uttarakhand

THANA BHAWAN (SHAMLI, UP): At a roundabout near Hedgewar Chowk in Thana Bhawan — the constituency of Yogi Adityanath government’s sugarcane development minister and two-time MLA Suresh Rana in Uttar Pradesh’s notorious Shamli region — Manoj Kucchal, a retail shop owner, shudders as he recalls frequent distasteful innudendoes made on women by hawkers, real estate […]

DEHRADUN: As the BJP and the Congress brace up for a face-off in the 2022 assembly polls in Uttarakhand, the locals feel that the debut of AAP will make little dent in their vote share. This is despite AAP announcing sops for the hill people. Among other burning issues emerging from the state, the migration […]

DEHRADUN: After much delay, the Congress on Saturday released the first list of candidates for Uttarakhand assembly polls that included names of state unit chief Ganesh Godiyal and CLP Pritam Singh. The list, however, does not include the name of former Chief Minister Harish Rawat, Harak Singh Rawat or his daughter in law Anukriti Gosain […]

NEW DELHI: Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat and Uttarakhand AICC in-charge Devendra Yadav on Monday launched party’s theme song titled ‘Tin togada, Kam bigada aur BJP na aayegi dobara’ ahead of assembly polls in the state. Rawat said that the double engine government of the state has failed miserably. Addressing a press conference at […]

DEHRADUN: To enhance the regional connectivity in Uttarakhand, Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) is now providing services to Kumaon sectors under RCS UDAN connecting Dehradun to Pithoragarh via Haldwani/ Pantnagar. It has also started operating direct routes to Srinagar and Gauchar from Dehradun. Pawan Hans had been operating helicopter flights on routes in the Garhwal sector […]