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…]
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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…]
No farm loan waiver in Uttarakhand: Chief Minister
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Friday said the state was not in a position to waive farmers‘ loans but plans to instead provide soft loans to them. “We cannot afford to waive farmers loans in the state,” Rawat told reporters here while addressing a press conference to highlight[Read More…]
Utpal Singh named as Uttarakhand Chief Secretary
Senior IAS officer, Utpal Kumar Singh on Tuesday has been named as the new chief secretary of Uttarakhand. According to officials, Singh, who is currently posted in the union agriculture ministry, will take charge either on Tuesday evening or Wednesday. The 1986-batch Indian Administrative Service officer was a favourite in[Read More…]
Another debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in Uttarakhand
In Uttarakhand, a debt-ridden farmer from Nagar district committed suicide, claimed his relatives on Sunday. This comes at a time when governments across states are providing loan waiver to farmers as a repercussion to the intense stir in many Indian states especially Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Ramavtar (42) of Haldi[Read More…]
No luxury items for Uttarakhand govt till schools are fixed
The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday ‘restrained’ the state government from purchasing luxury items till schools are fixed in the state. Holding the state government responsible for “falling standards of education” and for “miserably failing to provide bare minimum facilities” in government schools, the Uttarakhand HC came out with such[Read More…]
Plastic rice openly sold in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani district
Plastic rice is being openly sold in Haldwani district of Uttarakhand, where food retailers are freely selling it in markets. The matter came to light when a video of children playing with a ball made of plastic rice went viral. KK Mishra, City Magistrate, said. “A team has been constituted[Read More…]
21 pilgrims from Indore killed in bus accident in Uttarakhand
At least 23 pilgrims from Indore district of Madhya Pradesh died after a bus carrying them fell into the Bhagirathi River in Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand on Tuesday evening. The pilgrims had gone to Dehradun by train but took the bus on their way to Kedarnath. The accident happened around 7[Read More…]
