Five days after Raj Kanwar —prolific journalist, author, entrepreneur and chronicler of Doon valley — died in Dehradun, his family and friends gathered in the city on Saturday to celebrate his life and achievements. According to his elder son, Manav, Kanwar had suffered a heart attack and was in hospital.Read More →
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi will visit Kedarnath and Badrinath on Friday to offer prayers at the two shrines and lay the foundation stone of connectivity projects worth more than Rs 3,400 crore, including the ropeway projects of Kedarnath and Hemkund Sahib. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the two shrinesRead More →
As many as 10 people are feared dead after an avalanche hit Mount Draupadi Ka Danda-II peak in Uttarakhand trapping 29 mountaineers from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi on Tuesday, PTI said quoting the institute’s Principal, Amit Bisht. Rapid relief operations are presently underway to rescue those trapped.Read More →
Claiming that investments amounting to Rs 35,000 crore, as promised during the 2018 state Investors’ Summit, have been realised, the Uttarakhand government on Tuesday felicitated 67 big and small industrialists who have launched production in the hill-state in the last two years. Addressing the investors at an event here, ChiefRead More →
Calling it an authentic introduction to the ancient temples of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday released a book written by a former IAS officer. The book titled “Beyond the Misty Veil”, contains over 300 pages on the Hindu temples in the state, and is written by formerRead More →
UTTARAKHAND CHIEF Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who completed 100 days of his second term on Thursday, said his government has done a good job during this period and made a commitment to make Uttarakhand the country’s best state by 2025. Talking to reporters while releasing a “Vikas Pustika” (development book)Read More →
The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttarakhand has registered an FIR in connection with a letter written on a fake letterhead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in which Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was instructed to “critically evaluate the emerging threat to the family house of former BJPRead More →
In the Champawat bypoll, Dhami received 58,258 votes (92.94 per cent) in total and confirmed victory with a margin of over 55,000 votes over Congress candidate Nirmala Gahtori. Voting for the Champawat seat, which was vacated for Dhami by former BJP MLA Kailash Chandra Gahtori, took place on Tuesday. InRead More →
Senior Congress leader Nirmala Gahtori will be the party candidate against Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who is seeking to get elected to the Assembly from Champawat seat. Gahtori was picked after the Congress candidate from Champawat for the last five elections – ever since the formation of Uttarakhand –Read More →
FOLLOWING RECENT demands by some religious leaders that non-Hindus be barred from the Char Dham area to preserve the culture of the Himalayan region, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said that those coming to the state on Char Dham Yatra will have to undergo proper verification soRead More →
