Uttarakhand News

The central government has allotted Rs 218 crore to Uttarakhand towards its State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) which is used to provide immediate relief to those affected by natural calamities like earthquake, floods, fire etc. In case of Uttarakhand, which is a special category state, the Centre contributes 90% of total SDRF grant allocation, which is usually released in two ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Pilgrims suffer between bureaucracy and helicopter service company fight Helicopter Service providing companies had stopped helicopter service and pilgrims, who had gone to Kedarnath, had struck there on Thursday. Seeing delay they raised their voice but administrative officers were seen helpless. During investigation it has revealed that district administration put pressure over a helicopter company to carry ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU DoPT has intimated to the state government that CBI will not investigate NH74 scam. As we know Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had informed to the house that DoPT has accepted the CBI recommendation. After inception of Trivendra Singh Rawat led BJP government CM had come across with anomalies in land acquisition for NH 74. Taking cognizance ...

A central scheme, which was aimed at providing health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh to 5.4 lakh identified economically weak families of Uttarakhand, will now include over 20 lakh families in Uttarakhand. A memorandum of understanding in this regard has been signed between Uttarakhand state government and national health agency (NHA) to provide this health insurance cover under Ayushman ...

According to the Meteorological Department alert late night weather patterns in Dehradun and adjoining areas were severe with strong winds in the region. During this time the power supply was also cut as precautionary measure. After heavy winds, rain started in most parts of Uttarakhand. There is no information of untoward incident in any area. According to the Meteorological Department, ...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat today unveiled the Rural Development and Migration Commission’s interim report. The report contains survey carried out in 7950 Gram Panchayats spread across the state between January and February this year. Here are the key findings of the survey team: 42% of the youth between the age of 26 to 35 years are migrating from ...

A portion of the 22-minute film shown aat the laser show on the walls of the temple of Kedarnath Dham has been removed.In this laser show, all mythological stories related to Baba Kedar are present, but on this part of the 22-minute film, the Badri Kedar Committee president Ganesh Godiyal ordered the closure of the laser show in which the ...

More than 700 government schools that having less than 10 students have been shut down in both divisions of Uttrakhand state (Kumaun and Garhwal). In Kumaun division alone, 396 schools were closed during the present education session. Decreasing numbers in both divisions could affect close to 2,430 schools that are on the verge of being closed. Ever since the state ...

In the Cabinet meeting of the Trivendra Rawat Government, it has been decided to increase the salary of the employees in UPNL. In addition, many other decisions in the cabinet also got stamped. Today spokesman Madan Kaushik told that the cabinet has given a recommendation for the session of the Vidhan Sabha’s budget session. Every class employee will get extra ...

Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat, Minister of State for Higher Education in Uttarakhand, who came to lay the foundation stone of a one kilometer block motorway in Pauri’s Thalisain block, had to face opposition from the locals. Here the women of Chopra village staged a protet against the governemtn. Seeing the anger of the women, the police and the administration were ...