Uttarakhand News

Eight people have drowned in Ganga in Haridwar during the Ganga Dussehra celebrations that took place in the holy city on Sunday. While the bodies of two people – a 12-year-old from Mathura and a teenager from Delhi – have been recovered by jal police, a search is on to trace the other bodies. Twelve-year-old Mohit’s body was recovered by ...

Pilgrims to Hemkund Sahib and tourists travelling to Valley of Flowers in Chamoli district will now be able to enjoy 2G mobile services after Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has installed a mobile tower at Ghangaria village. The services will be available within a 4km radius from Ghangaria. Harshwardhan Nakholiya, junior telecom officer (JTO), BSNL, said, “For the first time, ...

The Uttarakhand cabinet, under chairmanship of chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, on Thursday reportedly approved a budget of Rs 32,000 crore for rest of the financial year, which would be tabled in the House during the upcoming budget session starting from June 8, said government sources. After coming to power, the BJP government had passed a vote-on-account for Rs 16, ...

There has been a major reshuffle again in the state’s bureaucracy. the IAS officer exposing the scam has transferred by the BJP government. Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari had written a letter to Chief Minister Trivandrum Singh Rawat and expressed his concern over the decision of the FIR and the CBI probe lodged in this case. Sainthil Pandian, who exposed ...

With the state receiving a 32% surplus pre-monsoon rain from March 1 to May 31, hopes are high for a good monsoon — likely to lash Uttarakhand around June 20 — season this year. Rainfall data with the meteorological centre suggest Uttarakhand has received 205.6 mm, 49.7 mm more than the normal 155.9 mm rainfall, except in Udham Singh Nagar ...

A day after district officials and police tried to force feed Matri Sadan head Swami Shivanand, who has been on an indefinite fast since May 24 against resumption of mining in the Ganga, the ashram on Wednesday filed a case of attempt to murder against chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, district magistrate (DM) of Haridwar Deepak Rawat and sub-divisional magistrate ...

Guest teachers in the state are planning to go on an indefinite protest from June 1, expressing their happiness over weightage system introduced by the government on May 16 for temporary teaching jobs and demanding revision of the decision. According to guest teachers, the order states that teachers having a minimum 6 months of teaching experience will get a weightage ...

The new BJP government will present its first budget in the 12-day assembly session that starts from June 8. Due to shortage of time to prepare the budget, the Trivendra Singh Rawat government had opted for vote-on-account in March. Earlier, there were talks of holding the session at Gairsain in Chamoli district but the state government has decided to hold ...

Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat met Union minister Nitin Gadkari in Delhi on Thursday evening. The Rs 13,000 crore all weather road construction was discussed in the meeting. Gadkari assured the CM that the project would be completed on time. Rawat assured the union minister that the all weather road project would be monitored from the CM office. After the ...

The Uttarakhand government on Thursday launched a week-long campaign ‘Digital Mussoorie,’ in association with the State Bank of India (SBI) to make the queen of the hills what government sources termed ‘the first cashless hill station of the country.’ Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat unveiled the project in the presence of senior SBI officials at his camp office on Cantt ...