A minor boy was hospitalised after he fell from the 13th century Sun Temple at Konark in Orissa Thursday, police said.
Thirteen-year-old Swetanga Panwar had come along with five others including his parents from Uttarakhand to see the temple, a world heritage site at Konark in the district of Puri, about 65 km here.
‘He accidentally slipped [...]
Lucknow, Jan 2 (IANS) Four men were arrested from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district for smuggling contraband, arms and ammunition, police said Saturday.
The men, in their 30s, were nabbed Friday night near Aroma Garden in Meerut, some 400 km from Lucknow, with 33 pistols and 66 magazines hidden in a secret compartment of a car.
‘Acting on [...]
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) At least 13 more people have died due to swine flu in India taking the toll due to the pandemic virus to 967, health authorities said Friday.
Of the 13 deaths, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand reported three deaths each, and Delhi and Karnataka reported two deaths each. Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab [...]
Ranchi, Dec 30 (IANS) Shibu Soren became the seventh chief minister of Jharkhand Wednesday, ending 11 months of president’s rule.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief became chief minister for the third time. He took oath along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) presidents Raghubar Das and Sudesh Mahto. The oath [...]
Lucknow, Dec 29 (IANS) Five drug-peddlers, including a woman, were Tuesday arrested with morphine worth Rs.48 million (Rs.4.80 crore) in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district, police said Tuesday.
The five people were nabbed from Chandauli village in Barabanki, some 35 km from Lucknow.
‘Acting on a tip-off, we nabbed the drug peddlers in an operation jointly launched with [...]
Hyderabad, Dec 27 (IANS) A day after resigning as Andhra Pradesh governor in the wake of a sex scandal he was allegedly involved in, N.D. Tiwari quietly left Hyderabad Sunday.
Chief Minister K. Rosaiah and Chief Secretary Ramakanth Reddy drove to Raj Bhavan to call on Tiwari before he left for New Delhi.
Sources in Raj Bhavan [...]
New Delhi, Dec.27 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil accepted the resignation of Narayan Dutt Tiwari from the post of Andhra Pradesh Governor on Sunday and appointed E.S.L. Narasimhan as the new Governor of the State.
Narasimhan has been given the new responsibility in addition to his duties as the Governor of Chhattisgarh.
“The President of [...]
Mussoorie, Dec 25(ANI): Hundreds of tourists thronged at Mussoorie, the hill resort in Uttarakhand, to view rare natural phenomenon known as ‘winter line’ on Thursday.
Incidentally, such a scene is witnessed in just two parts of the world, Mussoorie being one and Switzerland the [...]
Haldwani (Uttarakhand), Dec 15 (ANI): The National Association for Blind (NAB) in Haldwani imparts vocational training and education to the visually challenged children. It is done through the Braille system.
The school also provides vocational training programmes like singing and playing musical [...]
Haldwani (Uttarakhand), Dec 15 (ANI): The National Association for Blind (NAB) in Haldwani imparts vocational training and education to the visually challenged children.t is done through the Braille system.
The school also provides vocational training programmes like singing and playing musical instruments.
The teachers spend quality time with the children and study their personalities to tap their [...]
Lucknow, Nov 27 (IANS) Sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh will sell their produce to sugar mills in Uttarakhand and Haryana if the state government did not raise the advised price to Rs.215 per quintal from the current Rs.165-Rs.170, a farmers’ body said Friday.
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) convened a meeting of farmers in Muzaffarnagar district, [...]
Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Nov 25(ANI): A year after the tragedy of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Vinita Bisht, widow of a martyred commando residing in Uttarakhand asserts that she does have any fears in sending her two sons to be enrolled in the nation’s armed forces.
Vinita [...]
Nainital, Nov. 25 (ANI): As part of the Uttarakhand Government’s newly constructed adventure sports wing, a batch of school children are being trained in parasailing in Nainital.
This camp has a batch of 30 school children, including five girls from various local schools. It will be in action [...]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Four swine flu deaths were reported in India Tuesday, taking the toll due to the Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 530, health department officials said here.
One death each was reported from Karnataka, Goa, Uttarakhand and Gujarat.
With that one death in Karnataka, the toll in the southern state has jumped to [...]
Nainital (Uttarakhand), Nov 17(ANI): Women belonging to a self-help group in Nainital are learning the craft of making toys out of unpolished stones and in the process making a decent livelihood.
‘Pehal’, a voluntary organization working in Nainital, has taken several [...]
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The central government has released Rs.400 crore for preparations for the Kumbh Mela religious festival, to be held next year at Hardwar in Uttarakhand.
‘We are happy to announce that the central government has released Rs.400 crore for the preparations,’ Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said in his inaugural address at [...]
Dehradun, Nov 12 (ANI): Uttarakhand’s Director-General of Police (DGP) R P Nishank today said security agencies are on guard and would wage an all out war to root out terrorism from the State.
Interacting with top police officials today with the aim of assessing the security [...]
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The government Wednesday said it will provide Rs.2,700 crore for the development of the national capital region (NCR).
‘The NCR Planning Board has agreed to provide a total financial assistance of Rs.2,700 crore for 2009-10 and 2010-11,’ Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said here at the 31st annual meeting of [...]
Haldwani, Nov 11 (ANI): A group of women in the Haldwani region of Uttarakhand have launched a drive to root out the use of polythene bags by making eco-friendly paper bags.
An initiative of ‘Pahal’ (Initiative), a self help group, these women are making bags out of [...]
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor, who was in the capital for over a month to shoot for her upcoming venture ‘Ayesha’, says the film is 40 percent complete.
‘We are done with 40 percent of the shooting for ‘Ayesha’ and now we will resume the rest in Mumbai,’ Sonam told IANS here.
‘Ayesha’ [...]
Dehradun, Oct 23 (IANS) From the heat and dust of politics to an energetic break in the hills, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi returned to Delhi Friday after spending three days trekking in Uttarakhand with brother-in-law Robert Vadra and friends.
Gandhi had reached Uttarkashi district early Tuesday and drove 42 km to reach Raithal [...]
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Two people died of swine flu in Maharashtra while one person succumbed in Uttarakhand, taking the all India toll to 408, a health ministry official said Sunday.
Maharashtra, which tops the casualty list, has reported a total of 173 deaths.
Uttarakhand has reported its third death. According to the official, the person [...]
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) There were no fresh deaths in the country due to swine flu Friday but 119 new cases of infections were reported, the health ministry said here.
Among the new infections, 40 cases were reported from Kerala followed by 27 in Maharashtra and 22 in Delhi. Other states which reported fresh cases [...]
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Six swine flu deaths, including three from Maharashtra, took the total of India’s swine flu deaths to 405 Thursday, health ministry said.
Besides Maharashtra, two deaths were reported from Gujarat and one from Kerala.
With these fatalities, Maharashtra’s swine flu casualty figure has reached 171. The deaths in Gujarat now stand at [...]
Shimla, Oct 8 (IANS) Hydropower major Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam that owns and operates the 1,500-MW Nathpa-Jhakri project in Himachal Pradesh has declared a dividend of Rs.320 crore for 2008-09.
‘We have declared a dividend of Rs.320 crore for 2008-09. Towards the 75 percent equity contribution of the central government, Rs.240 crore was paid to it,’ [...]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Six swine flu deaths were reported Friday, taking India’s deaths from the contagious virus to 335, the union health ministry said.
Of the latest deaths, two each were reported from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka.
With its two deaths, the laboratory confirmed casualties in Maharashtra have gone up to 132, the highest among [...]
Mana Village (Uttarakhand), Sep.20 (ANI): The handicraft industry of Mana Village in Uttarakhand’s Chamboli district is struggling to survive. The local artisans lament the neglect by Government authorities.
Artisans complain that the government authorities have not paid the [...]
Nainital, Sep 18 (ANI): With an aim to revive yacht sailing in the country, a 15-day camp is being organised in Nainital district of Uttarakhand where in school children are being trained in yacht sailing.
Over 40 school students [...]
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday decided to set up 10 new National Institutes of Technology (NITs), six of which will come up in northeastern states to facilitate quality technical and engineering education in the region.
These new NITs will be established in Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Goa, Delhi, [...]
Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Sep.13 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has reportedly informed the Central Government about possible incursions by the Chinese in his state.
Pokhriyal, quoting reports from locals in Rimkhim in Chamoli district, said the Chinese entered the state on September 5 and left behind biscuit packet wrappers and cigarettes.
He informed both Prime Minister [...]
