Protests broke out in Purola after abduction of a minor Hindu girl by two men, including a Muslim on May 31
Pro Khalistani group SFJ makes threat call ahead of Chief Scientific Advisors’ Roundtable of G-20 countries
Conman Kiran J Patel, who was arrested for posing as a high-ranking official at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and availing Z-plus security during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir, also visited various places in Uttarakhand last year. According to his Twitter handle, Patel visited Dehradun, Rishikesh and Kedarnath in July and August last year. […]
Union minister of Road Transport and Highways also assessed progress of Dehradun-Delhi Expressway
With an aim to promote adventure sports, the BJP government is also set to add four more boating points around the famous Tehri Lake in Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand. Tehri Special Area Tourism Development Authority (TADA), the nodal agency to implement development projects around the lake, has already given its approval for the construction. […]
Amid the ongoing protests over multiple paper leaks, the BJP government in Uttarakhand has introduced an anti-copying law – touted as the strictest in India – by promulgating an ordinance. Signed by Governor Lt Gen (retired) Gurmit Singh on Friday, the Uttarakhand Competitive Examination (Measures for Prevention and Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Ordinance […]
Star Indian cricketer and his actress wife visited Swami Dayanand Giri’s ashram in Rishikesh
Locals blame the construction of tunnels being constructed down the village hillock for the Rishikesh-Karnprayag railway line, for subsidence and sliding of rock plates.
Nainital faces battle for survival as landslides pose big threat to town of lakes
Construction activities, particularly in the hills of Uttarakhand, have raised concerns about a disaster-in-waiting.