uttarakhand

Chamoli, March 5: The Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), which provides short-term skill training to numerous unemployed youth and enhances the vocational skills of others, has brought commendable changes in the lives of local residents in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.In...

Kolkata, March 5 Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami alleged on Thursday that the image of West Bengal, the land associated with luminaries like Swami Vivekananda, Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore, and Subhas Chandra Bose, has been tarnished by the "misgovernance" of...

Haridwar, March 4 Families in Uttarakhand are anxiously awaiting the safe return of their relatives in Gulf countries, who said their daily lives have been disrupted following the joint US and Israeli strikes on Iran and its retaliation.Residents in parts of the UAE and Kuwait said movement...

Bhandara (Maharashtra), March 4 A 23-year-old man, originally from Uttarakhand, drowned in the Ravanwadi lake in Bhandara district here on Wednesday, police said.The deceased, identified as Saurabh Mehera, was working in a restaurant in Nagpur. On March 3, he and his friends had gone to...

Dehradun, March 3 Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reviewed preparations on Tuesday ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to the state on March 7.Dhami took a detailed review of the programme, which will be held in Shah's presence at Bairagi Camp to mark the completion...

New Delhi, March 2 – The 21st Meeting of the Central Monitoring Committee (CMC) on river rejuvenation took place on Monday, where the latest status of polluted river stretches was reviewed based on the CPCB’s 2025 report, an official said.The meeting was chaired by V. L. Kantha Rao, Secretary...

New Delhi, March 2 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with Zou Jiayi, the newly appointed President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), on Monday, and emphasized the need to increase investments in member countries.Both leaders discussed strengthening the India-AIIB...

Mumbai, March 2 Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) announced on Monday the opening of the 100-key Gateway Dehradun, marking the debut of its Gateway brand in Uttarakhand's capital city."We are pleased to bring the Gateway brand to Uttarakhand with the opening of Gateway Dehradun. As it continues to...

New Delhi, March 2 – Festive celebrations marked Holi at BJP offices across several states on Monday, with senior leaders participating in Holi Milan events and extending greetings to party workers and citizens.In the national capital, a Holi Milan event was organized at the Delhi BJP state...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with the new President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Zou Jiayi, in New Delhi today. During the meeting, both sides discussed strengthening the partnership between India and AIIB. In a social media post, the Ministry of Finance...

Dehradun, March 1 Police have arrested four men in connection with a crash in the Rajpur Road area here that resulted in the death of a bike taxi passenger, officials said on Sunday.The accused have been identified as Pranjal Ramola (22), Abhishek Badoni (21), and Lokendra alias Lokesh...

Nainital, March 1 A major fire on Sunday completely destroyed a building from the British era in Nainital, Uttarakhand, although police reported that there were no casualties or injuries in the incident.According to police, the Glenmore building in Ward Number 7 was completely destroyed by the...

Dehradun, March 1 – A women's Self-Help Group (SHG) in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, is in the spotlight for producing herbal colours for the Holi festival – an organic choice they made some time ago, and which has since gained support and recognition from the local community, both in their village...

Saharanpur (UP), March 1 Police have arrested four people for allegedly conspiring to fake the death of one of them by killing his debtor and burning the body inside a car here, officials said on Sunday.The accused have been identified as Arjun, Robin, and Vijay Sagar, residents of Biharigarh...

Pithoragarh, March 1 In view of the elections in Nepal on March 5, the administration in Uttarakhand's border districts of Pithoragarh and Champawat has decided to close the border between the two countries for 72 hours from Monday, officials said.Pithoragarh District Magistrate (DM) Ashish...

Gurugram, February 28 An employee of a private company died after falling from the fifth floor of a building in the Ullawas village, under the Sector 65 police station area, police said on Saturday.Police said that there was a liquor bottle on the roof, and it is suspected that the man was...

Pauri (Uttarakhand), February 28 BJP MP Anil Baluni visited Dhoor, a "ghost village" in his Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand, on Saturday, and celebrated Holi with a few families still living there. They were joined by many former residents who returned from distant cities on the...

Dehradun, February 27 Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inspected the construction of Uttarakhand's first women's sports college in the Chamanya district, which is being built at a cost of ₹256 crore.During his visit to the Lohaghat area, the chief minister directed officials to ensure that...

Thane, February 27 The daughter of an auto-rickshaw driver in Dombivali, Thane district, has approached the police, claiming that unauthorized transactions amounting to Rs 2.6 crore were made in bank accounts opened in her name.Nidhi Tiwari, a Master's student at a prominent college in Kalyan...

Chamoli, February 27 – The women residing in the mountainous regions of Uttarakhand's Chamoli district are writing a new success story through their consistent and coordinated efforts in the fields of handicrafts and jute bag making.Many local women have joined this initiative, receiving...