Delivering the sentence, judge Anuj Kumar Sangal of the POCSO (protection of children from sexual offences) court in Champawat also imposed a fine of Rs 1.25 lakh on the convict who hails from Nepal.
Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority Joint Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Obaidullah Ansari wrote to the district magistrate of Chamoli and drew his attention to the DGRE’s orange alert (level 3) for the area.
One person, identified as Gurjit Singh, died on the spot while Trivendra Singh Panwar and another injured Jatin succumbed at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, he said.
Chief Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Alok Kumar Verma issued a notice requiring the government to present data justifying the quota within six weeks.
The accused was arrested on Sunday night from Bijnore in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Pramod Shah told PTI.
The Badrinath seat was vacated when Congress MLA Rajendra Bhandari quit in March to join the BJP.
IAF helicopter aids in fighting 8 new forest fires in Uttarakhand within 24 hours, containing blazes in multiple locations.
Haridwar recorded the highest of 26.47 per cent of polling so far, followed by Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar with 26.46 per cent, Pauri Garhwal with 24.43 per cent, Tehri Garhwal with 23.23 per cent and Almora with 22.21 per cent.
Kar Seva Pramukh was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants around 6:30 am on Thursday. According to the police, Baba Tarsem Singh was rushed to the hospital in Khatima after being shot but declared brought dead by doctors.
According to an apex court bench led by Justice B R Gavai, it was astonished by Rawat’s audacity in giving statutory provisions a total go by, who served as the forest minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in 2021 and is now with the Congress.
The Uttarakhand government has announced that liquor shops in the state will be closed on January 22, 2024, to coincide with the “Pran Pratishtha” ceremony at Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
The forest department vehicle crashed due to a technical fault. 10 forest department employees, including two rangers and a warden, were on board.
The development comes after a plasma cutter machine flown from Hyderabad to cut the auger machine that got stuck in the debris of the Silkyara tunnel, officials said.
Rules 11 and 13 of the manual that dealt with granting such licences are being withdrawn till further orders, the excise commissioner said in an order issued on Wednesday.
The Chief Secretary of the state Sukhbir Singh Sandhu said, that health, education, hospitality, wellness, IT, data centres, sports, and the film industry have been included in this policy.
The High Court has asked the government why a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry should not be conducted into the matter.
According to the district administration, a 250-metre stretch of the highway in Purusadi was damaged because of which the local administration had to suspend the movement of traffic.
Uttarakhand State Emergency Operation Centre is part of Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority.
Heavy rains in Uttarakhand had triggered landslides and flash floods in several places, officials said.
