Uttarakhand News

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 ...

In the Secretariat, a big disclosure has been made in giving jobs to the youth. The accused and the victims of the fake encounter were released shortly on the instructions of an officer. Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh has ordered an inquiry into the whole matter. On Friday afternoon at 1:30 pm, four youths reached the nearby office to make ...

India’s joint operation with Nepal army started in the military sector of Pithoragarh. This time the drill has been named ‘Suryakiran 12’. During this ten-day exercise, the teams will practice under the joint strategy of dealing with terrorism in the mountainous regions of both the countries. The exchange of information between the two armies will also be shared during this ...

Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday gave an in principle nod to pay arrears to the tune of Rs 217 crore to sugarcane farmers. Of the total arrears amounting to Rs 440 crore, Rs 223 crore was earlier paid. He directed finance secretary Amit Negi to hold a meeting with officials of sugarcane department to chalk out a work ...

The National Green Tribunal has rapped the Uttarakhand Government for not demolishing illegal structures in Kalagarh, the most sensitive core area of the Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve, saying it was trying to “frustrate” its directions. A Bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim slapped a penalty of Rs 3 lakh on the state government for not filing an affidavit ...

Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, as a chief guest, attended an Intellectual Conference, organized on the successful completion of four years of union government. The conference was held at IRTD Auditorium, Survey Chowk on Sunday. Chief Minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has special affection towards Uttarakhand. He said that on the occasion of the International Yoga Day on ...

From the last one week, the sun has turned up the heat. On Monday, the maximum temperature of Dehradun reached 40 degrees Celsius. According to the Meteorological Department, for the next three to four days, the severe heat  will take a hard test of the people. The Meteorological Center has issued a warning saying that in some parts of Uttarakhand, ...

Chief Minister Mr. Trivendra Singh Rawat paid obeisance at Sri Kedarnath Dham and offered prayers on Monday. He also inaugurated a 10 bedded hospital at Sri Kedarnath Dham, which will be managed by District Hospital, Rudraprayag. He said that with the setting up of the hospital, the health facilities at Kedarnath will get further strengthened.  On this occasion, Chief Minister reviewed ...

A Union health ministry team was in Dehradun recently to survey different health facilities so that a state-of-the-art virology laboratory can be set up here. One operational, this will be the first such facility in Uttarakhand. The proposed lab will bring Uttarakhand in the Influenza Surveillance Laboratory Network (ISLN) of the country. Currently, 21 such laboratories are running in the ...