Uttarakhand News

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 ...

A helicopter engaged in relief and rescue operations in the rain-ravaged Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand crashed on Wednesday killing three persons on board including two crew members. A private helicopter with three persons on board crashed near Moldi in the rain-hit Uttarkashi district after getting entangled in cables, Uttarakhand’s Director General of Police (Law and Order) Ashok Kumar said. The ...

After the meteorological department warned of heavy rains, the district magistrates of 11 districts have declared a holiday in all educational institutions on Monday. Anganwadi centers will also be closed during this period. District education officers have been instructed to follow orders. DM Dehradun C Ravi Shankar, Uttarkashi DM Ashish Chauhan, Tehri DM V Shanumugam, Chamoli DM Swati S Bhadauria, ...

Six people, most of them pilgrims returning from Badrinath shrine in Garhwal Himalayas, were killed and eight injured on Tuesday as boulders from a landslide hit a bus they were travelling in at Lambagad in Chamoli district. The body of 20-year-old Raju Kumar, a pilgrim from Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh, was the first to be recovered while the remaining five ...

The Uttarakhand government on Monday said that with 442 tigers, the state stands best in the country in terms of conservation of big cats. There are 526 tigers in Madhya Pradesh, 524 in Karnataka and 442 in Uttarakhand but when the state’s tiger population figure is viewed alongside its smaller size, the state stands on top of the list, Forest ...

Himalayan states on Sunday came together at a conclave here to demand a separate ministry to deal with problems endemic to them and a green bonus in recognition of their contribution to environment conservation. The twin demands formed part of a common agenda of the Himalayan states which was handed over to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the end ...

Mussoorie bus stand of Roadways, which is operating on railway land for the past 65 years, will now be transferred to ISBT. Railway has given time to the transport corporation till July 31 to clear this bus stand. The railway has warned the demolition of the bus stand at the time of freeing the land in time. Transport Minister Yashpal ...

The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday reiterated that it has no plans to open slaughterhouses in the state. State Urban Development Minister Madan Kaushik said the only abattoir in the state was in Manglaur, which was permitted by the previous Congress government in 2015-16. “We have no plans to build any slaughterhouses in Uttarakhand and construction of none will be allowed ...

The legislators have raised a large number of questions this time for the two-day session of the Uttarakhand assembly beginning on 24th June. Assembly Speaker Premchand Agarwal told reporters that till date 721 questions of the legislators have been received. He said that a lot of petitions have also been received. Earlier, during the session, the Vice Chairperson arranged the ...