Saturday, 11 MAY 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN The Char Dham Yatra started with the reopening of Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri temples on Friday. A large number of devotees had gathered in Kedarnath for the reopening which also saw flowers being showered from a helicopter. In Rudraprayag district, the portals of Kedarnath were ritually opened to the devotees at 7AM. According to officials, more than 7,000 people were present on the occasion. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was also present on the occasion. He greeted the devotees and prayed for prosperity in the nation and State.  Stating ..read more

Saturday, 11 MAY 2024 | PNS | UTTARKASHI The portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines were opened ceremonially with religious rituals on Friday. Thousands of pilgrims from different parts of the country and abroad witnessed the ceremonial opening of the portals at the places of origin of holy Ganga and Yamuna. The pilgrims were showered with floral petals by the helicopters in these shrines. The Doli, carrying the ceremonial idol of goddess Yamuna, started the journey from its winter abode in Kharsali at 6:29 AM on the day. After the arrival of the Doli, the portals of Yamunotri were opened a ..read more

Saturday, 11 MAY 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN Anticipating a huge increase in the number of tourists and pilgrims following the Char Dham Yatra that began on Friday, the police have prepared a special traffic plan for the weekend. Several routes will be diverted in Pauri, Tehri, Dehradun and Haridwar districts to ensure smooth operation of traffic, the deputy inspector general (Crime, Law and Order) and nodal officer of Traffic for Char Dham Yatra, P Renuka Devi said. She told The Pioneer that the traffic was normal on Char Dham routes on the first day of the pilgrimage but considering ..read more

Saturday, 11 MAY 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN Greeting the devotees on the portals of Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri being opened to the public on the occasion of Akshay Tritiya, Tourism, Public Works and Culture minister Satpal Maharaj has appealed to those undertaking the pilgrimage to register, remain updated of the weather and observe the guidelines issued by the government from time to time. He said that the government has made various arrangements for the convenience and safety of the pilgrims. A State-level control room is operating in Dehradun for the Yatra. A token and slot system is bein ..read more

Saturday, 11 MAY 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Karan Mahara has accused the State government of double standards on the issue of VIP darshan in the Char Dhams. He said that the chief secretary of Uttarakhand had issued an order in which a ban was imposed on VIP darshan in the first 15 days of the Yatra. However, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid no heed to the order of his own government and attended the portal opening ceremony of Kedarnath shrine on Friday. He said that double standards have always remained the character of BJP governments. “The BJ ..read more

Saturday, 11 MAY 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN The Bharatiya Janata Party has stated that chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was present during the reopening of the portals of Kedarnath on Friday as the ‘Mukhya Sevak’ and that there is nothing objectionable in this. Responding to the Pradesh Congress Committee president’s statement, the BJP State media in-charge Manveer Singh Chauhan said that Dhami calls himself the Mukhya Sevak and had gone to Kedarnath as the State’s head and not as a VIP. The Congress is linking the CM’s simplicity and cordial behaviour towards the public with VIP culture, which i ..read more

Saturday, 11 MAY 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN With rain bringing much needed relief from forest fires and rising summer heat in various parts of the State, more is forecast for the State on Saturday. The State meteorological has issued an orange warning (Alert) regarding the possibility of thunderstorms accompanied with lightning/hail/gusty wind are likely to occur at isolated places in all districts of the State today. Further, squalls (60-70 kmph, maximum upto 80 kmph) are likely to occur at isolated places in Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Nainital, Champawat and Udham Singh Nagar districts and squall ..read more

Saturday, 11 MAY 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami held whirlwind tour of Uttar Pradesh on Friday in which addressed election meetings in support of BJP candidates. After attending the portal opening ceremony at Kedarnath, the CM addressed meetings at Ghazipur, Sitapur and Shrawasti in UP on the day. Addressing a public meeting at Sitapur in support of BJP candidate from Dhorhara Lok Sabha constituency, Rekha Verma, Dhami said many developmental activities have been undertaken by Rekha Verma during his tenure as MP. He exhorted the people to send Verma again in the ..read more

Friday, 10 MAY 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN In latest news from Dehradun, while conveying his best wishes to the pilgrims on the commencement of Char Dham Yatra, the State tourism and culture minister  Satpal Maharaj said that the State government has taken a slew of measures to make this season’s Char Dham Yatra more secure and smoother.  He mentioned the State level control room set up at Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board headquarters in Dehradun which would operate round the clock during the entire period of the yatra. Besides, token system has been introduced to facilitate smooth an ..read more

Friday, 10 MAY 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN In a relief for the Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court granted him interim bail till June 1. Notably, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Kejriwal on March 21 in the Delhi excise policy related money laundering case. While ordering the interim bail, the top court stated it would pass a detailed order on this matter soon. AAP sources said that the leader would now plunge himself headlong into poll campaigning, highlighting the Narendra Modi government’s authoritarian policy to gag dissent a ..read more