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The number to dengue cases in Uttarakhand soared to 962 on Friday with Dehradun registering 844 cases Figures in Haldwani, Nainital and Haridwar remained constant with 59, 30 and 33 cases, respectively. The panic-stricken residents thronged to the Doon hospital on Friday to get themselves tested. Doon Hospital staff ran out of Dengue Test Kits. As a result, the confirmatory dengue test...

Ahead of the Uttarakhand Assembly elections in 2017, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Mr. Harish Rawat today launched a number of projects in his Dharchula constituency and reviewed development works in the area. "As many as 27 projects, worth Rs 100 crore, were launched by the Chief Minister at Dharchula. He laid foundation stones of 17 projects and inaugurated 10 others," an...

Nainital Tigers beat Pithoragarh Strikers by 47 runs. Nainital Tigers made 185 in the first innings while Pithoragarh Strikers were all out for 138 runs. Rohit Chaudhary gave an all round performance scoring 71 runs and taking 2 wickets. In the another match Chamoli Panthers defeated Bageshwar Bulls by 8 wickets in a match in the 2nd Uttarakhand Premier League played...

President of India Shri. Pranab Mukherjee will be on a four-day visit to Uttarakhand from September 27 this month during which he will go to Kedarnath Shirine to pay obeisance at the divine Himalayan shrine along with his family and also will take part in the Ganga Arti at Haridwar. Chief Secretary Shatrughan Singh chaired a special meeting here today...

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan surprised his fans once again, when the Shahenshah of Bollywood has lent his voice to Jai Jai Kedara, which is the promo song for the upcoming TV serial titled Baba Kedar. The 12-part show talks about the damage caused by the floods at the Kedarnath Shrine and the state of Uttarakhand as well as the efforts...

After stating that the allocation of Rs. 10,000 for building a toilet for an individual rural Indian household was impractical, the Ministry for Rural Development, announced that the budget for building a toilet should be raised to Rs. 15,000 Per Unit if complete sanitation coverage was to be achieved. The Rural toilet fund amount allocated for individual household toilets to be...

To make available cheaper and nutritious food available to all, Chief Minister Harish Rawat on announced that 100 more new Indira Amma canteens would be opened within a couple of days if civic bodies like panchyats, municipalities provide place for the purpose in different districts. "As the number of beneficiaries went up every day and demand for setting up more...

In a major blow to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Uttarakhand, more than 50 of his members of the party, including senior leaders, broke away and quit the party, forming a new rebel group, Hamara Uttarakhand Jan Manch. Resentment and dissent within AAP's Uttarakhand unit had been brewing for the the past few months. A few weeks earlier, over 150-odd members...

Today we'll let you know about the lady "Kalawati Devi Rawat" who hails from a poor family in Bacher Village, Chamoli, Uttarakhand, She dare take on the dangerous timber mafia and also she's among-st those who make life better for those who lives around them. In the early 1980s, Kalawati was barely 17 had just been married and was finding it difficult to live...

Total 1,237 teachers have been nominated by the directorate of education (DOE) from government schools will now be sent to Ramdev's Patanjali Yogpeeth (Trust) in Uttarakhand for proper training. Physical education and yoga teachers who are teaching in and The member of Government School Teachers Association (GSTA) has criticized the move. Physical education and yoga teachers who are teaching in...