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STF of Uttarakhand arrested two poachers and also seized two leopard skins from their possession. The leopard skins are said to be worth Rs 12 lakh in the international market. Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by STF Sub-Inspector (SI) Santosh Shah arrested the two suspected poachers from Clement Town in Dehradun. They are residents of Uttarkashi district and...

Tanakpur to Jauljibi road construction along the Kali on the Indo-Nepal border adjoining Pithoragarh and Champawat will resume from December this year. The process of e-tendering has begun and to be concluded on September 22, PWD Superintendent Engineer and in-charge of the assignment DS Hyanki said at Champawat today. The work on the road had been suspended in 2012 after...

Nearly 25,000 school teachers and 2,300 schools in the state across Uttarakhand went on an indefinite strike on Monday demanding implementation of their 18-point charter of demands related to pay structure, leave and transfer provisions. "The indefinite strike began in support of our 18-point charters of demands today after the stir on September 6 fell on deaf ears," Uttarakhand Government Teacher's...

Uttarakhand has emerged as the eighth cleanest state in the country in terms of rural sanitation, according to a survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Office. The survey, which was conducted last year, covered 1,010 households in 68 villages and blocks in the hill state. It took into account parameters like availability and accessibility of toilets and solid waste...

"Dehradun International Film Festival (DIFF) ended on Sunday evening at Tula's Institute, Auditorium.

"Dehradun International Film Festival (DIFF) ended on Sunday evening at Tula's Institute, Auditorium giving dehradun peoples a memories galore of the cinema world and myriad artists. Rajesh Sharma, Director (DIFF) said, "We intend to make the film festival bigger every year and bring in more artists. We are happy to see the overwhelming response of the people in the city for the first...

To ensure that tourists who flock to Uttarakhand have a pleasant and peaceful stay, the state government will develop 12 destinations in the state as noise-free zones. While making the announcement at his Beejapur guest house on Sunday, CM Harish Rawat said, "I have directed the state tourism department to identify 12 such places within stipulated time. In the first...

According to sources, the state government is going to build a Yog Gram at Panwaliya village of Rudraprayag.  Also Police department will hold yoga camp daily at 9 at Gandhi Park in Dehradun and Haldwani. Similarly, Garhwal and Kumon Mandal Vikas Nigam will also hold the same yoga camp in their tourists rest houses. He said further said that Dil Raj...

As part of the ongoing Indo-US defense cooperation, a joint military training 'Exercise YUDH ABHYAS-2016' would be conducted in the foothills of Himalayas at Chaubattia in Uttarakhand from September 14 to 27. Under the aegis of Headquarter Central Command, the venture is a series of one of the longest running joint military training and a major ongoing bilateral defense cooperation endeavours between...

Former BJP CM and Nainital MP BS Koshyari has announced that he would not contest the next general elections in 2019 and quit active politics. Koshyari made this announcement at the 129th birth anniversary of veteran freedom fighter Govind Ballabh Pant in Nainital on Saturday. He said he had conveyed his decision to the party top leadership. He would...