Uttarakhand

CM announces Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia

More than 18,000 pilgrims throng Kedarnath to witness the closure ceremony

‘According to the report, for every 2,448 hectares of forests, there is only one forest guard who is also responsible for controlling illicit felling, mining, wildlife poaching and other forest and wildlife-related offences’

Crucial bypoll for saffron party after Congress bagged Badrinath and Manglaur in byelections this July 

Melting of glaciers in Uttarakhand could lead to apocalyptic consequences, including scarcity of water in the region. Experts at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, claim that all 900 glaciers located in Uttarakhand are melting due to global warming....

Rising temperatures, shifting weather patterns have worsened pest infestations, disrupted pollinator activity: Experts

Road to link UP’s Najibabad with Kotdwar

The incident took place on Friday night when a ‘Ramleela’ was being staged at the jail

The three Brazilians and one Spanish were brought safely to Badrinath, say officials

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has awarded the prestigious A+ grade to the University of Patanjali, which has secured the highest points among yoga universities in the country. An NAAC communiqué stated that the University of Patanjali was...

Fay Manners from the UK and Michelle Devcak from the US were stranded at 18,500 ft

Three people died and 10 others were injured after a car carrying a marriage party fell into a gorge in Pauri district, officials said on Saturday. The incident happened on Friday evening near Naugaon on Sisaldi-Anskghet motor road in Lansdowne...

Four SDRF mountaineers arrived at the base camp of Chaukhamba III peak on Saturday to trace the foreign mountaineers stranded at an elevation of more than 6,000 metres as IAF helicopters searching for them returned empty-handed for the second consecutive...

Despite receiving approval from the Centre, several state governments have delayed the final notification of seven tiger reserves for over a decade. Tiger reserves are officially notified by state governments after receiving in-principle approval from the National Tiger Conservation Authority...

Had come from Malaysia to Uttarakhand to offer prayers at Badrinath

Incident occurred at Geeta Kutir Ghat in Dehradun’s Haripur Kalan

The petition has been filed by a girl whose mother—an OPD assistant in a Uttarakhand hospital—was allegedly raped and killed

A depression that originated over central India is expected to bring heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand, Delhi, parts of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh over the next two to three days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said...

A group of pilgrims returning from a visit to Kedarnath were trapped in the landslide at around 7.20 pm on Monday

The 'don', Prakash Pandey, has a number of criminal cases pending against him including those of extortion, robbery and murder

In a major administrative reshuffle, the Uttarakhand government on Wednesday transferred 45 government officials which includes 39 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and six Provincial Civil Service officers (PCS), officials said. Sources said that the portfolios of two principal secretaries...

SC on Wednesday reprimanded CM Dhami for appointing Rahul as Director of Rajaji Tiger Reserve

 ‘We are not in a feudal era, jaisa Rajaji bole waisa chale... The Chief Minister should have given reasoning,’ a Bench led by Justice BR Gavai says

Bora removed as Uttarakhand Cooperative Dairy Federation Limited administrator         

Dehradun, September 1 A BJP leader has been arrested for allegedly molesting a teenager in the Almora district of Uttarakhand. Almora SSP Devendra Pincha said on Sunday Bhagwat Singh Bora, accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl, was arrested on Saturday...