Nav Uttarakhand

OVERVIEW Half Marathon 2016 Windlass Dehradun Half Marathon 2016 (3rd Edition) Basic Details of the Event - Event name - Windlass Dehradun Half Marathon 2016 Event date - 16th Oct 2016, Sunday, 5:00  AM (Reporting time), Venue - Windlass, River Valley Kuanwala, Haridwar Road, Dehradun. Organization Name: Thrill Zone Trust Race Categories The race will be divided in three categories: 21 km (with Timing Chip), 10 km (with Timing Chip), 5...

Dehradun's Kendriya Vidyalaya (Handow Road), has been declared the 'Cleanest School' among all the Kendriya Vidyalaya's in all over India as a part of Swachh Bharat Mission initiative. Prime Minister of Indian, Mr. Narendra Modi is expected to felicitate the school principal in New Delhi on September 30. Santosh Kumar Mall, IAS, Commissioner of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), visited Kendriya Vidyalaya,...

Almora Boy Lakshya Sen won All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament at Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday. Seventeen-year-old Lakshya Sen defeated Daniel Farid of Karnataka in straight sets 21-9, 21-19 and became the youngest player to win the tournament. In semifinal he defeated top seeded Shreyans Jaiswal of Chandigarh in 21-19, 11-21, 21-18 and in Quarter finals he sensationally defeated 21-15, 21-12...

The Uttarakhand Government has signed 9 MoUs with nine companies during the 'Atulya Bharat' investors' meet organised by the 'Union Tourism Ministry' at New Delhi during September 21-23 for projects across various themes. Under this agreement state govt is planning to set up tent Cities, wellness resorts, yoga and wellness institutes, a hill resort in Tehri Lake and Dak Bunglow operations...

The most attractive centerpiece of Nainital - Naini Lake, which surrounded by panoramic seven hills is said to be one of the emerald green eyes of Shiva's wife, Sati (Naina is Sanskrit for eye) has lost almost "Eight Meters" of its depth in the last 37 years as per Geological Survey of India latest survey due to illegal construction, sewerage and waste...

Uttarakhand's Apple Festival to be held in Uttarakhand Bhawan on 24-25th September Chanakyapuri, Delhi, Spare some time from your busy schedule and visit to savour the famous sweet apples of Uttarakhand at an event. The Chief minister of the state Mr. Harish Rawat will inaugurate the event with state horticulture minister Pritam Singh Panwar.. The festival, to be held in Uttarakhand Sadan campus...

Meet Vinod Aswal a Folk Artist who is endowed with abundant grace and a commanding stage presence and is considered one of the pioneering figures in defining the Folk Dance in Uttarakhand, He hails from a normal middle class Garhwali Family of Dehradun. Just after completing his post graduation in arts, while going through studies he suddenly got an exhilarating offer from...

Presenting the Kathgodam Half Marathon 2016 (2nd Edition) organized by Thrill Zone on Sunday 25th Sep 2016 at 5:30 AM, So get ready for the action! About the Organisation: Thrill Zone has been organising marathons since 2014 in Delhi, Kathgodam, Dehradun, Chandigarh etc. We have good experience and knowledge along with the support from the runners and many other acquaintances in doing...

Gurudwara Shri Hemkund Sahib is a most sacred pilgrimage site for Sikhs in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India which is visited by large numbers of pilgrims every summer from all over the world. This divine place lies in the higher Himalayas at an elevation of 4632 Meters (more than 15,210 feet) with a setting of a glacial lake surrounded by seven mountain peaks...

An e-waste collection drive has kicked off in Almora, Uttarakhand The organization Green Hills, an NGO, has launched a campaign to collect all kinds of electronic waste such as discarded computers, laptops, printers, fax machines, mobile phones, chargers, electronic toys, batteries, television, calculators etc so that the waste can be recycled. Asha D'Souza, the founder of the NGO, said, "We were...