Even as a Special Investigation Team (SIT) continues its probe, the Uttarakhand Police invoked the Gangster Act against the three accused in the Ankita Bhandari murder case. Under arrest, the three accused — former BJP leader and state minister Vinod Arya’s son Pulkit Arya, resort manager Saurabh Bhaskar, and assistantRead More →
A senior executive of oil giant Saudi Aramco spent almost a week in custody in Uttarakhand after he was arrested by police in July for carrying a satellite phone without permission from authorities while on a holiday. He was released after paying a fine of Rs 1,000. Fergus MacLeod, headRead More →
The Supreme Court has stopped the coronation of Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati as the new Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and B V Nagarathna passed the order after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the bench that the Shankaracharya of Govardhan Math inRead More →
BJP MLA Bansidhar Bhagat on Thursday apologised for his recent remarks on Hindu deities, saying he withdraws them if they have hurt anyone’s sentiments. However, he said his intentions were not wrong and by using the word “patao” he just meant coaxing the goddesses for their blessings. “My intentions wereRead More →
India Monsoon News Live Updates Today: A three-year-old boy died and his mother was seriously injured on Saturday evening when a wall of their kutcha house collapsed following rains in this district, officials said, PTI reported. The incident took place in Rampur town, they said. Parts of Uttar Pradesh includingRead More →
THE UTTARAKHAND government has ordered a vigilance inquiry against six people, including top officials, in the alleged irregularities in Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC) examinations. The decision came at a time when the Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) is probing into the UKSSSC paper leak case, in which atRead More →
Delhi has seen a deficit in rainfall so far this monsoon season, having recorded 292.4 mm of rainfall from June 1 onwards, around 22% short of the ‘normal’ of 375.2 mm. The distribution of rainfall has been varied. East Delhi is the only district to have recorded excess rainfall soRead More →
Several female students at a government junior high school in Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar district were allegedly seen shouting, crying and behaving abnormally without any apparent reason in what appeared to be a case of hysteria, sources said. According to Bageshwar district magistrate (DM) Reena Joshi, the incident occurred in a governmentRead 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 →
A 15-year-old boy was taken into custody for allegedly sexually assaulting a female housekeeping staff of a five-star hotel in Dehradun, police said on Sunday. On woman’s complaint, the boy, who was staying at the hotel, was presented before the juvenile justice board. He was then sent to a juvenileRead More →
