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…]
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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…]
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…]
