail service from Tanakpur-Delhi and Lal Kuan to south India has been sent by North Eastern Railway. Rajiv Aggrawal, General Manager, North Eastern Railway, who came to meet Chief Minister Mr. Trivendra Singh Rawat at CM residence on Friday, gave this information to the Chief Minister. Chief Minister said that the expansion of railway in the state ...

In Uttarakhand, the suspension and arrest of a woman teacher Uttara Bahuguna, in the Janata Darbar, is gathering steam once again. The education minister of the state has apologized to the victim on this whole incident. On this, the teacher said that the Chief Minister has insulted her in the filled room. Therefore, the apology should not be sought by ...

More than 300 people from 11 villages of Pauri district will be compensated for the acquiring land like the other districts, which are in the process of the much-awaited Rishikesh-Karnaprayag Rail Project. In view of this, in order to compensate like other districts under the project, policy has been made to increase the circle rate in these villages of Pauri. ...

Landslides caused by rain has killed two people in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand. A man from Samkot who was in the Khari, came to pull out a dead body from a gorge died due to stones falling from the hill. At the same time, due to heavy rains in Madkot, a man fell into a ditch when his foot slipped and ...

Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched the Oak Tasar Development Project (T.S.P) at Kisan Bhawan on Ring Road on Friday. This project is being done with the support of the Central Silk Board, Textile Ministry, under CSS. On this occasion, besides announcing a grant of Rs 1 crore from the State Government for the supply of silkworms, the Chief Minister ...

After waiting for 18 years, a team of Uttarakhand will  finally get to play Ranji Trophy. In the coming season, the BCCI has decided to set up a nine-member ‘Coordination Committee’ to monitor the debut of domestic cricket in the state. Following a meeting today, the Administrator’s Committee chairman Vinod Rai said that Uttarakhand will make a debut in the ...

Ten new iconic sites, namely, RaghavendraSwamy Temple (Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh); Hazardwari Palace (Murshidabad, West Bengal); Brahma Sarovar Temple (Kurukshetra, Haryana); VidurKuti (Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh); Mana village (Chamoli, Uttarakhand); Pangong Lake (Leh-Ladakh, J&K); Nagvasuki Temple (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh); ImaKeithal/market (Imphal, Manipur); Sabarimala Temple (Kerala); and Kanvashram (Uttarakhand) have been taken up under Phase III of the flagship project Swachh Iconic Places ...

In Uttarakhand, once again the weather has changed for the worse. There is news of the death of many cattle bound in the gaushala by the cloudburst in Chai village of Chamoli district. Wreckage has also collected around the houses, whereas roads, farms and pedestrian ways have suffered heavy losses. However, the governance administration is denying this incident of cloud ...

Two Maoists, including one carrying a cash reward of Rs 10,000 on his head, were arrested today for allegedly trying to stoke labour unrest in Udhamsingh Nagar district and adjoining areas of Uttarakhand. Police teams from Kichcha and Nanakmatta nabbed the Maoists from Anandpur mod following a tip-off, Udhamsingh Nagar SSP Sadanand Date said. One of the arrested Maoists who ...

The Uttarakhand Government has been forced to take loan for distribution of salaries and pensions to its employees in the first quarter of the financial year itself.  Rupees 300 crore borrowing orders have been issued in the first week of June. In this financial year, the debt will increase to 1400 crores. On the other hand, the market borrowing has ...