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September 26, 2016 18:03:40 IST
Slight intensity earthquake jolts Rudraprayag district
DEHRADUN: An earthquake of slight intensity having magnitude of 3.7 on Richter Scale had hit the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. The tremor jolted the Rudraprayag district and neighbouring areas ...UPL: Pithoragarh Strikers, Gomukh XI pip opponents
Pithoragarh Strikers defeated Udham Singh Nagar Lions by seven runs in a match in the 2nd Uttarakhand Premier League, played at Rangers College Ground here on Sunday. Batting first, Pithoragarh Strikers set a total of 141 runs in the allotted 20 ...Karnataka, Mrashtra trekkers explore new routes
BD Kasniyal Pithoragarh, September 23 Five trekkers from Maharashtra and Karnataka have explored a new trek route between the high Himalayan region of Dharchula and Munsiyari subdivisions of Pithoragarh district from the Sipu Pass. The trekkers ...Disaster-hit Bastadi village not fit for habitation, say geologists after survey
PITHORAGARH: A team of geologists of the state disaster management department who were deputed to submit a report on the Bastadi village which was struck by flash floods in July leading to the death of 21 persons and the flattening of almost the ...Voters threaten to boycott elections
Our Correspondent Pithoragarh, September 22 Over 25,000 voters of the Chaukhuna Zila Panchayat in Gangolihat subdivision of Pithoragarh district have decided not to vote in the 2017 Assembly elections until the sanctioned roads in the region ...Munsiyari gets early snowfall, temperature takes a dip
The Munsiyari hills received season's first snowfall on Thursday. Tribune photo BDKasniyal Pithoragarh, September 22 The peaks of Hansling, Panchachuli, Rajrambha and Chiplakedar of Munsiyari hills received season's first snowfall, causing a ...Over 140 predators, mainly leopards, declared maneaters in Ukhand in 15 yrs
NAINITAL: Over 140 leopards and tigers have been declared maneaters in Uttarakhand in just 15 years, according to the state forest officials. In the latest case, a leopard attacked and killed two people near Ramnagar a few days ago, after which a ...856 pilgrims from Ukhand went for Haj this yr
ROORKEE/PITHORAGARH: An estimated 856 people from the state went for the Haj pilgrimage which started in August this year, according to Rao Sher Mohammad, chairman of the Uttarakhand Haj Committee (UHC) which is based in Piran Kaliyar near Roorkee.10 IPS officers transferred
Dehradun, September 21 The Uttarakhand Police Headquarters (PHQ) issued transfer list of 10 IPS officers here today. An instruction was given to them to join the new place of posting soon. IPS Senthil AK Raj will be the SSP of Udham Singh Nagar ...48 officers transferred in major admin rejig
DEHRADUN: In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle that the state government said was aimed at improving governance and yielding better results on different development fronts ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, the Uttarakhand government on ...Heavy rain alert in Ukhand in next 48 hours
DEHRADUN: The meteorological department has issued a warning of heavy rainfall at isolated places in the state in the next 48 hours beginning Wednesday morning. "We have issued a yellow-coloured watch as rain activity is likely to increase from ...Kokuyo Camlin Launches Mechanical Pencil, Thrives on Experiential to Market it
| News Camlin Kokuyo Camlin, one if the largest stationary brands in the country and market leaders in their category has been innovatively using experiential marketing to reach out to its target audiences. The brand has so far picked up ...BJYM protests lathicharge on activists
Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) burnt an effigy of Congress-led state government yesterday against the lathicharge on BJP legislator and activists at Pithoragarh. The protesters were demanding strict action against policemen who ...Modi has taken people for a ride on black money: Cong
Uttrarakhand Congress president Kishore Upadhyay has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fooled voters by promising them Rs 15 lakh each in their account from black money to be brought back from foreign countries. Modi has also failed to control ...Govt to provide pension to 3 lakh more people: CM
The state government has set a target of 10 lakh people to be covered under the pension plan, Chief Minister Harish Rawat said here today. A present 7.13 lakh persons were availing of pension benefits in Uttarakhand, he added. The Chief Minister, ...Engg college in Pithoragarh to be named after little Nirbhaya
PITHORAGARH: The state government has passed an order to rename Seemant engineering college in the district after a minor rape victim, said HC Semwal, district magistrate of Pithoragarh. VK Singh, director of the college talking to TOI said, "We ...'Start using nursing colleges buildings if construction is over'
National Education Real Estate & Construction Cities Pioneer Newspapers Dehradun, Sept. 18 -- While taking stock of the State Medical Education Department late Friday night through a review meeting held at the secretariat, Uttarakhand Chief ...Top 7 Places to Visit in Ranikhet
Nestled amid a dense forest of towering pine and deodar trees with the majestic Himalayas in the backdrop, Ranikhet is a pristine little cantonment town in Almora district of Uttarakhand. It is located at an average altitude of 1,869 metres above ...Chamoli Panthers beat Bageshwar Bulls by 8 wickets
Chamoli Panthers defeated Bageshwar Bulls by 8 wickets in a match in the 2nd Uttarakhand Premier League played at the Rangers College ground here on Friday. Bageshwar Bulls batting first set a target of 116 runs, which Chamoli Panthers achieved ...Careful site selection a must for building safe houses in hilly areas
GUEST COLUMN Precautions Geotechnical investigations must be done prior to earthworks. Landslide hazard zonation maps, if available, can be used to identify the degree of landslide hazard potential of the area. Design the house with split ...
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