DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Women and Child Welfare minister Rekha Arya will be participating in the ‘Kanwar Yatra’ organized by the department on July 26 with a motto to narrow the gender disparity in the hill state and check female foeticide. “Our aim is to narrow down the gender gap ratio between the male and female child […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand state police have now made it mandatory for those from outside the state to present an affidavit stating that their details including their documents are all proper and not fake. They will also have to present a certified copy of their character certificate issued by the local police station of their native place. […]
DEHRADUN: Two died and six were injured on Wednesday morning after an under-construction bridge collapsed in Rudraprayag. The incident occurred at around 9 am after which a team of the State Disaster Response Force rushed to the spot along with district police and administration officials. “The incident happened between Sirobgarh and Narkota at Rishikesh-Badrinath highway. […]
DEHRADUN: One state cabinet minister and two Congress MLAs missed the action as 67 members, out of 70, of the state legislative assembly cast their vote in the Presidential Elections on Monday. Three MLAs who did not vote include state cabinet minister Chandan Ram Das, who had to be admitted to a hospital due to […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand High Court has directed the state government officials to submit details of people suffering from leprosy and arrangements to look after them by the state government within two weeks of time. The matter dates back to 2017 when the district administration of Haridwar had demolished houses in the Chandighat area of Haridwar in […]
DEHRADUN: University students of Uttarakhand will learn personality development from ‘Ramcharitmanas’ and management lessons from ‘Bhagavad Gita’ under the new National Education Policy (NEP) from this academic session. A committee, set by the state government to design course curriculum for the state universities, has come up with ‘co-curriculum’ programmes. Students will have to opt for […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand High Court on Friday directed the state government to file a reply to the application filed by Kusum Yadav, wife of Indian Administrative Services officer Ram Vilas Yadav, seeking relief from arrest. The court has asked the state government to file a reply within two weeks of time. Kusum Yadav approached the HC […]
DEHRADUN: Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R) and Permionics Global Technologies of Vadodara, Gujarat have signed a technology transfer agreement with an aim to develop an inexpensive bipolar membrane with enhanced mechanical/chemical stability and higher water dissociation efficiency at a lower potential. The technology has been developed by Prof Sujay Chattopadhyay and Bhuvenesh E, polymer […]
DEHRADUN: After the transfer order of a government teacher who died four years back was issued in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, the state education minister has ordered an inquiry into the matter. “Orders for inquiry into the matter have been already issued. The official of the education department has been asked to complete the inquiry […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand is lagging behind in promoting women in managerial positions ranking second last in India, revealed a recent report by the Union ministry of statistics and programme implementation. The report released earlier this month titled ‘Periodic Labour Force Survey’ (PLFS) revealed that Uttarakhand has just 3.3 per cent women of the total workforce in […]