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India
National Girl Child Day: Playing CM’s part, 24-year-old Uttarakhand girl to review govt functioning
Dehradun: On National Girl Child Day, 24-year-old Srishti Goswami, a resident of Daulatpur village in Haridwar district, will review schemes run by various departments as she has been designated as…
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SC refuses to stay anti-conversion laws in UP, Uttarakhand
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay laws enacted by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments concerning marriages based on religious conversion. The apex court also issued a…
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India
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat tests positive for COVID-19
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has tested positive for coronavirus on Friday. In a tweet, Rawat said he went into home isolation after he tested positive for COVID-19.…
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India
Ex-deputy speaker of Uttarakhand assembly is dead
Dehradun: Former deputy speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly and Congress leader Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri died at the Max Hospital here on Saturday. He was 59. Maikhuri had been under treatment at the…
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Delhi
Contemplating bringing legislation to tackle air pollution, Centre tells SC
New Delhi: The Central government submitted before the Supreme Court on Monday that it is contemplating the creation of a permanent body by enacting legislation to deal with the annual air pollution issue in…
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India
SC stays contempt proceedings in Uttarakhand HC against ex-CMs, Chief Secretary
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the contempt proceedings pending in the Uttarakhand High Court against former Chief Ministers and Chief Secretary who have not yet started paying rent for the accommodations allotted to them. A…
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India
8-year-old boy injured in leopard attack in Uttarakhand
Pithoragarh: An eight-year-old boy was injured after a leopard attacked him inside the compound of his house in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, a forest official said on Sunday. The incident took place…
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Foundation stone laying of Uttrakhand BJP Office
Dehradun: Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat, State BJP President Banshidhar Bhagat and other leaders take part in the rituals for foundation stone laying of the Uttarakhand BJP office, in Dehradun,…
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India
HC asks Uttarakhand govt to file affidavit into scholarship scam
Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court has asked the state government to file an affidavit on a petition seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or a Special Investigation Team…
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India
U’khand: Two suspended for death of compounder by electrocution
Dehradun: Two engineers of the Uttarakhand electricity department were suspended on Wednesday after the death of a compounder due to electrocution in Haldwani, according to an official statement. Kamal Rawat, a…
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India
1,005 more test positive for COVID in Uttarakhand
Dehradun: A total of 1,005 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand on Wednesday taking the state’s infection tally to 49,000 while 20 more persons died of the disease at…
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India
Pithoragarh suspension bridge opened at midnight for ailing Nepali girl
Dehradun: India opened the international suspension bridge in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand for around 30 minutes at midnight, making way for an ailing Nepali student who needed immediate medical attention. The Nepali student, suffering…
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Delhi
Modi inaugurates projects worth Rs 521 cr under Namami Mission
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated six mega projects amounting to Rs 521 crores under the Namami Gange Mission in Uttarakhand. The Prime Minister inaugurated several sewage treatment plants and their upgradations today located in…
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India
684 fresh COVID cases in Uttarakhand, 13 dead
Dehradun: As many as 684 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand on Thursday taking the state’s pandemic tally to 44,404 while 13 more infected people died at different hospitals, the…
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Politics
Farm bills to revolutionize life of farmers: Uttarakhand CM
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Friday said the farm sector reform bills passed in Parliament will eliminate middlemen and give farmers the freedom to sell their produce anywhere…
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India
Uttarakhand CM condoles demise of former BJP MLA Krishna Chandra
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has expressed condolences on the demise of Krishna Chandra Punetha, former MLA of Pithoragarh and BJP leader who passed away on Wednesday night. “It was very sad to…
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India
Leopard kills man in Uttarakhand
Pithoragarh: A 40-year-old man was killed by a leopard in the forests of Sukauli near this district of Uttarakhand. The mauled body of Bhupendra Singh Saun was recovered on Tuesday morning,…
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Crime
U’khand govt orders action against private labs giving wrong reports
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government on Saturday ordered stern action against Dehradun private labs in giving wrong coronavirus test reports. Chief Secretary Om Prakash asked Dehradun District Magistrate Ashish Kumar Shrivastava to…
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Crime and Accident
Boy drowns in Tehri Lake in Uttarakhand
Uttarkashi: A 10-year-old boy drowned in the Tehri Lake here on Tuesday, police said. Prabhat Kumar drowned in the lake at Pipalmandi in the Dharasu area of the district when he…
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Politics
Uttarakhand Cabinet minister Madan Kaushik tests COVID positive
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Madan Kaushik has tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Monday. Kaushik was admitted to AIIMS, Rishikesh on Sunday night after his antigen report came positive,…
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Crime
BJP MLA booked for rape in Uttarakhand
Dehradun: BJP MLA from Dwarahat, Mahesh Negi, has been booked for rape and criminal intimidation weeks after a woman accused him of the crime in a police complaint, police said. An…
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India
Leopard sighted in village along India-Nepal border in Uttarakhand
Dehradun: There is a sense of fear amongst the residents of Chandeli village on the India-Nepal border after a leopard was sighted in the region. The leopard was sighted on a CCTV…
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India
Uttarakhand BJP president tests positive for COVID-19
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bansidhar Bhagat on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19. The BJP leader informed about his health on the social media platform this morning. मेरा…
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India
High risk of flash floods in Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand: IMD
New Delhi: Flash floods at East Madhya Pradesh adjoining Vidharbha and eastern part of West Madhya Pradesh Met sub-divisions have been predicted in the next 24 hours. TheCentral Water Commission Official Flood Forecast on Friday while…
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India
Hospital in U’khand closed after pharmacist tests COVID positive
Pithoragarh: The District Hospital, Pithoragarh was closed for two days on Thursday after a pharmacist working at the facility tested positive for COVID-19. “We have closed the hospital for two days…
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India
Cong stages protest against ‘disastrous’ health system in Uttarakhand
Haldwani: To protest against the “disastrous” health system during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Uttarakhand, Indira Hridayesh, Leader of Opposition, staged a sit-in and a one-day fasting session on Wednesday in Haldwani’s Buddha Park…
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Crime
Uttarakhand: Leopard that had killed child shot dead
Dehradun: The leopard that had killed a child and other animals, was shot dead by shooters of forest department at Deval area of Pratapnagar in Uttarakhand, Divisional Forest Officer, Dr Coco…
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India
Lokajat Yatra begins in Uttarakhand, carrying Devi’s ‘doli’
Chamoli: Devotees from Chamoli district on Tuesday carried the ‘doli’ (palanquin) of Goddess Nanda Devi on their journey to Chota Kailash during the 11-day Nanda Devi Lokajat yatra. Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the 11-day…
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India
Landslide in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli after heavy rain, several shops damaged
Chamoli: Several shops were damaged and a road blocked after a landslide occurred on the Badrinath national highway in Chamoli district, following heavy rainfall last night. A police post was also damaged.…
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India
Uttarakhand’s COVID-19 recovery rate falls by 23 pc
Dehradun: The COVID-19 recovery rate of Uttarakhand has reduced by 23 per cent in a month due to the detection of fresh positive cases in the state, said an official.…
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