DEHRADUN: Hearing a petition related to the stray dog menace across the state, Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to file a detailed reply on the issue including the details of sterilised dogs and dog bite victims across the hill state. Gopal K Verma, counsellor for the petitioner told The New Indian, […]
DEHRADUN: Taking a strict stand on solid waste management in the state, Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday remarked that the whole state has become a large garbage dump. Outlining that it is the constitutional right of all persons to be provided with a clean environment, the division bench comprising Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand has become the first state in India to start ‘Bal Vatika’ according to the centre’s New Education Policy (NEP) after Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced the implementation of the policy on Tuesday. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami after inaugurating a ‘Bal Vatika’ Center in Nunurkheda of Dehradun said, “Uttarakhand has become the […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand state forest department has deployed quick reaction, rescue teams (QRTs) to check human-wildlife conflict as the devotees pass through areas where confrontation with wild animals is likely. “The quick reaction teams have been deployed on the routes adjacent to the forest areas keeping in mind the possibility of wild animals straying into areas […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand state police has banned carrying tridents, lathis, swords and other ‘weapons’in ‘Shravan Kawar Yatra’ this year which starts today. “We have instructed the police outposts to keep an eye and confiscate such items. Security teams have deployed to ensure smooth yatra this season,” said Janmejay Khanduri, senior superintendent of police, Dehradun. More than […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand government will soon launch the ‘Gau Raksha Scheme’ under which unemployed youth will be employed as ‘Gau Sewaks’ to rear and protect cows and progeny across 13 districts of the state. Saurabh Bahuguna, minister for animal husbandry told The New Indian, “The department is working on ‘Gram Gau Sewak Scheme’ in which we […]
DEHRADUN: A case has been registered against the makers of ‘Kaali’, a documentary film, in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The film landed in controversy for its poster that the director Leena Manimekalai had shared on Twitter. The FIR has been filed in Kankhal police station of Haridwar district under section 295A (Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand government has banned the sale of pork in the state after the death of 192 pigs from ‘Swine Fever’. Uttarakhand animal husbandry department has also imposed a ban on the transportation of pigs across the state. Saurabh Bahuguna, minister for animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries told The New Indian, “The move is to […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand state health department has found irregularities in the implementation of Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana (AAUY) under which free medical treatment is provided to the people. Uttarakhand State Health Authority (SHA), a body which monitors the centre’s flagship Ayushman Bharat Prime Minister’s Jan Arogya Yojana in the state, has recovered Rs 44 Crore from […]
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the first drone factory of the state in Roorkee in Haridwar district on Friday. The factory which is said to have a production capability of 150 drones per month, which include 50 drones for military usage, is set up by a private company under the centre’s ‘Make […]