Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Budget: CM Rawat tables Rs 53,527-cr budget; 25 public welfare goals in focus
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
Prosperity of farmers, jobs for the youths, empowerment of women, reverse migration to border villages, access to quality education and creation of better health facilities in remote areas are some major goals the budget aims to achieve, Rawat said in his speech.
More >
PM Narendra Modi's ambitious UDAN Scheme: Getting wings! Top details of Uttarakhand's 1st ever helicopter service
Mon, Feb 10, 2020
Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has operationalised the 1st ever helicopter service from Dehradun’s Sahastradhara helipad to Gauchar, and Chinyalisaur under the Regional Connectivity Scheme.
More >
7th pay commission latest news today: These University teachers on strike; demand 7th CPC implementation
Tue, Sep 03, 2019
This is not the first time when government employees are demanding a salary hike. When the administration failed to come to a settlement on the pay issue, the teachers of the Govind Ballabh Pant University went on strike, according to ANI.
More >
Rescue operations underway in Uttarkashi following cloudburst in Mori tehsil
Mon, Aug 19, 2019
On Sunday, a cloudburst took place in Uttarkashi's Mori Tehsil region due to which the Tons river, which passes through the state, is overflowing creating trouble for locals. Due to the cloudburst, several people have been stranded at various places in the area. The government has dispatched teams of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to carry out rescue and evacuation operations. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted widespread rainfall over the next three days in Uttarkashi.
More >
School bus falls in gorge in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal, 7 dead
Tue, Aug 06, 2019
Around seven people died in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal district today. The mishappening occurred after a school bus carrying 18 children was rolled down in a gorge. The incident took place in Kangsali village area. The injured are being taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
More >
Rain causes waterlogging in Haldwani, triggers traffic jams
Tue, Jul 23, 2019
Heavy rain intensified and lashed in parts of Uttarakhand’s Haldwani. Due to heavy rain, major roads of the city witnessed waterlogging and traffic jam situation. Today the maximum and minimum temperature of Haldwani is hovering around 27 degree Celsius and 32 degree Celsius.
More >
Heavy Rains Likely Over Himachal, UP, Uttarakhand
Sun, Jul 07, 2019
Southwest monsoon has advanced into south Rajasthan, southeast Haryana, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, northern Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir. A developed low pressure system located over north Madhya Pradesh and south Uttar Pradesh on Saturday morning is gradually weakening. However related troughs continue to persist over north central India and northeastern India. The trough leads to instability and brings heavy to very heavy rain and thunderstorms over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha on Saturday. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are also likely over Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday.
More >
67 underprivileged children get admission in govt schools under ‘Operation Mukti’ in Dehradun
Tue, Jun 18, 2019
Sixty-seven children who were earlier into beggary have been admitted to government schools under 'Operation Mukti,' a campaign of the state police. With the motto of 'Bhiksha Nahi, Shiksha,' the campaign attempts to motivate children and their families to choose education over begging. Attempts have also been made to improve the financial condition of the parents of these children. In the first phase of this campaign, which started on May 1, the focus was primarily on Dehradun district. In addition to Dehradun district, this campaign under 'Operation Mukti' is also ongoing in Haridwar, Nainital, and Udham Singh Nagar districts of the state. Speaking to ANI, Nodal officer Shekhar Suyal said, "It was observed that 292 children were not part of the mainstream in the city out of which 191 were involved in begging, we targeted such children."
More >
23-year-old woman from Pithoragarh becomes youngest Indian woman to scale Mount Everest
Fri, May 17, 2019
23-year-old mountaineer Sheetal Raj has become one of the youngest women to scale Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. In 2018, Raj, who hails from Pithoragarh district, had scaled Kanchenjunga peak, thus becoming the youngest Indian woman to scale the world's third highest peak. Uttarakhand’s Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat congratulated Sheetal on his Twitter page. Sheetal Raj’s father, who is driver by profession said, “We had watched this in television only, that there is something called Mount Everest.”
More >
General elections 2019: Voters across nation focus on employment, education
Thu, Apr 11, 2019
General elections 2019: The first phase of Lok Sabha elections is underway across the nation. Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases in India. Polling for phase 1 will take place on 91 Assembly constituencies across the nation. One of the voters said, “Education should be the focus, especially for girls and students.” Another voter in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani said, “Employment should be the focus.” A voter in J&K’s Bandipore said, “One who can represent us better should win the polls.”
More >
