uttarakhand

Kotdwar (Uttarakhand), April 11 A Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) was inaugurated here on Saturday.The center, which is jointly operated by the Ministry of External Affairs and India Post, was inaugurated here in the tehsil complex by Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra...

Pithoragarh, April 11 A court here has ordered the registration of an FIR against former IPS officer Lokeshwar Singh for allegedly stripping and beating an RTI activist who had raised a grievance regarding a sewage overflow from the family quarters of the Police Lines.Laxmi Datt Joshi, a...

Dehradun, April 10 The first phase of the 'Census 2027' formally began in Uttarakhand on Friday with Governor Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami registering their details digitally through the 'self-enumeration' facility.Under the program, house listing and house...

Rishikesh, April 10 Unidentified individuals damaged a section of the glass at one end of the Bajrang Setu, the country's first pedestrian glass bridge under construction over the Ganga river in Laxman Jhula, a popular tourist destination in Uttarakhand, officials said on Friday.Praveen...

Chandigarh, April 10 A devotional journey to Mathura turned into an unimaginable tragedy for several families from Ludhiana and Jagraon after a boat carrying tourists, primarily from Punjab, capsized in the Yamuna River in Vrindavan on Friday, resulting in 10 deaths, 22 injuries, and five...

Dehradun, April 10 – Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has appealed to the Union government to improve air connectivity from Dehradun to key religious destinations such as Varanasi, Prayagraj, and Ayodhya.In response to the Chief Minister’s request, Union Minister of Civil...

New Tehri, April 10 A bus carrying 30 passengers from Uttarkashi to Rishikesh overturned and came to a stop after getting stuck on a tree here, police said.Three people were injured in the incident, including the bus driver and the conductor. All injured have been admitted to the Tehri...

Ludhiana, April 10 The Ludhiana administration has set up dedicated control rooms here and in Jagraon after a boat carrying tourists, primarily from Punjab, capsized in the Yamuna River in Vrindavan on Friday afternoon, leaving at least 10 people dead and several others missing, officials said...

Kolkata, April 10 Throwing down what could become the defining ideological battle of the West Bengal election, the BJP promised in its manifesto on Friday to implement the Uniform Civil Code within six months of coming to power, a move that may consolidate Hindu votes even as the TMC seeks to...

April 10, New Delhi - Uttarakhand's Minister of Disaster Management and Rehabilitation, Madan Kaushik, inspected a state-level disaster management mock drill in Dehradun on Friday, ahead of the Char Dham Yatra.The exercise, conducted across seven districts, is being held under the joint...

Rudrapur (Uttarakhand), April 10 The Udham Singh Nagar police have arrested two inter-state illegal arms dealers for allegedly supplying weapons to a terror associate based in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday.The accused, Harendar Singh alias Honey, a resident of Sitarganj, and...

Haridwar, Apr 9 Police in Uttarakhand's Haridwar have arrested a Bangladeshi woman for allegedly staying illegally in India using fake documents, and have also detained an Indian man accused of providing her shelter, an official said.Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Navneet Singh...

Haridwar, April 9 An archery coach at a school in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, was arrested on Thursday on charges of allegedly raping a 14-year-old student, police said.A case was registered against the coach, who is originally from Haryana, after the student's father filed a complaint alleging...

Bhopal, April 9 The Madhya Pradesh government has initiated steps toward implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), aiming to advance the vision of "One Nation, One Law."A high-level committee, headed by a retired judge and including social activists, senior lawyers, university...

New Delhi, April 8 The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttarakhand government to expedite the submission of its report on the carrying capacity of the pilgrimage routes to Kedarnath Dham, Hemkund Sahib, Yamunotri, and Gomukh.The bench was hearing an execution application seeking...

Haridwar, April 9 Police in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand have registered a case against a man for allegedly giving his wife triple talaq in the Buggawala area for dowry, but the case has sparked controversy as it was not filed under the state's Uniform Civil Code (UCC) law.According to...

Mumbai, April 9 – Television actress Surbhi Jyoti treated her fans to a "photo buffet" on Wednesday evening, as she shared a series of adorable pictures where she was seen proudly showing off her baby bump.The actress, who is set to welcome her first child in February, had announced her...

Haridwar, April 8 Police in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district have registered a case against a man for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife over dowry in the Buggawala area, but the case has sparked a controversy as it was not filed under the state’s Uniform Civil Code (UCC) law.According...

Dehradun, April 8 The Uttarakhand Special Task Force arrested accused shooter Rinku Sharma, alias 'Pandit', on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in the murder of Councillor Prakash Singh Dhami six years ago in the Udham Singh Nagar district, officials said.He was carrying a reward of Rs...

Dehradun, April 8 The Uttarakhand Vigilance Department arrested an accountant working at the Lamgara Block office in Almora district on Wednesday while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000, officials said.The accountant, Har Singh Bisht, also known as Harish Singh Bisht, was arrested at the Lamgara...