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Uttarakhand water police get lessons in scuba diving
19 July 2014 7:00 AM ISTWearing mask, fins, wetsuits, regulators and buoyancy compensator the Uttarakhand water police daredevils are getting basic tips on scuba diving from...
Uttarakhand’s holy cities flooded with kanwariyas
16 July 2014 4:18 AM ISTOn the auspicius occasion of first somvar (Monday) of Sawan month, more than two lakhs of Kanwariyas (Lord Shiva devotees) across the country flocked...
No new train for U’khand
9 July 2014 5:59 AM ISTIn spite of big promises of connecting all pilgrim centres by train during pre-poll campaigning, the new Rail budget (2014-15) of Modi government...
BJP declares candidates for assembly bypoll in U’Khand
4 July 2014 6:26 AM ISTThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentary board announced the names of candidates for the bypoll in three assembly seats which is slated to be...
Tragedy-hit U’khand shrines witness all time low in tourism
1 July 2014 5:00 AM ISTSince the formation of the state, Uttarakhand has never witnessed such a low number of visitors when it comes to pilgrim tourism. Every year, the...
Congress gears up for assembly by-election in Uttarakhand
28 Jun 2014 4:49 AM ISTCongress high-command has finalised the list of three candidates for assembly by-polls on Thursday. ‘Chief minister Harish Rawat from Dharchula,...
Upadhyaya takes over as UPCC chief
24 Jun 2014 4:50 AM ISTAfter a gap of eight months, Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) has found a fresh face as new president following opposition from certain...
Search for right candidates’ initiated for assembly by-polls on 21 July
20 Jun 2014 4:49 AM ISTAs Uttarakhand nears assembly by-polls from Doiwala, Dharchula and Someshwar (reserved) seats, the search for potential candidates has been initiated...
A year after: Fear and foreboding in Kedar valley
18 Jun 2014 5:21 AM ISTA year after the devastation which hit the Mandakini Valley and Kernath temple town in the higher echelons of Himalayas, tell-tale signs of the...
U’khand govt forms special task force to search for bodies near Kedarnath
16 Jun 2014 4:01 AM ISTWith human skeletal remains still being found in Kedar valley, the Uttarakhand government on Saturday constituted a special task force to conduct...
BJP man Satpal’s wife shown door by U’khand CM Rawat
21 May 2014 3:53 AM ISTIn a fast moving development since Congress complete ouster in recently concluded LS elections from Uttarakhand, state CM Harish Rawat on Monday...
People were desperate to overthrow corrupt govt, says Ramesh Pokhriyal
19 May 2014 4:46 AM ISTWhile admitting that there was wave in favour of BJP candidates in Uttarakhand, former state chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Saturday said,...