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DEHRADUN: Following a record 100% deficit in rainfall and snowfall in Dec in Uttarakhand, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted below-normal winter precipitation for the state and other Himalayan regions. According to IMD’s latest seasonal outlook released on Monday, precipitation from Jan to March is likely to remain below normal across much of northwest…
DEHRADUN/ HARIDWAR: Uttarakhand government is contemplating a ban on entry of non-Hindus in the 105 ghats of Haridwar spread across an area of 120 sq km, following the demand raised by a few seers and Ganga Sabha, the body overseeing the maintenance of the main Har-ki-Pauri ghat in Haridwar. Besides, the state also plans to…
DEHRADUN: A youngster from Bihar, misled by forged Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) results and a fake selection letter, reached the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie with his parents to begin training as an IAS officer, only to discover he had been duped by cybercriminals.Pushpesh Singh, 28, a resident of…
DEHRADUN: Amid demands for a CBI probe into the Ankita Bhandari murder case, Haridwar SP (Rural) Shekhar Suyal has asserted that no “VIP” was found involved during the investigation.Suyal told reporters on Saturday that the person mentioned in chats and during questioning, Dharmendra Kumar alias Pradhan from Noida, was a friend of Ankita and not…
SSB jawans conducting last rites of the woman Pithoragarh: When Jhupa Devi passed away at 100 in Tadegaon, a remote hamlet in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, on Wednesday, only three able-bodied men — her son Ramesh Chand, grandson Ravi Chand and another villager — were at hand to carry her to the cremation ground, situated around…
DEHRADUN: Dehradun police said they were open to considering new statements from Anjel Chakma’s family about racial slurs allegedly made by the accused, days after initially ruling out any such angle based on preliminary investigation. The murder took place on Dec 9 in a public area, and Anjel, a youth from Tripura, succumbed to injuries…
GOPESHWAR: Around 60 people were injured after a loco train carrying workers and officials hit a goods train inside the Pipalkoti tunnel of the Vishnugad–Pipalkoti Hydroelectric Project late on Tuesday night, officials said. District Magistrate Gaurav Kumar said 109 people were on board the train when the accident took place. All those injured have been…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday spoke to Tarun Prasad Chakma, the father of 24-year-old Tripura student Anjel Chakma, who was brutally murdered in an alleged racial crime in Dehradun earlier this month, and assured him of strict punishment against the culprits. He also told him that a special team has been…
ALMORA: At least six passengers died and several others injured after a bus plunged into a deep gorge near Sailapani, close to Vinayak in the Bhikyashen area of Almora district, on Tuesday morning. The accident triggered panic in the region and prompted a large-scale rescue operation by the administration.According to tehsildar Abid Ali, the bus…
Protesters seek justice for Anjel Chakma Dehradun: Anjel Chakma, 24, a native of Tripura, had grown up across several states as his father served as a BSF head constable, moving from one posting to another. Family members said the frequent relocations shaped his childhood and made him adaptable, grounded, and aware of life’s uncertainties from…
