uttarakhand

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has congratulated the people of the state on Raksha Bandhan. On the eve of Raksha Bandhan on Wednesday, a large number of women of the state tied rakhis to the CM at his official residence, wishing him a long life. “Rakhi is a symbol of the sacred relationship […]

  DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand police promised action against a social media influencer after his video of consuming alcohol on the road and disrupting traffic went viral. In the video, social media influencer Bobby Kataria, who calls himself ‘Robinhood of Gurugram’, was seen drinking on the road. His antics disrupt traffic at Kimadi Road in Dehradun. Dalip […]

DEHRADUN: Soon, a high-technology centralised office — Vidya Samiksha Kendra (VSK) — will have an integrated network to monitor, formulate and implement education policies in the hill state of Uttarakhand. This will apparently make the education system strong, effective and job-oriented in the state. Uttarakhand will become the third state in the country after Gujarat […]

DEHRADUN: After an activist alleged that the proposed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Ladpur village is on the land of tea gardens, the Congress has trained its guns on the ruling party and the government. Karan Mahra, the state president of the Congress party, said, “The BJP has lied to get the NOC for […]

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday morning participated in a Prabhat Pheri organised under the Har Ghar Tiranga programme at Gandhi Park, Dehradun. Public representatives, officials of government, administration, police and education department, teachers and students also participated in this Prabhat Pheri organised by the state education department. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh […]

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand government will soon launch the ‘Nirvan Amrit Gangajal’ scheme from September 2022, under which the holy water will be delivered to foreign countries in a ceramic pot. The ceramic pots are being designed by the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Khurja, in Uttar Pradesh.  “Ganga Jal cannot be and should not be […]

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand state health department will soon include mobile Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) vans that will be deployed for the ongoing awareness campaign about HIV/AIDS across the state. “The ICTC vans will be used for testing, spreading awareness and counselling of HIV patients. Various programmes are being conducted in the state through the […]

DEHRADUN: ‘Haridwar Darshan’ pod taxi transport system, covering the key cities of Haridwar-Rishikesh-Dehradun by the Uttarakhand Metro Rail Corporation (UKMRC), will be India’s first such transport system, officials told The New Indian. Jitendra Tyagi, managing director of the UKMRC, said, “The project has been approved by the UKMRC board and the proposal is in the […]

DEHRADUN: Speculations were rife as Uttarakhand Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met with Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday. Sources in the Uttarakhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the government told The New Indian that Cabinet expansion is likely to happen soon. The meeting between Dhami and Shah is said to […]

DEHRADUN: For the first time, high-quality chaunsa and langda mangoes produced by the cultivators of the state are being exported to Dubai. This is being done to promote local products and boost the economy of small farmers. An agriculture calendar has also been prepared for the same. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday flagged […]