Author: Vineet Upadhyay

DEHRADUN: Special Task Force (STF) on Monday arrested a junior assistant in the Nainital Chief Judicial Magistrate court in connection with Uttarakhand Subordinate Selection Service Commission (UKSSSC) paper leak case. Mahendra Chauhan, the clerk, is associated with two policemen arrested in the case a day ago in Kashipur, Udham Singh Nagar, as per the STF. […]

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand will soon launch the Chief Minister’s Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, similar to the Prime Minister’s Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, according to Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. CM Dhami said, “State can be prosperous only through a strong farmer. For this, the CM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme will soon be launched in the state. […]

DEHRADUN: Thousands of Char Dham pilgrims were left stranded as rain-induced landslides blocked more than 200 roads, including the Badrinath highway, across Uttarakhand. Efforts are on to restore the roads. Shweta Chaubey, superintendent of police, Chamoli district said, “Teams of state police, public work department, State Disaster Response Force have been deployed to clear the […]

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Police Special Task Force has nabbed six people in connection with the Uttarakhand Subordinate Selection Service Commission (UKSSSC) paper leak case in the Kumaon division in the last 24 hours including a state police constable Amrish Goswami. The STF has also recovered the amount of ₹35.89 lakhs. Ajay Singh, state STF chief, said, […]

DEHRADUN: After listening to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Man Ki Baat’, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhani appealed to the people of Uttarakhand to hoist the national flag to commemorate 75th Independence Day and remember the struggle and sacrifice of freedom fighters. On this Independence Day, on the initiative of PM Modi, from August 13 to […]

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday said that the central government’s power initiatives will benefit the state as he virtually participated in the Prime minister Narendra Modi launched Renovated Distribution Area Scheme at the Ujwwal Bharat, Ujwwal Bhavishya – Power @ 2047’. CM Dhami later said, “Under the leadership of Prime minister […]

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday called for maintaining a balance between economy and ecology while undertaking development projects by using science and technology. Dhami made the remark at a ‘Bodhisattva’ meeting organized at the Secretariat here to develop Champawat as a model district. He also exhorted state government officials to work […]

DEHRADUN: Mahendra Bhatt, the newly-appointed president of the Uttarakhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is an able organiser, a staunch Rambhakt, and an avid traveller at heart. His elevation to the top party post in Uttarakhand was announced by the Central party leadership on Saturday. He actively participated in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement […]

DEHRADUN: MLA Madan Kaushik, who was blamed by many for CM Pushkar Singh Dhami’s defeat and has now been replaced by Mahendra Bhatt as Uttarakhand BJP president, is likely to be inducted in the state Cabinet, as per party sources. On Saturday, the Central party leadership announced Bhatt, who lost the last Assembly elections, as […]

  DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday issued instructions to form a ‘Narcotics Rapid Action Force’ to achieve the goal of a ‘Drug Free’ state by 2025. “All concerned officials, departments should work in mission mode to form a Narcotics Rapid Action Force to eradicate drug menace from our state,” said the […]