Dehra Dun : With the state government not being able to ensure the safety of tourists in adventure sports in the state, adventure tourism which is being promoted in a big to lure visitors from both India and abroad to Uttarakhand, may not really be able to take off. The [...]

Dehra Dun : With the Badrinath shrine in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand at a height of over 3400 metres on the banks of the Alaknanda river, slowly but surely spreading its influence over devotees across the country, the corporate houses are also giving due attention to this shrine dedicated [...]

The stage is set for the traditional Nanda Devi Raj Jat, a religious 280 kms trek that takes about 20-days to complete scheduled to be undertaken later in August.

A state reeling under a debt of thousands of rupees of crores will see the state exchequer spend hundreds of crores of rupees on two vidhan sabha buildings

Dehra Dun : The Kedarnath shrine located in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand will reopen for ‘darshan’ on May 14, after having been closed for about seven months for the winters. Considered to be one of the holiest Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Shivait is located near the Mandakin river [...]

Dehra Dun : Congress national vice-president, Rahul Gandhi during his recent visit to Uttarkhand made it amply clear that he is not happy in the manner things were going on in this small mountain state and there was need for not only the partymen, but senior party functionaries and the [...]

Dehra Dun : Though Bachendri Pal, the first woman from India to set foot on Mount Everest is from Uttarakhand, but this small mountain state will also be attempting another first, with twin sisters, Tashi Mallik and Nungshi Mallik, from Dehra Dun district, making their bid to climb the highest [...]

Dehra Dun : The worst fears of wild life lovers in this small hill state have only turned out to be true. Information given in reply to a question under the Right to Information by the Chief Conservator of Forests, Uttarakhand, as many as 55 tigers and 564 leopards were [...]

Dehra Dun : In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress won all the five seats in Uttarakhand. The party will be praying with its heart and soul for a repeat in 2014, and the national vice president, none other than the crown prince himself, Rahul Gandhi is in the [...]

Dehra Dun : The Right of Citizens for Time Bound Delivery of Goods and Services and Redressal of their Grievances Bill, 2011, was finally approved by the union cabinet at a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister on Thursday, over 18 months after it was initially mooted in what was [...]