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Mussoorie:  The hill-station of Mussoorie, on Friday, marked the 22nd death anniversary of martyrs who lost their lives in a fight for a separate hill-state for Uttarakhand. It was a tearful reunion for the families who lost their sons as came together at the place where they fell to the bullets of the PAC jawan. Chief Minister Harish Rawat garlanded the...

Roorkee: Uttarakhand has received a go-ahead from the Centre to set up India's first Ultra High Temperature Hydrolysis (UHTH) Reaction waste to energy plant at Roorkee. The project will be used to convert solid waste collected from seven major residential towns in the state into electricity. The privately funded plant will be able to receive, handle and process 550 metric tonnes...

A company named PC Technology Pvt Ltd. and their three fraudsters Directors are responsible for cheating over 5,000 job seekers and looted Rs 12 Crore collectively in Dehradun & various other cities. Freshers who were hired were made to sign a bond of Rs 25,000, to be refunded in a year. The trio, Chhaya Singh, Yashraj Singh and Pankaj Kumar had...

Kotdwara November 2016 Army Open Bharti/ Rally Registration for Soldier Posts: An Indian Army Recruitment Rally under the aegis of Headquarters Recruiting Zone, Lucknow will be conducted by Army Recruiting Office, Lansdowne from 14.11.2016 to 24.11.2016 at Kotdwara to enroll eligible candidates into the Indian Army from districts of Uttarakhand ie, Dehradun, Haridwar, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi, Pauri Garhwal, Chamoli & Rudra Prayag. Other Detail...

BJP's student wing Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Tuesday swept MKP (PG) College students’ union elections. Results of the student body election in MKP (PG) College were declared after recounting of votes on Tuesday. ABVP Sakshi Shankar elected to the presidential post A total of 818 out of 2570 voters turned up to cast votes in the students union election in the...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide technical know-how to the Uttarakhand government in slope management to mitigate disaster risks. The JICA signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state government for implementing the new technical cooperation project titled ‘Natural Disaster Management in Forest Areas in Uttarakhand’ in presence of Chief Minister Harish Rawat, Chief Secretary Shatrughna Singh...

A national-level badminton complex will come up at Dholidana Hill, near Almora, soon. The town has been given the responsibility to organise national badminton competition during the National Games in 2018, District Magistrate Sachin Bansal said. “We have acquired over three acres near the Dholidana Hill to develop a badminton complex. The government has allocated Rs 34 lakh for the construction...

Dehradun: DAV Inter-College clinched the District Level Girl’s Open Hockey Tournament trophy here today. The tournament was organised by the District Sports Authority on the occasion of National Sports Day here. DAV Inter-College defeated Welham Girls’ School 7-0. Mamta scored highest four goals while Pooja scored three goals for the winning team. Chief guest Dhirendra Singh Chauhan, who is the vice-president...

Shiksha mitras held a protest rally here today in support of their demand for increase in salary and allowances. The police arrested about 150 protesters as they were creating a ruckus during the rally. The protesters under the banner of the Shiksha Mitra Krantikari Mahasangh gathered at the Raipur bus stand and held a rally up to the Chief Minister’s...

Then environment ministry has finally given its nod to the hydro-power projects in Uttarakhand and will take a united stand before the Supreme Court. The move will pave the way for construction of select hydro-power projects in Uttarakhand, provided they adhere to ensuring minimum water flow in the river Ganga. According to reports, "The common affidavit would take care of the...