Nihi Sharma
Nihi Sharma is a Principal Correspondent based in Dehradun. She has been working with Hindustan Times since 2008. Her focus areas are wildlife and environment. Besides, she also covers politics, health and education.
Articles by Nihi Sharma
CM asks Uttarakhand people not to use plastic, polythene bags
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 31, 2018 09:08 PM IST
Chief minister TS Rawat is not leaving any stone unturned to put a blanket ban on plastic carry bags and disposable cutlery items made of plastic and thermocol
Uttarakhand to enforce plastic ban from August 1
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 30, 2018 09:25 PM IST
Uttarakhand is the third state after Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh to enforce a ban on plastic. In January 2017, the then Congress government in state issued an order banning manufacture, distribution and sale of polythene carry bags and single use plastic cutlery
Leopard kills one more person in Rajaji reserve, half-eaten body recovered
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
PUBLISHED ON JUL 27, 2018 10:40 PM IST
The latest killing of a man happened in Khandgaon in Raiwala area, the 24 sq-km vulnerable patch, home to nearly 15 prowling leopards.
Ordinance shield for slums vote-bank politics: Cong
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 26, 2018 10:45 PM IST
The ordinance provides that no eviction notice could be issued for three years to over 7.7 lakh slum dwellers. A special policy will be put in place in the next three years to resettle slum dwellers, or regularise slums
Haldwani man fights 40-year-long legal battle to get pension
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
PUBLISHED ON JUL 25, 2018 10:12 PM IST
He was suspended from government service for remaining absent due to health problems about 60 years ago. And eventually after four decades, he got both justice and respect back
Donations to be sought from Hanuman devotees for captive monkeys in Uttarakhand
Hindustan Times | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 23, 2018 10:21 PM IST
The Uttarakhand forest department will seek donations from Hanuman devotees to provide food and facilities to the monkeys that will be kept in captivity in a proposed sanctuary, officials said.
Cloudburst in Chamoli: Two killed, 2 buried under rubble
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
PUBLISHED ON JUL 20, 2018 10:01 PM IST
At least two people were killed died and two others buried in rubble after a Border Road Organisation (BRO) hut collapsed due to a landslide triggered by a cloudburst on Friday in Chamoli district, officials said
Five more teachers with fake certificates found in Uttarakhand
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 19, 2018 10:46 PM IST
The SIT, probing into the recruitment of teachers with fake certificates, have identified five more government teachers who were appointed on the basis of fake degree and domicile certificates
14 killed as bus falls into deep gorge in Uttarakhand
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 19, 2018 10:03 PM IST
The state government has announced monetary compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the victims’ next of kin and Rs 50,000 for those injured in the accident.
Uttarakhand first to ban angling, cites cruelty to fish
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
PUBLISHED ON JUL 18, 2018 10:11 PM IST
Uttarakhand has become the first state in India to ban angling, an activity that involves catching fish using hooks and releasing them back, in rivers and streams in forest areas and tiger reserves
Shahzad to float organisation to cut votes of BSP in Uttarakhand
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
PUBLISHED ON JUL 18, 2018 09:57 PM IST
Expelled Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mohammad Shahzad on Wednesday announced to float an organisation to work politically against Mayawati-led party
Uttarakhand MLA on the back foot, ready to say sorry to CM and party
Hindustan Times | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 17, 2018 10:01 PM IST
The BJP issued the ‘indiscipline’ notice to Gupta on July 15 after expressed his dissatisfaction over the CM’s ignorance over developmental works in Haridwar district. The MLA was given 10 days to reply. The district has 11 assembly seats, of which 8 are with the BJP.
Uttarakhand may ban angling of fish citing ‘serious violation’
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 15, 2018 11:46 AM IST
Uttarakhand chief minister TS Rawat gave the approval to ban the sporting activity in a board meet last month.
Irate at no flood relief, locals throw mud at BJP MLA, make him leave
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 13, 2018 10:07 PM IST
Rajpur Road MLA Khajan Das had to return midway after residents of Sanjay Colony also raised slogans against him and uprooted a board carrying his name in ruling party colours.
Temple doors shut for lower castes in Uttarakhand’s Jaunsar: ST leader
Hindustan Times | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 12, 2018 09:23 PM IST
People from lower castes are still not allowed to enter temples in Jaunsar, 170 km from Dehradun, claimed scheduled tribe (ST) leader Daulat Kunwar who lives in Chakrata block.
Uttarakhand promises law for death penalty to rapists of minors
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 12, 2018 09:17 PM IST
Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat made the announcement at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s executive meeting in Kashipur, US Nagar
Cloudburst kills 7 people in Dehradun; IMD predicts heavy rainfall in next two days
Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
PUBLISHED ON JUL 11, 2018 09:56 PM IST
A family of four was killed when their house in Shashtri Nagar in the Vasant Vihar area collapsed on them in the heavy rains that followed the cloudburst.
Seven killed, normal life hit in Uttarakhand as rain wreaks havoc
Hindustan Times, Dehradun & Nainital | By Nihi Sharma/Neeraj Santoshi
UPDATED ON JUL 11, 2018 10:08 PM IST
At least seven people were killed, many properties damaged and roads blocked as heavy rainfall lashed parts of the state on Wednesday
Leopard kills man in Rajaji, 20th such incident in 4 years
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
PUBLISHED ON JUL 10, 2018 09:37 PM IST
Half eaten body of a 56-year-old man was found in Raiwala area of Motichur range in Rajaji Tiger Reserve on Tuesday evening
No more night stay in forest rest houses in Corbett, Rajaji reserves
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 06, 2018 10:10 PM IST
The Uttarakhand government will implement the Supreme Court order banning commercial use of forest guest houses in protected areas meaning that rooms in these rest houses cannot be rented out to tourists
Triple talaq crusader Shayara Bano set to join BJP
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 06, 2018 08:50 PM IST
Shayara Bano was the original petitioner in the triple talaq case after she approached the Supreme Court in 2016, demanding that the talaq-e-biddat pronounced by her husband be declared as void.
Legal rights to animal kingdom: Activists term order impractical, vague
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 05, 2018 09:55 PM IST
Uttarakhand High Court has accorded the status of ‘legal person or entity’ to animals in the state, saying ‘they have a distinct persona with corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person’
22-year run as govt teacher ends for man who secured job with fake mark sheets
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 05, 2018 09:31 PM IST
Principal of Government Primary School in Almora, Khawani Singh, is set to lose job and the perks he enjoys as government employee
Monsoon arrives in Uttarakhand, shows its ugly face first
Hindustan Times, Dehradun/Pithoragarh | By Nihi Sharma/BD Kasniyal
PUBLISHED ON JUL 02, 2018 10:23 PM IST
Heavy rains lashed Pithoragarh district on Monday killing a woman and damaging settlements of 14 families along with and a hydropower station at Seraghat
Uttarakhand BJP attacks school principal, Congress
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 01, 2018 09:56 PM IST
After the Congress came to the support of school principal Uttara Pant Bahuguna, who is accused of misbehaving with chief minister TS Rawat, the BJP on Sunday attacked the teacher and the opposition party
47 killed as overcrowded bus falls into gorge in Uttarakhand’s Pauri
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUL 01, 2018 03:15 PM IST
Police said that the bus was a 28-seater, but was carrying about 58 persons.
Permit from head office must to visit Govind national park in Uttarakhand
Hindustan Times | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUN 30, 2018 10:29 PM IST
Tourists planning to visit Govind Pashu Vihar National Park and Sanctuary in Uttarkashi will have to register online and get a hard copy of the permit from the head office at Purola from the next season, according to new guidelines fixed after two casualties were reported in the park area
Uttarakhand govt on damage control mode, calls up principal suspended for arguing with CM Rawat
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUN 30, 2018 09:31 PM IST
Facing backlash from opposition parties and teachers’ groups, the BJP government in Uttarakhand set an appointment with the suspended principal Uttara Pant Bahuguna, and assured her of justice.
Felt like Tom Hanks of Cast Away, says trekker rescued after 3 days
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUN 23, 2018 10:46 PM IST
A 67-year-old trekker from Thiruvananthapuram, who lost his way in Vedini Bugyal — a Himalayan Alpine meadow — in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, was rescued on Friday midnight by the SDRF
Track to Gartang Gali in Nelong Valley to be opened for tourists soon
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Nihi Sharma
UPDATED ON JUN 23, 2018 10:13 PM IST
The arduous 2.5 km track leading to Gartang Gali in Nelong Valley will be opened for tourists soon