Monsoon active in Uttarakhand in October after 38 years
Dehradun : The skies are still heavily overcast and the meteorological department has forecast heavy to very heavy widespread rains throughout Uttarakhand. In fact…
Kedarnath pilgrimage now regulated to 200 per day
Dehra Dun : It took a tragedy of the magnitude of the one that hit the Kedarnath Vally earlier in June this year, for…
Remembering Rampur Tiraha and martyrs of Uttarakhand
Dehra Dun : It is just about two decades today, when on the directions of then chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Uttar Pradesh…
Uttarakhand potential economic drivers wither away
Dehradun : The leaders for the creation of Uttarakhand had advocated hydel power and tourism potentials to make the state economically viable and self-sufficient…
Gunshots fired at Uttarakhand ministers dinner party, two injured, accused still at large
Dehradun : Intriguing! Gunshots fired at a dinner party of Uttarakhand agriculture minister Harak Singh Rawat on 17th September night. Two persons were injured,…
Uttarakhand’s Rishikesh – Karanprayag rail line survey complete
Dehradun : As Lok Sabha election approaches, prospects for the proposed 127 kms long Rishikesh-Karanprayag railway line in Uttarakhand have brightened, more so as…
Himalayas for water, not monetizing: Sundar Lal Bahuguna
Dehradun : Ever since the macabre tragedy of June 16-17 that has left thousands dead and missing and destroyed property worth thousands of crores,…
It will be some time before pilgrims can go to Kedarnath
Dehradun : Though the resumption of prayers at the Kedarnath shrine, 86 days after the region was devastated by a Himalayan tsunami, may have…
Prayers resume at Kedarnath after 86 days
Dehradun : The bells chimed yet again and shouts of ‘har har Mahadev’ reverberated in the heights of the valley, as token prayers were…
Hindu clergy, Uttarakhand govt at loggerheads over VVIP prayer at Kedarnath
Dehra Dun : With both the ‘teerth purohit’ (Hindu clergy) of Uttarakhand and the state government not willing to yield and adopting an adamant…