DEHRADUN: Remember the song Tera Yaar Hoon Mein from the 2018 movie ‘Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety’? Well, remember the yaar (friend) always even when you are high with happiness. A man from Haridwar learnt the hard lesson as one of his close friends slapped Rs 50 lakhs defamation after he left his friend out […]
DEHRADUN: Hearing public interest litigation related to the death of equines (mules, horses) in the Char Dham Yatra route, Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to submit a detailed reply within three weeks. Gauri Maulekhi, the petitioner, told The New Indian, “Honorable court was not satisfied with the response of the state […]
DEHRADUN: Dogs might be a man’s best friends, but if the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun (WII) communiqué is to be believed the dogs are becoming a threat to the ‘vulnerable’ snow leopards and other native species in Gangotri National Park (GNP) in Uttarakhand. In its communique to the GNP has recommended the ‘management of […]
DEHRADUN: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has recommended the formulation of a plan to make Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) viable in its state finances audit report (SFAR) that was tabled in the budget session of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The UPCL is the government agency responsible for the power supply in […]
DEHRADUN: As protests against the defence recruitment scheme ‘Agnipath’ broke out in several parts of Uttarakhand, DGP Ashok Kumar on Friday appealed to the youth not to indulge in violence even as the state government ordered an enquiry. “I appeal to the youth of the state to maintain peace and not to indulge in […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand government on Thursday claimed that no one in the state has lost life due to scarcity of oxygen during the COVID era. In a written response to the query by Virendra Kumar, the Congress MLA from Jhabrera, Uttarakhand health minister Dhan Singh Rawat stated, “No deaths have been reported in Uttarakhand state in […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday announced that the state government will formulate a new set of rules to include ‘Agniveers’ in state government jobs. “The new ‘Agniveer’ scheme will enable our youth to serve the country with valour and pride. The Devboomi (God’s Land) is also a ‘Sainyabhoomi’ (Soldier’s Land). We […]
DEHRADUN: The reports of the number of unprecedented deaths of pilgrims as well as equines have finally created noise at the Uttarakhand Assembly. The Leader of the Opposition at the assembly blamed the state government for the deaths during his speech on the second day of the budget session on Wednesday. The LoP in the […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand state government tabled the annual budget of over Rs 65,000 crore for the financial year 2022-2023 on Tuesday at Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in Dehradun. Prem Chand Agarwal, state finance minister, in his 122-minute budget speech, outlined the salient features of the budget. “The budget is all inclusive with an aim of ‘Sabka Sath […]
DEHRADUN: “How’s the f****ng josh? High Sir!” Ambience charged with patriotism, emotions running high among newly inducted Indian Army officers on Saturday in Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun as it witnessed 288 cadets graduating to become part of the second-largest Army in the world. A total of 377 ‘Gentleman Cadets’ (GCs), 150 from Regular Course […]