Uttarakhand

Snowfall, rain in Uttarakhand

7:29 pm January 7, 2020

Dehradun: There was snowfall in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand on Tuesday and rain lashed the lower areas, intensifying cold wave conditions across the state, the meteorological department said. For the last three days, it has been snowing in places located at 2,500 metres and above. The rainfall in lower areas was moderate but incessant, […]

Pithoragarh villages start witnessing reverse migration

3:28 pm January 2, 2020

Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand): Some villagers who had left their hamlets along the Indo-China border in the district decades ago in search of livelihood have begun to return to their homes, showing a pattern of reverse migration. This change seems to have been induced both by the creation of better facilities in the area in recent years […]

Udham Singh’s birth anniversary celebrated in Uttarakhand

9:07 pm December 26, 2019

Rudrapur: The birth anniversary of Udham Singh, the revolutionary who was hanged for killing Michael O’Dwyer in London to avenge the massacre of hundreds of Indians at Jallianwala Bagh, was celebrated on Thursday with great enthusiasm in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. Officials of the district, which is named after the revolutionary, garlanded his […]

Uber adds e-rickshaws to platform, deploys 100 such vehicles in Delhi

Transportation application launched in Uttarakhand

7:44 pm December 2, 2019

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya on Monday launched the state’s first eco-friendly transportation mobile application. ‘Green Rabbit’ aims to make commuting easier for the public within the city at an economical price. The user can choose from the fleet of e-rickshaws, e-bikes, cabs, taxis or auto rickshaws by using the application which can be […]

Decision on next Himachal CM after Assembly polls: BJP

BJP retains Pithoragarh seat in Uttarakhand

8:01 pm November 28, 2019

Dehradun: BJP’s Chandra Pant on Thursday beat her Congress rival Anju Lunthi by over 3,000 votes to win the Pithoragarh Assembly bypoll and retain the seat for the party. The bypoll was necessitated by the death of sitting BJP MLA Prakash Pant in June, following which the party fielded his wife Chandra Pant. Chandra Pant […]