Uttarakhand News

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, ...

Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat and former Cabinet Minister Harak Singh Rawat have troubled times ahead. CBI has registered an FIR against these two. Umesh Kumar, CEO of a local private news channel, has also been accused in this case. He is accused of conspiring to share ministries and transactions of crores of rupees while holding government posts. CBI ...

Eight persons travelling on two motorcycles and a four wheeler have been killed after coming under the rubble of a landslide at Chandikadhar in Rudraprayag district, police said on Sunday. The accident happened late on Saturday night when a heavy boulder fell along with the rubble of a landslide on the vehicles sweeping them into a 500 metre deep gorge, ...

The meeting of the Trivendra Singh Rawat cabinet will be held in Almora on October 23, instead of October 24. On the instructions of the Chief Minister, the meeting will be held at Govind Ballabh Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development at Kosi, a remote place in Almora district. The proposal to amend the circle rate of ...

A 38-year-old ITBP climber has been killed after an expedition team of the border guarding force was hit by a “massive” avalanche in Uttarakhand, a senior official said on Saturday. Head Constable Nurbu Wangdus and another climber of the force were trapped in the avalanche near the Gangotri peak at 21,890 feet on Friday, the official said. Wangdus, an ace ...

Sports Mahakumbh will be held in the first week of next month in which more than two lakh players will participate in 16 sports competitions. On Friday, Sports and Youth Welfare Secretary Brijesh Kumar Sant took a meeting of the state level organizing committee and gave necessary instructions to the officials regarding its preparation. Taking a meeting of the State ...

Semester system will also be applicable in Uttarakhand from classes nine to 12. With this, government school children will have to take the exam twice a year. According to Minister of State for Higher Education Dhan Singh Rawat, this arrangement is being done under the new education policy of the central government. Minister of State for Higher Education Dr. Dhan ...

The Congress on Tuesday urged the governor to direct the Uttarakhand government to declare dengue an epidemic in the state in view of a large number of cases of the vector-borne disease. Over 1,700 dengue cases have been reported so far, of which eight people have died, according to the state health department. State Congress chief Pritam Singh led a ...

The CBI will file an FIR against the then Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat in the case of bribing MLA’s. The CBI gave this information before a single bench of High Court Justice RC Khulbe during the hearing of the case. The next hearing will now be on 20 September. According to the case, in 2016, a private channel ...

Bhagat Singh Koshyari, the second Chief Minister of the Interim Government of Uttarakhand will be the new Governor of Maharashtra. Bhagat Singh Koshyari joined the first Nityananda Swami government of Uttarakhand as Energy Minister. On November 9, 2000, Uttarakhand became the 27th state of the country. First Chief Minister Nityanand Swami was Chief Minister for only 10 months. After a ...