Dehradun | An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 struck parts of Uttarakhand on Monday afternoon. The National Center for Seismology (NCS) has traced the epicentre 55 km north of Pithoragarh district. The earthquake occurred at 12.18 p.m. at a depth of 10 km from the surface at latitude 30.084 and longitude 80.26, said the NSC. Initially there […]
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Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat quits
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday resigned and handed his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya. The move came after heavy speculation through out morning, with Rawat expected to address a press conference ahead of his meeting the Governor. However, the 60-year-old BJP leader first met Maurya and then proceeded to the media […]
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat likely to quit
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is expected to resign Tuesday evening and hand over his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya, a source close to the CM said. With speculation doing rounds in Uttarakhand political circle about his replacement, Rawat was expected to meet the Governor after his scheduled address to the media in […]
Woman IPS officer at IAS academy reports online harassment, probe on
Dehradun: The Cyber Cell of the Uttarakhand Police has launched a probe on the complaint of a woman IPS officer at the country’s premier IAS training academy in Mussoorie after being targeted on social media. According to sources, the case was registered at the Cyber crime police station in Dehradun on Thursday evening after the […]
Uttarakhand minister Covid positive, Congress asks cabinet to go into quarantine
Dehradun: Hours after Uttarakhand Minister Satpal Maharaj tested positive for coronavirus, the state’s opposition Congress on Sunday sought that the state cabinet should go into quarantine as he had attended a cabinet meeting earlier this week. “Very disturbing news, the whole Uttrakhand Cabinet including the Chief Minister may be quarentined (sic) as a Cabinet Minister […]
6 dead after consuming spurious liquor in Dehradun
Dehradun: Six people died in Uttarakhand’s capital on Friday after consuming spurious liquor. Police said there were reports of several people falling sick after drinking the liquor. Three of the dead had bought the liquor from a juice stall. Police have only confirmed three deaths. No arrests have been made in the case so far. […]
Only cows breathe out oxygen: Uttarakhand CM
Dehradun: Days after Uttarakhand BJP President Ajay Bhatt highlighted miraculous properties of water in the Garud Ganga river, state Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has claimed that cows are the only animals that breath out oxygen. In a video that has gone viral on the social media, Rawat said: “Cow is the only animal that […]
Three killed as heavy rains lash Uttarakhand
Dehradun: Three people were killed as monsoon rains on Monday continued to lash Uttarakhand with full ferocity, blocking highways and triggering landslides at number of places. The Met Department has issued warning of heavy rains at number of places in various districts in the next 24 hours. Three persons, including two youths, were killed when […]
Tiger kills, eats man in Corbett Reserve
Dehradun: A man was killed by a tiger in Kalagarh area of the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region, forest officials said on Tuesday. Sohan Singh, a daily wager, was attacked and killed by the tiger on Monday evening and his half-eaten body was later recovered from the thick forests, where the tiger had […]
Arms licences of Uttarakhand MLA seen dancing with guns suspended
Dehradun: Three arms licenses of Uttarakhand MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion, seen dancing with two pistols and a carbine in a viral video, have been suspended, officials said on Saturday. Suspended from the party for an indefinite period after the video came out, the BJP MLA has also got a notice from the party why […]