Thursday, 25 APRIL 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN In latest news from Doon, the State tourism and culture minister Satpal Maharaj exuded confidence that given the rush for Char Dham yatra registration this year, the number of pilgrims might surpass that of last year which stood at 56.31 lakh. He further said that the pilgrims have so far made bookings for worth Rs 8.05 crore since February 22 till now for the GMVN guest houses located on the yatra routes. Registration for the devotees started on  April 15 and so far, a total of 1489441 pilgrims have registered themselves, including 273691 for Gan ..read more

Thursday, 25 APRIL 2024 | PNS | PAURI In latest news from Uttarakhand, acting on the directive of the senior superintendent of police, Pauri, Lokeshwar Singh, the district police arrested Nitin Mohabia, accused of a fraud case and a case of stealing two-wheeler, from Sirohabgarh in Garhwal Srinagar. Police acted after two persons lodged two FIRs against the accused in two separate cases. In the first case, Mohabia was accused of duping the complainant of Rs 67,800 in the sale of an iPhone and as per the second FIR, the accused took away a scooty from the complainant and never returned. SSP sai ..read more

Thursday, 25 APRIL 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN In latest news from Doon, with the State government having decided to consider the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) and the Government inter- colleges (SCERT and SIEMAT) situated in proximity of DIET in the hill districts of Uttarakhand as schools located in accessible areas (sugam), the teachers working for these institutions are set to join the schools located in the difficult to inaccess (durgam) areas after a mandated period of working time as per the modified transfer policy. The education department said that the government had ..read more

Thursday, 25 APRIL 2024 | PNS |  NAINITAL In latest news from Uttarakhand,  the Kumaon commissioner Deepak Rawat  conducted an inspection of an under-construction resort being built by illegally felling trees in Bajoon village. He came across several irregularities in the resort construction work and had it sealed. Rawat later said that he had conducted the inspection on receiving numerous complaints from the villagers. He also ordered actions to be taken against the forester under whose jurisdiction the forest comes.   ..read more

Thursday, 25 APRIL 2024 | PNS | UTTARKASHI In latest news from Uttarakhand, in good news for the trekkers and mountaineers, the Gomukh trekking route has opened for them and a 22-member team of foreigners has left on the trekking expedition.   Although the gates of the Gangotri National Park were opened to tourists on April 1 the park administration did not allow Gomumkh-Tapovan trekking, given repeated avalanches hitting the trekking route. As the trekking route has opened, NDRF, SDRF and forest department personnel are set to be deployed at sensitive points along the route to ensur ..read more

Thursday, 25 APRIL 2024 | PNS | NAINITAL In latest news from Uttarakhand, police team probing the theft of electronic gadgets from the doctors’ room in Sushila Tiwari Government Hospital had a jaw dropping experience when they found that the accused Arun Pathak (34) possessed properties worth crores of rupees. Police had started investigating the theft case after a doctor of the medicine department of the hospital Rahul Singh lodged complaint at the Kotwali police station on April 22, alleging that electronic gadgets of the doctors, including laptops and mobile phones, had been stolen from the ..read more

Thursday, 25 APRIL 2024 | PNS | KOTDWAR In latest news from Uttarakhand, the forest fire spreading fast across the State fanned by wind, it engulfed the civic forest in Dugadda and Jaiharikhal under Lansdowne forest division. The forest team was found grappling with the blaze till late evening. However, as the forest fire in Jaiharikhal spread and engulfed the forest near the army cantonment, the army personnel swung into action to douse the flame.   Though the blaze was controlled to some extent it remained grim in other areas. The Jaiharikhal range forest officers said that the win ..read more

Thursday, 25 APRIL 2024 | PNS | HARIDWAR In latest news from Uttarakhand, a ghastly incident of minor molestation surfaced again from Haridwar. As per the complaint lodged by the relatives of the minor at Kaliyar police station, when the 11-year-old girl was playing outside her home in the evening two youths identified as Sharukh and Qurban came and goaded her towards a desolate area in forest. Then Sharukh allegedly raped her while Qurban kept watch. After the act was done, the duo left, leaving her in the forest. Meanwhile, her relatives while searching her saw her coming from forest and the ..read more

Thursday, 25 APRIL 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN Former Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president and Congress candidate from Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency Ganesh Godiyal has said that the desperation of impending defeat is clearly visible in the election speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Interacting with the mediapersons at the headquarters of the State Congress here on Wednesday, the Congress leader said that in his desperation the PM is making absurd statements such as ‘ the Mangalsurtras of the women will be snatched if a Congress government comes to power’. He said that during the 65 ye ..read more

Thursday, 25 APRIL 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN The President of India Droupadi Murmu has said that it is very important to understand the importance of the knowledge accumulated by tribal society over centuries and use it to improve the environment. She stated that the collective wisdom of tribals can help us move forward on an ecologically sustainable, ethically desirable and socially justifiable path. The President was addressing the convocation ceremony of the officer trainees of Indian Forest Service (2022 batch) at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy here on Wednesday. She said ..read more