Uttarakhand News

On Thursday, the Uttarakhand government has sealed the Suharti Medical College on the order of the Supreme Court. During the hearing in the Supreme Court, Justice Rohinton Nariman and Justice MR Shah said that it has been decided that college management misled the court. The court ordered the Director General of Uttarakhand Police to seal the college immediately. At the ...

This year, the total budget of the state has increased by 5055 crores compared to the previous year. The total budget for the last financial year was 42 thousand 972 crore. Which has increased to 48 thousand 37 crores this year. The government has presented a supplementary budget of Rs 2452 crore in the Assembly on Tuesday. While this year’s ...

The first international test match will be played in March 2019 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun. Afghanistan will play a Test match against Ireland in their home ground. The Afghanistan cricket team has made its home ground at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Dehradun. The Afghanistan team has played the T20 series against Bangladesh on this ...

The winter session of the assembly will be held from December 4. A supplementary budget for the current fiscal year 2018-19 will be presented during the session. Governor Baby Rani Maurya released the notification for the third session of the assembly this year. The session is expected to run for two days- four and five December. Assembly Secretary Jagdish Chandra ...

Gauchar Festival in Uttarakhand has been one of the most important elements of Uttarakhand’s history and has been celebrated like a ritual since 1943 – since the time of Indo-Tibetan Trade era and is a mark of the period when the people were initiated into the local trade which now has been converted into a tradition. This year, Gauchar Festival ...

In the elections held for 84 municipal corporations across Uttarakhand, including seven municipal corporations. BJP has occupied 34 posts of body heads, while on 26 the Congress and 23 independents won while BSP won one out of the 83 results declared. In the municipal corporations, the BJP won the post of mayor in Dehradun, Rishikesh, Rudrapur, Kashipur and Haldwani, while ...

On Sunday, the fate of the candidates of 84 local bodies in the state has been closed in the ballot boxes. There was a lot of enthusiasm among people across the state for voting. A total of 69.10 percent voter turnout is registered in the state, which is 3.54 percent more than in 2013. Polling took place on Sunday for ...

The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered the state government to give facilities to working journalists like provided in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha etc. The court asked the government to increase the current pension of five thousand rupees per month to the journalists. The case was heard before the Bench of senior judge Rajiv Sharma and Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma. Ravindra Develal, ...

With the revenue loss in the goods and services tax (GST) system, Uttarakhand will demand a share in GST services. Preparations are being made to send a proposal to the GST Law Committee for this. GST has increased the tax collection in the state of Uttarakhand by nearly 80 percent, but all tax is going out in the form of ...

Industrialist Mukesh Ambani today made a visit to Badrinath and Kedarnath. In Badrinath Dham, he had to travel a kilometer journey from Helipad to the main road on foot. He presented the first card of the marriage of his daughter Isha before Lord Badri Vishal. In the morning Mukesh Ambani reached Badrinath Helipad from helicopter. Due to heavy snowfall, the ...