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DEHRADUN: Supreme Court has acquitted three minors – who are now adults – sentenced to life for the 2007 strangulation murder of a 10-year-old, holding that the prosecution failed to prove their guilt beyond doubt and relied solely on circumstantial evidence and speculative claims. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma…
By: Yogesh NagarkotiBAGESHWAR: A 70-year-old villager died due to viral fever in Dhauladevi block of Almora district. This is the seventh fatality in a fortnight in Dhauladevi block alone, said locals on Saturday. The latest death has deepened concerns among locals, who said that fever cases are rapidly on the rise in several villages.Ganga Dutt…
A 22-year-old senior deck cadet, Karandeep Singh Rana, went missing from a merchant navy vessel DEHRADUN: A 22-year-old senior deck cadet, Karandeep Singh Rana, from Uttarakhand has gone missing from aboard a merchant navy vessel on its way to China from Iraq, said his family on Friday.According to his father, Narendra Rana, the last contact…
DHERADUN: Uttarakhand high court has quashed a 1997 dismissal order against a Uttar Pradesh Police constable, ruling it breached natural justice principles as no departmental inquiry was held. ordering his reinstatement but ruling out fresh disciplinary proceedings as the constable retired in 2018.Prempal Singh, who served in the undivided UP for over four decades, was…
DHRADUN: Uttarakhand high court (HC) has granted anticipatory bail to a Saharanpur resident, Mohd Muntazir, who was booked under BNS section 87 (kidnapping or inducing a woman to compel her into marriage), along with sections 3 and 4 of the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, which prohibit religious conversion through misrepresentation, force, coercion, undue influence,…
Dehradun/Nainital: Protests were seen in Uttarakhand after environmentalist, educationist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk was arrested under the National Security Act (NSA) on Friday. On Saturday, activists, residents and civil society groups across the state held demonstrations in support of Wangchuk.In Dehradun’s Gandhi Park, several citizens assembled, demanding Wangchuk’s immediate release while seeking clearance of all…
DEHARDUN: The Ganga — a lifeline for more than 600 million people across India, Nepal and Bangladesh — is facing its most severe drying phase in 1,300 years and is likely to undergo major hydrological changes with future warming, according to a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), an…
DEHRADUN: The toll in the district following rain devastation earlier this week has gone up to 20 with 13 people missing, as per data shared by Dehradun district administration. However, this does not include unidentified bodies as district officials said that those might not be disaster-related deaths. As per information shared by Uttarakhand Disaster Management…
NEW DELHI: A powerful cloudburst hit Dehradun on Tuesday, triggering flash floods that swept through parts of the city and caused widespread damage.Overnight torrential rain led to the damage of a bridge near Fun Valley and Uttarakhand Dental College on the Dehradun–Haridwar National Highway.The damage disrupted traffic movement and left several commuters stranded, prompting authorities…
NEW DELHI: Heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun on Tuesday caused the Tamsa river to overflow, inundating the historic Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple, while local authorities conducted relief operations and monitored the situation closely.Temple priest Acharya Bipin Joshi said, “The river started flowing heavily since 5 AM, the entire temple premises were submerged… This kind of situation…
