Dehradun: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches Kedarnath Temple, performs pooja and takes the blessings of lord Kedar. The Prime Minister flew into the state capital in a special Indian Air Force (IAF) plane. He was received at the Jolly Grant airport by Chief Minister Trivendra Rawat and other senior officials. Besides[Read More…]
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Kedarnath: 24 members IIT Roorkee trekking team missing; rescue mission underway
19 IIT Roorkee students and 5 supported staff went missing after the incessant rain and flash flood in Uttarakhand. The IIT trekking team had gone on a trip from Tehri to Kedarnath. A police team is deployed to find them and as per the last report, they have started the[Read More…]
Uttarakhand becomes first Indian state to declare cow ‘Rashtra Mata’
The Uttarakhand Assembly one and all passed a resolution on Wednesday to declare cow the ‘Rashtra Mata’. The State Animal Husbandry Minister Rekha Arya moved a resolution in the Assembly and got it passed without exception after it got the support of both opposition and treasury benches. “Giving a very[Read More…]
Class 10 student gang raped in Dehradun boarding school
The principal and two other officials of a boarding school here in Uttarakhand were arrested on Tuesday after a Class 10 girl student accused them of suppressing the matter of her gang rape by senior students in August, police said. Four students of the school have also been detained for[Read More…]
Two arrested for chatting about killing Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Two persons were arrested after several Whatsapp messages were exchanged between the two, talking and planning to allegedly murder Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The minister paid a visit to Dharchula town in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, on Monday September 17. “The accused were apparently drunk. We were alerted to the[Read More…]
Gagandeep Singh who saved Muslim man from mob conferred with ‘Frontier Service Respect Mark’
Gagandeep Singh, the Uttarakhand cop who saved a Muslim man from getting lynched has been conferred with ‘Frontier Service Respect Mark’ award. Sub-inspector Gagandeep had saved a young Muslim man from a mob in Ramnagar, when the young man was allegedly discovered with a Hindu woman in a temple complex. The[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh reports maximum decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh on Friday emerged as the surprise first among states who have recorded the maximum percentage of decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), it was announced on Friday. Uttarakhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh follow the state with a remarkable decline in their MMR, Union Health and[Read More…]
Ambedkar statue vandalised in Uttarakhand
Haridwar: A statue of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar was on Friday found vandalised by miscreants in a village in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, sparking tension, police said. A district official said the miscreants damaged the statue in Kanhawaali village while it was dark. Inspector Bhagwan Mehar and Sub-Divisional Magistrate Kaustubh[Read More…]
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra registration begins
New Delhi: The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra will this year take place through the two traditional routes — Nathua La Pass in Sikkim and Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand — and the registration process for the annual pilgrimage has started, the External Affairs Ministry announced on Wednesday. The announcement comes after China[Read More…]
Many injured in Uttarakhand factory accident
Over a dozen labourers were injured in a factory here in Uttarakhand after part of a crane broke and molten iron ore fell on workers there, police said on Monday. Two of the injured in the late Sunday night incident at the Rana Bar factory in Landhaura area, is said[Read More…]
