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Uttarakhand to get 92k Covid doses this week to cover entire healthcare force
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON JAN 20, 2021 12:53 PM IST
- So far 6,119 health workers have been vaccinated in the state. A total of 1,882 health workers were vaccinated on Tuesday in 34 sessions across the state.
Heartbroken Dehradun youth opens up tea joint called 'Dil Tuta Aashiq cafe'
By Kalyan Das, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 17, 2021 07:26 PM IST
- The visitors are commending the concept of the cafe and sharing their tales with of heartbreak.
Uttarakhand BJP forms 5-member panel to prepare for 2022 assembly polls
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON JAN 17, 2021 02:54 PM IST
- Uttarakhand BJP leaders and ministers have been asked to tour their respective districts and areas and interact with party workers and people there.
No mobiles for guides, gypsy drivers inside Corbett Tiger Reserve
By HT Correspondent, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 16, 2021 12:23 AM IST
- This decision was taken after authorities found drivers talking on the phone during safaris or going too close to the wildlife for making videos.
Uttarakhand confirms first case of UK Covid-19 variant
ANI
PUBLISHED ON JAN 15, 2021 03:47 PM IST
In India, the number of people infected with the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 has mounted to 109, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had said on Thursday.
Elderly woman killed in wild boar attack in Uttarakhand’s Almora
PUBLISHED ON JAN 14, 2021 07:47 AM IST
- A labourer carrying an axe rushed to save the elderly woman and attacked the boar. While the boar succumbed to severe injuries, the woman could not be saved.
Uttarakhand to get first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday
By HT Correspondent, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 07:16 PM IST
- Uttarakhand government has requested the Centre for extra vaccines for Mahakumbh fair.
Mahakumbh: RT PCR report mandatory for incoming pilgrims for Makar Sankranti dip
By HT Correspondent, Haridwar
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 06:46 PM IST
- Thermal screening has also been made compulsory for hotels, dharamshalas, ashrams, guest houses and lodges before they check in pilgrims and tourists.
Mahakumbh 2021: Uttarakhand HC tells state govt to share SOP on crowd management
By Neeraj Santoshi, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 12, 2021 06:04 PM IST
- Before the epidemic, over 12 crore pilgrims were expected to participate in the four-month-long Mahakumbh.
Bird flu: High alert issued in Uttarakhand
By Harshit Sabarwal | PTI
PUBLISHED ON JAN 12, 2021 02:55 PM IST
Samples of two dead crows sent to a lab in Bhopal tested positive for avian influenza on Monday, forest officials here confirmed.
3 Akhadas to herald Mahakumbh 2021 on January 25
By HT Correspondent, Haridwar
UPDATED ON JAN 11, 2021 06:27 PM IST
- According to Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad general secretary Mahant Hari Giri Maharaj, the first bhoomi pujan will be performed at Juna Akhada on January 16.
Harish Rawat urges Cong high command to declare CM candidate for 2022 polls
By Neeraj Santoshi, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 11, 2021 06:24 PM IST
- The bickering in Uttarakhand Congress over who will lead the party as the chief ministerial candidate in the 2022 assembly polls has come out in the open.
Reviving ghost villages: Uttarakhand govt to train 10k youth in mushroom farming
By Kalyan Das, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 10, 2021 07:41 PM IST
- The focus of the government would be the villages abandoned by its residents in the hills which are popularly known as 'ghost villages'.
NSG commandos to counter terror threat during Mahakumbh 2021
By HT Correspondent, Haridwar
UPDATED ON JAN 10, 2021 07:31 PM IST
- Kumbh Mela Force had sought elite National Security Guards for Kumbh fair keeping in mind the sensitivity of the mega fair and terror threat.
Uttarakhand Congress plans 'charge sheet' against BJP government
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 10, 2021 01:04 PM IST
- Yadav reiterated a claim made by a senior party leader that many leaders of the ruling party were contacting Congress leadership for a switch.
Saints pitch in for inclusion of 'Kinnars' as 14th addition to Akhada Parishad
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 09, 2021 10:40 PM IST
- There are thirteen Akhadas under the umbrella of Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad.
Magnitude 3.3 earthquake hits Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi, second in 24 hours
By HT Correspondent, Uttarkashi/dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 09, 2021 08:08 PM IST
- Bageshwar district reported an earthquake of the same magnitude on Friday morning.
Uttarakhand firm returns ₹2cr to govt amid political storm over corruption
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 09, 2021 10:46 AM IST
- The issue of the unauthorised payment has become a big political controversy in Uttarakhand, with the labour department minister, Harak Singh Rawat, being at the centre of the political storm.
Bird flu scare: Uttarakhand sounds alert as five birds die in 2 days
By Suparna Roy and Ankur Sharma | Hindustan Times, Dehradun/Haldwani
PUBLISHED ON JAN 06, 2021 04:58 PM IST
While authorities maintain that no case of bird flu has yet been detected in the state, they are taking all precautions as several migratory birds are due to arrive
Uttarakhand BJP chief calls leader of opposition ‘Budhiya’, stirs political storm
By Kalyan Das | Edited by Abhinav Sahay | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 06, 2021 11:30 AM IST
Congress leaders demanded an immediate apology from Bhagat, while some party members burnt his effigy alleging he had insulted motherhood.
Congress’ Harish Rawat demands Bharat Ratna for Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati
By Kalyan Das | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 05, 2021 10:29 PM IST
Rawat said, “Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati made immense contribution towards women empowerment.”
Madan Kaushik ran away from debate: Manish Sisodia on Uttarakhand minister’s no-show
By Kalyan Das | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2021 05:51 PM IST
Sisodia had reached Dehradun for the open debate challenge on Monday on which he had earlier written an open letter to Kaushik
22-year-old tourist found dead in Uttarakhand
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Zara Khan | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON JAN 04, 2021 03:53 PM IST
The man was from Udhampur in J&K and was a studying in Noida; he was visiting Auli with his friends
AAP’s debate challenge: Uttarakhand min says politics serious subject, not theatre that AAP wants open debate
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2021 08:44 PM IST
Kaushik released the letter on social media on Sunday in which he also attacked the AAP government in Delhi by alleging it of “duping” people of Delhi in its seven-year rule”.
Over 6,000 vehicles fined in Uttarakhand for illegal nameplates bearing political, religious symbols
By Kalyan Das | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 02, 2021 11:59 PM IST
The action was taken by the police during a campaign from December 17 to January 1.
Sisodia, Uttarakhand minister to spar over ‘development debate’ on Jan 4
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Sparshita Saxena | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JAN 02, 2021 06:54 PM IST
Sisodia floated the challenge on Twitter and posted, “On the invitation of open debate by minister Madan Kaushik, I would be in Dehradun on January 4.”
Asked to pay for cigarette, Uttarakhand policeman kills shop owner
By Kalyan Das | Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON JAN 01, 2021 03:41 AM IST
The cigarette seller, identified as Guarav Rohella, was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Uttarakhand: Rajaji reserve officials look for missing tigress
By Suparna Roy | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON DEC 31, 2020 04:15 PM IST
The officials are working with nearby forest divisions of Dehradun and Haridwar as well as combing the Rajaji Tiger Reserve to trace the tigress who has not been camera trapped for over four months
Uttarakhand Police book interfaith couple, cleric for conversion
By Kalyan Das and Neeraj Santoshi | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
PUBLISHED ON DEC 31, 2020 01:18 PM IST
The couple moved the high court seeking police protection after getting married in September. The court heard the matter and said the state counsel pointed out the marriage was in violation of the law
Uttarakhand govt, Centre told to reply to PIL against land transfer for new airport
By Neeraj Santoshi | Edited by Abhinav Sahay | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON DEC 31, 2020 12:11 PM IST
Pantnagar already has an airport and flights operate from there to Delhi and Dehradun.