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Uttarakhand confirms first case of UK Covid-19 variant

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.

After the contact tracing, it was found that the infected individual came in contact with some UK-returnees. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)
ANI |

Elderly woman killed in wild boar attack in Uttarakhand’s Almora

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.

Germany fears spread of African swine fever through wild boars(Twitter/WLIC)
Published on Jan 14, 2021 07:47 AM IST

Uttarakhand to get first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday

Uttarakhand government has requested the Centre for extra vaccines for Mahakumbh fair.

Image for representation. (REUTERS)
Updated on Jan 12, 2021 07:16 PM IST
By, Dehradun

Mahakumbh: RT PCR report mandatory for incoming pilgrims for Makar Sankranti dip

Thermal screening has also been made compulsory for hotels, dharamshalas, ashrams, guest houses and lodges before they check in pilgrims and tourists.

Elaborate arrangements are being put in place for Makar Sankranti bath which normally in previous Kumbh fairs used to be the first festive dip of the Kumbh.(File photo)
Updated on Jan 12, 2021 06:46 PM IST
By, Haridwar

Mahakumbh 2021: Uttarakhand HC tells state govt to share SOP on crowd management

Before the epidemic, over 12 crore pilgrims were expected to participate in the four-month-long Mahakumbh.

Mahakumbh prep is also ushering in development, infrastructural projects, amenities and facilities both on a permanent and temporary basis.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 12, 2021 06:04 PM IST
By, Dehradun

Bird flu: High alert issued in Uttarakhand

Samples of two dead crows sent to a lab in Bhopal tested positive for avian influenza on Monday, forest officials here confirmed.

Nearly 300 birds mostly crows have been found dead in different parts of Uttarakhand including Dehradun, Rishikesh and Kotdwar over the past few days.(Sant Arora / HT Photo)
Published on Jan 12, 2021 02:55 PM IST
PTI | ByHarshit Sabarwal

3 Akhadas to herald Mahakumbh 2021 on January 25

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.

Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad president Mahant Narendra Giri (left) holding discussion regarding Kumbh fair with saints in Haridwar:(HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 11, 2021 06:27 PM IST
By, Haridwar

Harish Rawat urges Cong high command to declare CM candidate for 2022 polls

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.

File photo: Congress leader and former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat.(Shahbaz Khan)
Updated on Jan 11, 2021 06:24 PM IST
By, Dehradun

Reviving ghost villages: Uttarakhand govt to train 10k youth in mushroom farming

The focus of the government would be the villages abandoned by its residents in the hills which are popularly known as 'ghost villages'.

A mushroom grower in her mushroom farm in Uttarakhand.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 10, 2021 07:41 PM IST
By, Dehradun

NSG commandos to counter terror threat during Mahakumbh 2021

Kumbh Mela Force had sought elite National Security Guards for Kumbh fair keeping in mind the sensitivity of the mega fair and terror threat.

File photo: Mahakumbh 2021 prep is changing face of Haridwar.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 10, 2021 07:31 PM IST
By, Haridwar

Uttarakhand Congress plans 'charge sheet' against BJP government

Yadav reiterated a claim made by a senior party leader that many leaders of the ruling party were contacting Congress leadership for a switch.

Yadav said booth and block level workers of the Congress will visit people's houses with the 'charge sheet' to make them aware of BJP government’s alleged ‘failures’.
Updated on Jan 10, 2021 01:04 PM IST
By | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Dehradun

Saints pitch in for inclusion of 'Kinnars' as 14th addition to Akhada Parishad

There are thirteen Akhadas under the umbrella of Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad.

Kinnar seers performing Ganga rituals demanding inclusion as 14th Akhada in Haridwar.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 09, 2021 10:40 PM IST
By, New Delhi

Magnitude 3.3 earthquake hits Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi, second in 24 hours

Bageshwar district reported an earthquake of the same magnitude on Friday morning.

Image for representation.(File Photo (Representative Image))
Updated on Jan 09, 2021 08:08 PM IST
By, Uttarkashi/dehradun

Uttarakhand firm returns 2cr to govt amid political storm over corruption

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.

The company had received <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>20 crore for a construction project without any financial and administrative permission for the same. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 09, 2021 10:46 AM IST
By | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Dehradun

Bird flu scare: Uttarakhand sounds alert as five birds die in 2 days

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

Officials are planning to use drones to monitor birds in wetlands in the Terai -region of the state.(Sourced)
Published on Jan 06, 2021 04:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun/Haldwani | BySuparna Roy and Ankur Sharma

Uttarakhand BJP chief calls leader of opposition ‘Budhiya’, stirs political storm

Congress leaders demanded an immediate apology from Bhagat, while some party members burnt his effigy alleging he had insulted motherhood.

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had to apologise to Indira Hridayesh over Bansidhar Bhagat’s comments.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 06, 2021 11:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByKalyan Das | Edited by Abhinav Sahay

Congress’ Harish Rawat demands Bharat Ratna for Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati

Rawat said, “Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati made immense contribution towards women empowerment.”

File photo: Congress leader and former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat.(Shahbaz Khan)
Updated on Jan 05, 2021 10:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

Madan Kaushik ran away from debate: Manish Sisodia on Uttarakhand minister’s no-show

Sisodia had reached Dehradun for the open debate challenge on Monday on which he had earlier written an open letter to Kaushik

Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.(ANI)
Updated on Jan 04, 2021 05:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

22-year-old tourist found dead in Uttarakhand

The man was from Udhampur in J&K and was a studying in Noida; he was visiting Auli with his friends

SDRF men bringing the body from Auli on Sunday afternoon.(HT Photo)
Published on Jan 04, 2021 03:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByHT Correspondent | Edited by Zara Khan

AAP’s debate challenge: Uttarakhand min says politics serious subject, not theatre that AAP wants open debate

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”.

File photo: Deputy chief minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia.(Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jan 03, 2021 08:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

Over 6,000 vehicles fined in Uttarakhand for illegal nameplates bearing political, religious symbols

The action was taken by the police during a campaign from December 17 to January 1.

File photo: A traffic police personnel issue a fine.(Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jan 02, 2021 11:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

Sisodia, Uttarakhand minister to spar over ‘development debate’ on Jan 4

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.”

File photo: Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.(Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jan 02, 2021 06:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByHT Correspondent | Edited by Sparshita Saxena

Asked to pay for cigarette, Uttarakhand policeman kills shop owner

The cigarette seller, identified as Guarav Rohella, was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Representative photo
Published on Jan 01, 2021 03:41 AM IST
Dehradun | By

Uttarakhand: Rajaji reserve officials look for missing tigress

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

Representational image.(Sourced)
Published on Dec 31, 2020 04:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | BySuparna Roy

Uttarakhand Police book interfaith couple, cleric for conversion

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

Representational photo.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Dec 31, 2020 01:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByKalyan Das and Neeraj Santoshi

Uttarakhand govt, Centre told to reply to PIL against land transfer for new airport

Pantnagar already has an airport and flights operate from there to Delhi and Dehradun.

Pantnagar airport is one side of the agriculture university and the new greenfield airport is likely to be developed on the other side.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Dec 31, 2020 12:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByNeeraj Santoshi | Edited by Abhinav Sahay

Uttarakhand submits plan to court for monitoring Gangotri glacier region

The report recommends that the Department of Disaster Management nominates Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology as the nodal organisation to monitor inaccessible areas which are prone to disasters like the Kedarnath flash flood tragedy.

Scientists had revealed about three years ago that a very wide artificial lake had formed at the mouth of the Gaumukh glacier due to piling up of very high debris at the mouth of the stream, which could result in a disaster like Kedarnath.(Courtesy- DMMC)
Updated on Dec 31, 2020 08:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByNeeraj Santoshi | Edited by Abhinav Sahay

Uttarakhand: Interfaith couple booked for religious conversion in violation of law

An FIR was lodged at the Patel Nagar police station here on Tuesday against the couple who got married in September, the husband’s uncle in whose presence the ‘nikah’ took place and the qazi who solemnised the alliance, Patel Nagar SHO Pradeep Rana said.

This is the first case of violation of the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act in the state since it came into force in 2018.(Getty Images)
Published on Dec 31, 2020 02:20 AM IST
Dehradun | ByPress Trust of India| Posted by Mallika Soni

Uttarakhand police on hunt for wanted criminals, those hiding in UP top the list

The drive to nab the wanted and absconding criminals was launched on the directions of newly appointed director general of police, Ashok Kumar.

Criminal wanted for the past 9 years in a case of abduction and robbery of a general manager of a five star hotel was arrested by the STF in US Nagar district of Uttarakhand.(HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 30, 2020 05:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByKalyan Das | Edited by Abhinav Sahay

Uttarakhand Police launch drive to arrest 189 wanted criminals

Uttarakhand police spokesperson AP Anshuman said the drive has been launched to prevent the criminals from committing more crimes

A man wanted for nine years for abducting and looting a general manager of a five star hotel after his arrest by STF in US Nagar.(HT Photo)
Published on Dec 30, 2020 04:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By
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