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Uttarakhand: Govt encourages women’s self-help groups to boost Covid-19-hit economy

Published on Nov 18, 2020 05:09 PM IST

According to government officials, there are at least 30,000 SHGs involved in various economic activities ranging from producing organic agricultural products to making puja material and prasad for the shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath

Traditionally, women in hilly areas of Uttarakhand are majorly involved in agricultural activities, which chief minister Rawat said the government wants to change, by providing them skill development training through the rural growth centres and centres of excellence.(Representational photo)

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByKalyan Das

Uttarakhand: Two men slash teenager’s nose for resisting their attempt to rape her

The two also attacked her parents for confronting them

Published on Nov 18, 2020 03:10 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByKalyan Das

UP CM Yogi Adityanath offer prayers at Badrinath shrine, meets ITBP soldiers at Indo-China border

Adityanath also laid the foundation stone of a Uttar Pradesh government tourist house near the shrine

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurating a tourist guest house near Badrinath shrine in Chamoli district.(HT Photo)

Published on Nov 17, 2020 02:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByHT Correspondent | Edited by Zara Khan

Kedarnath, Yamunotri temples close for winters amid heavy snowfall

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, and priests and officials of Devasthanam Board were present at Kedarnath as the temple gates closed at 8.30 am after an elaborate ceremony.

The Badrinath temple is scheduled to be closed on November 19. The Kedarnath Temple priest also performed a ‘Samadhi Puja’ of Lord Shiva.

Published on Nov 16, 2020 03:30 PM IST

Dehradun | ByPress Trust of India | Posted by Arpan Rai

Uttarakhand CM celebrates Diwali with army, ITBP jawans in Uttarkashi

Trivendra Rawat said he has a special relationship with troopers since his father was also in the army.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat with army soldiers at Harsil valley in Uttarkashi district.(Uttarakhand CMO)

Published on Nov 14, 2020 07:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByKalyan Das

Lt Gen Harinder Singh takes over as 50th Commandant of IMA

Lt General Harinder Singh was previously the commanding officer of 14 Corps at Leh.

: Lt Gen Harinder Singh after taking over as IMA’s 50th Commandant on Friday in Dehradun.(HT PHOTO)

Published on Nov 13, 2020 09:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByHT Correspondent

Uttarakhand: BJP suspends former minister for seeking suspension of CM Rawat

State BJP chief Bansidhar Bhagat, who ordered the suspension, said Lakhi Ram Joshi’s letter to the prime minister amounted to gross indiscipline

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.(PTI)

Published on Nov 13, 2020 03:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByHT Correspondent | Edited by Sameer

Rs 700 crore worth international project to transform 3000 Uttarakhand schools

Uttarakhand government is likely to receive an amount of Rs 700 crore over the next five years for the project from the Asian Development Bank.

The project will cover government schools in five districts of Uttarakhand including Haridwar, Dehradun, US Nagar, Pauri Garhwal and Almora.(HT Photo/representative)

Updated on Nov 09, 2020 04:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | BySuparna Roy | Edited by Abhinav Sahay

Rishikesh: Around 30 river rafting guides test positive for Covid-19 as tourist inflow increases

River rafting had resumed in the state in the last week of September after a gap of almost six months

Since river rafting resumed in the state on September 26, Rishikesh has welcomed a little over 20,000 tourists.(Representational photo/ANI)

Published on Nov 09, 2020 03:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByKalyan Das

NGO ties up with school in Dehradun to revive traditional puppetry with innovative teaching

The lessons of the syllabus would be narrated by the traditional puppeteers through puppetry and videos of which would then be used by the school for its students.

Puppeteers in Delhi’s Anand Parvat narrating the stories from a school syllabus trough puppetry.(HT PHOTO)

Published on Nov 08, 2020 10:49 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByKalyan Das

Central govt team to take stock of man-elephant conflict in Uttarakhand

Five people have died and two have been injured in elephant attacks this year till September.

Man-elephant conflict has been rising in Uttarakhand along with the rise in the number of the pachyderms.(ANI)

Published on Nov 05, 2020 12:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | BySuparna Roy

Man hacks wife to death with axe in Uttarakhand’s Almora district

The accused was arrested by the revenue police on Monday evening and sent to jail on Tuesday.

Police said the man suspected his wife’s character after she did not tell him the name of the person she was speaking with on the phone.(Representative Photo/Getty Images)

Published on Nov 04, 2020 01:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByHT Correspondent

Haridwar temples, shrines to don saffron look for Mahakumbh 2021

Saffron and yellow colours will be used across the Kumbh mela zone in and around Har-Ki-Pauri area in Haridwar.

An ashram building being given saffron colour as part of one colour code for buildings at Har-Ki-Pauri for Mahakumbh in Haridwar.(HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 03, 2020 04:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat | Edited by Sparshita Saxena

Uttarakhand starts snow leopard population estimation process

The estimation is being carried out in ten forest divisions of the state in the higher reaches of districts like Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh

Published on Nov 02, 2020 04:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByHT Correspondent | Edited by Smriti Sinha

Uttarakhand govt trying to generate jobs via country’s first snow leopard conservation centre

The snow leopard conservation centre aims to give employment to the local population through different avenues.

Model of snow leopard conservation centre to be built in Uttarkashi district.(HT photo)

Updated on Nov 01, 2020 06:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | BySuparna Roy

Uttarakhand to start controlled burning in Uttarkashi to check forest fires

Almost nine hectares of jungles have been burnt in forest fires in the past 20 days in Uttarkashi division.

Forest fires have been plaguing Uttarkashi for the past three weeks.(Representative Photo/HT)

Published on Nov 01, 2020 03:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByHT correspondent

Congress reiterates demand for Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat’s resignation

Earlier on October 29, SC stayed an order of the Uttarakhand High Court directing the CBI to register an FIR against CM Trivendra Singh Rawat on the basis of allegations levelled against him.

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat (File Photo)(PTI)

Updated on Oct 31, 2020 07:40 AM IST

New Delhi | ByAsian News International | Posted by Mallika Soni

20 rafting guides in Haridwar contract Covid-19 in last 2 weeks

This comes a month after rafting activity resumed in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

File photo: Tourists enjoying river rafting in Rishikesh.(HT PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 30, 2020 07:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | ByHT Correspondent | Edited by Sparshita Saxena

BJP welcomes Supreme Court order staying CBI probe into allegations against Uttarakhand CM

Ramesh Bhatt, Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat’s media advisor, said the top court’s order was expected as the chief minister was heard in the matter and no notice was issued to him

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.(HT Archive)

Published on Oct 29, 2020 04:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByNeeraj Santoshi

Cong seeks Uttarakhand CM’s resignation after HC orders CBI probe on bribery allegations

A journalist, had alleged in a social media post that a man from Jharkhand deposited money after demonetisation into the bank account of a couple related to the chief minister for the latter’s benefit.

The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday ordered the CBI to probe allegations that Trivendra Singh Rrawat took bribes from a man in Jharkhand in 2016 before he became the Chief Minister.(HT FILE PHOTOR)

Published on Oct 28, 2020 04:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByNeeraj Santoshi

In freak accident, Uttarakhand bank guard dies after gun goes off as bike rams him

Police have apprehended three men who were riding the bike that hit the bank guard.

Police said the bank guard died of excessive bleeding from his injury.(Representative Photo/Getty Images/)

Published on Oct 28, 2020 03:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haldwani | ByHT Correspondent

BJP preps for Uttarakhand polls, asks ministers to spend time in their areas

The BJP wants to get off the blocks earlier to be able to launch a powerful bid to retain power in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat will be reviewing the performance of departments under different ministers from October 29 to November 18.(PTI)

Published on Oct 28, 2020 12:17 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByNeeraj Santoshi

HC tells CBI to file FIR, probe allegations against Uttarakhand CM Rawat

According to the allegations in the petition, one Jharkhand-based AS Chauhan had claimed that he knew TS Rawat (present chief minister of Uttarakhand) who was the state in-charge of BJP of Jharkhand had in 2016 struck a deal worth Rs 25 lakh with Rawat (CM) for his appointment as chairman Jharkhand Gau Sewa Aayog.

In July, Dr Harender Singh Rawat, a retired professor, wrote to police to conduct an inquiry into the allegations. The HC has quashed the FIR against Umesh Kumar and the other petitioner.(PTI)

Published on Oct 28, 2020 04:02 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByNeeraj Santoshi

Most of Uttarakhand’s Covid-19 deaths took place in last 2 months, over 50% in Dehradun

Most of the deaths have been reported since the first week of September. In the first week of August, the state had reported 117 Covid-19 deaths.

Medics take a swab sample of an elderly-woman for Covid-19 testing.(PTI)

Updated on Oct 27, 2020 07:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByNeeraj Santoshi | Edited by Sparshita Saxena

Hovercraft, ferry boat waterway service on anvil for Haridwar Mahakumbh 2021

The authorities are planning to use hovercrafts and ferry boats in Haridwar and between Haridwar and Rishikesh to ferry pilgrims and tourists.

A rafting boat plying on Ganga in Rishikesh-Haridwar stretch.(HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 27, 2020 06:39 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat | Edited by Sparshita Saxena

Crackdown on illegal mining in Uttarakhand, Strict curbs in US Nagar

Illegal mining is rampant in US Nagar. Khatima, Sitarganj, Kichha, Bazpur and Kashipur are the main areas where illegal mining is witnessed throughout the year.

Updated on Oct 27, 2020 11:58 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Rudrapur | ByMohan Rajput | Edited by Sparshita Saxena

Uttarakhand estimates two-thirds of migrants have returned to places of work

Migrants are choosing to go back to their jobs as there was a sense of security, steady income and a lifestyle they have gotten used to, said a top official of the Migration Commission.

Many of the migrant workers who had returned to their homes in Uttarakhand during the pandemic have returned to their places of work.(HT FILE PHOTO)

Published on Oct 26, 2020 07:36 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | BySuparna Roy

Uttarakhand Police suspend entire police outpost for inaction action against illegal mining

Illegal mining is rampant in many parts of Kumaon in Uttarakhand, especially in Nainital and US Nagar districts.

Updated on Oct 26, 2020 12:17 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Rudrapur | ByHT Correspondent

Uttarakhand man felicitated for saving 90 lives, booked for sexual harassment

The accused was felicitated by the police for saving over 90 people from drowning in Sharda river.

Updated on Oct 25, 2020 07:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Rudrapur | ByMohan Rajput | Edited by Sparshita Saxena

Delayed Mahakumbh work to be monitored through CCTVs

The decision has been taken in order to monitor the construction work that is still pending while the time is running out -- only three months are left of this year and the mela is set to begin in January 2021

Kumbh work underway at a bridge site in Kankhal, Haridwar.(HT photo)

Updated on Oct 25, 2020 05:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Haridwar | BySandeep Rawat

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According to government officials, there are at least 30,000 SHGs involved in various economic activities ranging from producing organic agricultural products to making puja material and prasad for the shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath

The two also attacked her parents for confronting them

Adityanath also laid the foundation stone of a Uttar Pradesh government tourist house near the shrine

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, and priests and officials of Devasthanam Board were present at Kedarnath as the temple gates closed at 8.30 am after an elaborate ceremony.

Trivendra Rawat said he has a special relationship with troopers since his father was also in the army.

Lt General Harinder Singh was previously the commanding officer of 14 Corps at Leh.

State BJP chief Bansidhar Bhagat, who ordered the suspension, said Lakhi Ram Joshi’s letter to the prime minister amounted to gross indiscipline

Uttarakhand government is likely to receive an amount of Rs 700 crore over the next five years for the project from the Asian Development Bank.

River rafting had resumed in the state in the last week of September after a gap of almost six months

The lessons of the syllabus would be narrated by the traditional puppeteers through puppetry and videos of which would then be used by the school for its students.

Five people have died and two have been injured in elephant attacks this year till September.

The accused was arrested by the revenue police on Monday evening and sent to jail on Tuesday.

Saffron and yellow colours will be used across the Kumbh mela zone in and around Har-Ki-Pauri area in Haridwar.

The estimation is being carried out in ten forest divisions of the state in the higher reaches of districts like Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh

The snow leopard conservation centre aims to give employment to the local population through different avenues.

Almost nine hectares of jungles have been burnt in forest fires in the past 20 days in Uttarkashi division.

Earlier on October 29, SC stayed an order of the Uttarakhand High Court directing the CBI to register an FIR against CM Trivendra Singh Rawat on the basis of allegations levelled against him.

This comes a month after rafting activity resumed in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

Ramesh Bhatt, Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat’s media advisor, said the top court’s order was expected as the chief minister was heard in the matter and no notice was issued to him

A journalist, had alleged in a social media post that a man from Jharkhand deposited money after demonetisation into the bank account of a couple related to the chief minister for the latter’s benefit.

Police have apprehended three men who were riding the bike that hit the bank guard.

The BJP wants to get off the blocks earlier to be able to launch a powerful bid to retain power in Uttarakhand.

Most of the deaths have been reported since the first week of September. In the first week of August, the state had reported 117 Covid-19 deaths.

The authorities are planning to use hovercrafts and ferry boats in Haridwar and between Haridwar and Rishikesh to ferry pilgrims and tourists.

Illegal mining is rampant in US Nagar. Khatima, Sitarganj, Kichha, Bazpur and Kashipur are the main areas where illegal mining is witnessed throughout the year.

Migrants are choosing to go back to their jobs as there was a sense of security, steady income and a lifestyle they have gotten used to, said a top official of the Migration Commission.

Illegal mining is rampant in many parts of Kumaon in Uttarakhand, especially in Nainital and US Nagar districts.

The accused was felicitated by the police for saving over 90 people from drowning in Sharda river.

The decision has been taken in order to monitor the construction work that is still pending while the time is running out -- only three months are left of this year and the mela is set to begin in January 2021

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