Uttarakhand News

Cold conditions gripped Uttarakhand with temperatures remaining below normal in the plains and normal in the hills, and the mercury is set to dip further in the coming days. The Met office on Friday issued a forecast claiming that cold conditions are likely to prevail at isolated places in Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts of the state during the ...

Government has taken an important decision for the quality of elementary education. There will be 5th and 8th Board examinations in government schools. The exam will be from the next academic session. The special thing is that the results of the examinations are going to increase the worry of teachers more than the students. Students will not be disappointed at ...

Government hospitals have announced a hike of 10 per cent in user fee in the state. The 10 per cent hike will be levied as basic surcharge on all diagnostic tests and registration fees. The Director General of Health and Medical Dr Archana Srivastav said the rates had been increased in all hospitals based on the 2010 government order. As ...

On the eve of New Year, the Union Home Minister reached the 12th Battalion of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) based in Matli, Uttarkashi yesterday. Rajnath Singh met the families of jawans residing in the family quarters of the Unit premises and greeted them. He will also join the ‘Bara Khana’ with the jawans later this evening. On the second day ...

The trial of men and women volleyball teams was held in Rudrapur on December 23 by the Uttarakhand Olympic Association. On Friday, both teams were announced. Uttarakhand Olympic Association Secretary DK Singh said that from 2 January to 7th January, national competition will be held in Khandwa city of Madhya Pradesh. In the men’s team, former international player Mithilesh Kumar ...

The Department of Medical and Health is planning to enforce uniform user charges (medical and clinical charges) at all government hospitals and medical colleges of the state from January. The user charges are different at government hospitals and medical colleges in the state. These are usually affected in January on the recommendations of the management committees of government hospitals headed ...

The Uttarakhand government has issued notices to 783 doctors who graduated from Haldwani and Srinagar government medical colleges in the state but violated their bond by not serving in the health department. Notices have been sent to those who have passed out of the institutions since 2003. The notice said that if the doctors fail to comply with the conditions ...

Former Uttarakhand Governor BL Joshi passed away At the AIIMS hospital in Delhi, the last breath took place on Friday. Joshi, who came to Uttarakhand as the third governor, left a deep impression in his first two-year term. Born in the small Kathu village of Nagaur district of Rajasthan, Joshi remained famous as an efficient administrator with simple nature during ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat released Book “Trivandra Ek Zindaginama-Khairasain ka Suraj” written by Dr Narendra Singh Bisht. CM said Dr Bisht is a person of philosophical thinking as well as a qualified doctor. It is important to have good thinking in the interest of society. Thinking differently opens new paths in the interest of the state; we ...

Clouds in the mountainous areas and the fog in the plains are becoming more frequent increasing the chances of rain and snowfall in Uttarakhand. According to the Meteorological Department, there can be rain and snowfall in the mountainous areas in the next 24 hours. In the capital, Dehradun, after some fog in the morning, light clouds were spreading in the ...