Uttarakhand News

As soon as Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif reached the Jollygrant airport in Dehradun, she was surrounded by her ardent fans. She did not disappoint the fans and took Selfies with them. Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif reached Mumbai’s Jollygrant airport from Dehradun to attend the wedding ceremony of, son of well-known industrialist Ajay Gupta’s son Suryakant and his younger brother Atul ...

The proposal to seek suggestion from the public to shift the Nainital High Court has received a strong protest from the advocates. Condemning this move strongly in the General Assembly meeting of the High Court Bar Association, who took the representation in this regard. Association’s general secretary Jayawardene Kandpal termed the seeking of public opinion without first taking the association ...

A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court Thursday seeking urgent steps to protect forests, wildlife and birds from wildfires in Uttarakhand, saying forest blazes have increased over the years causing huge loss to the environment. The petition sought directions to the Centre, the Uttarakhand government and the principal chief conservator of forests in the state to make pre-fire arrangements ...

As the oppressive heatwave gripping the country’s plains pushes a huge number of tourist to the relatively cooler hilly regions, several popular holiday destinations in Uttarakhand are witnessing massive traffic jams, forcing some visitors to return midway. Choked by traffic jams and the heavy influx of tourists, the commuting time from Haridwar to the four Himalayan shrines (Char Dham) in ...

Uttarakhand minister Prakash Pant died in the US on Wednesday after a prolonged illness. The 58-year-old had been in the US for some time for treatment. Pant was Uttarakhand’s minister for parliamentary affairs and finance besides being in charge of a host of other portfolios. He was a BJP MLA from Pithoragarh in the state assembly and was considered one ...

An eight-member team of mountaineers, including seven foreign nationals, has gone missing on its way to Nanda Devi East peak in Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand. The team, which includes seven mountaineers from the UK, US and Australia besides a liaison officer from the Indian Institute of Mountaineering, left Munsiyari on May 13 to scale the 7434-metre peak and was scheduled ...

Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ took charge of the HRD Ministry Friday with the senior ministry officials handing him over the draft of the much awaited National Education Policy (NEP). The policy, an ambitious project of the previous Modi government, is expected to be on the agenda of Nishank, who started his career as a teacher in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated ...

In Uttarakhand, private companies could soon enter the electricity sector. Under tariff based competitive bidding (TBCB) PTCUL is preparing to hand over soon 132 KV power stations and two transmission lines in private hands. Proposals are being prepared for this. According to PTCUL, the target of construction of this power plant and transmission line has been kept year 2023. Crores ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the Badrinath temple on Sunday, the last day of his two-day visit to Uttarakhand. He reached Badrinath after spending around 20 hours at the Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath. Modi offered prayers at the innermost sanctum in Badrinath, another temple in Uttarakhand’s “char dham” religious circuit, dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee chief ...

A pilgrim from Gujarat died of a heart attack while returning from the Himalayan temple of Yamunotri in Uttarakhand. Mahendra Bhai (57), a resident of Ahmedabad, reached Janki Chatti along with his family after visiting Yamunotri on Wednesday evening, Badkot police station SHO D S Kohli said. He fell ill at night and was rushed to a health centre at ...