Uttarakhand

MP to reopen national parks, tiger reserves from June 1

Relocated tiger flees from Rajaji Tiger Reserve, forest dept in huddle to track it

1:55 pm January 12, 2021

Rishikesh: A tiger translocated recently to Rajaji Tiger Reserve has fled from its Motichoor range creating panic among people living in the periphery of the forest area. The five-year-old male tiger dropped its radio-collar in the enclosure meant for it and fled somewhere, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Rajiv Bhartari said. The big cat was translocated to Rajaji […]

UP: Two cases of bird flu reported in Kanpur

Over 30 birds found dead in Rishikesh

3:22 pm January 11, 2021

Rishikesh (Uttarakhand): Over 30 birds have been found dead at different places in and around Rishikesh creating a bird flu scare in the town. Twenty-eight crows and one pigeon were found dead in AIIMS, Rishikesh premises, one death was reported from Bees Bigha locality and two from Raiwala station, government veterinary officer Rajesh Raturi said. […]

Uttarakhand High Court stays denotification of Shivalik Elephant Reserve

3:16 pm January 9, 2021

Nainital : The Uttarakhand High Court has put a stay on the denotification of the Shivalik Elephant Reserve – the state’s only jumbo reserve. The order by a division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice R S Chauhan and Justice Lokpal Singh came on a PIL filed by environmental activist Reenu Phul on Friday. Earlier on January 4, another division bench […]

National Cricket Academy to be set up in Sikkim: CM

11:35 pm January 6, 2021

Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Wednesday said that BCCI secretary Jay Shah assured him that a National Cricket Academy will be established in the Himalayan state to provide a platform to the youths. Shah, the BCCI in-charge of Sikkim, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, called on Tamang at his Mintokgang residence here […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

48-hour lockdown begins in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand to check spread of COVID-19

3:25 pm January 2, 2021

Pithoragarh: A 48-hour lockdown began in Pithoragarh town in Uttarakhand from 7 am on Saturday to contain the spread of COVID-19. All offices and business establishments in the town will remain closed for 48 hours, sub divisional magistrate Tushar Saini said. Medical shops will remain open as usual and vegetable shops can operate only till […]