Uttarakhand News

Uttarakhand will boost air connectivity with major cities of the country in the upcoming New Year. From Pantnagar Airport, Spice Jet and IndiGo flights will fly to other states. With this facility, not only will passengers be able to complete the flight in a short time, but connectivity other metros of the country will also be enhanced. Pantnagar Airport officials ...

Welcoming the Centre’s decision to implement the NRC process across the country, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said the exercise will permanently settle issues related to infiltration and anti-national elements. He said the exercise is particularly important for border states like Uttarakhand. His remarks came after Union Home Minister Amit Shah told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the process ...

Higher reaches of Uttarakhand including Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri received snowfall on Thursday, the meteorological department said. Light rain in the lower areas caused the temperatures to drop at most places in the hill-state. The famous temples of Badrinath in Chamoli district and Yamunotri and Gangotri in Uttarkashi received snowfall while the sky remained overcast throughout the day in Dehradun ...

Even though the emphasis is on transparency today, the members of the state assembly are not taking interest in it. This is the picture of the case of MLAs giving details of their assets. The current assembly is about to complete its term of more than two and a half years, but so far 47 out of the total 71 ...

A majority of the BJP’s block pramukh candidates won in Uttarakhand on Wednesday, with the party thanking the people of the state for reposing their faith in it once again. Out of the total of 89 block pramukh posts that went to polls, 53 were won by the BJP, 20 by the Congress and 16 by Independents, according to the ...

The Uttarakhand government on Friday declared a public holiday on Chhath Puja on Saturday. Governor Baby Rani Maurya gave her consent, amending a December 24, 2018, communique under which a restricted holiday was declared on Chhath Puja. Banks, treasuries, sub-treasuries, government and semi-government institutions will remain closed on Saturday. The Bihari Mahasabha, which organises the biggest Chhath Puja in Dehradun ...

Today, on the holy festival of Annakut, the valleys of the Gangotri temple are closed for the winter. Gangotri Temple Committee Chairman Suresh Semwal said that the process of closing the doors of Gangotri Temple started at 8.30 am. A special puja was performed after Mahabhishekha was performed with Veda mantras. The temple doors were closed at 11.40 am after ...

Assembly bypolls to three seats in West Bengal and one in Uttarakhand will be held on November 25, the Election Commission announced on Friday. The bypolls in the two states were not held earlier on the request of the state governments. While the local body elections were on in Uttarakhand, the West Bengal government had cited the Durga Puja festivities ...

Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Thursday visited the border villages of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, interacted with villagers and planted fruit bearing trees in hamlets close to the Sino-Indian border. The Army chief planted walnut and pine nut saplings in Malari village of the district as part of a tree plantation programme undertaken in the villages of both Garhwal ...

The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday approved a new water policy designed to deal with the impact of climate change on the state’s rich water resources and improper distribution, which often leads to conflicts among different user groups. The state Cabinet gave its approval to the new water policy at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat in Almora, ...