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Uttarakhand forest fire: SC expresses concern, says 'depending on rain not
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court (SC) expressed concern on Wednesday about the fire in forest of Uttarakhand and said that cloud seeding, depending on rain, was not the answer to stop the fire.
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Uttarakhand CM Dhami meets youth selected under Chief Minister's Skill Dev
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami interacted with the youth selected under the Chief Minister's Skill Development and Global Employment Scheme launched by the state government at the Secretariat Dehradun. These youth of Uttarakhand have been placed in Japan where they will be provided train
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Uttarakhand CM Dhami launches 'Pirul Lao-Paise Pao' campaign to prevent fo
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Chief Minister kicked off the campaign on Wednesday as he participated in the cleaning of the Pirul in Rudraprayag district and directed people to take part in the Pirul Lao-Paise Pao campaign to prevent forest fires.
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Uttarakhand government takes action against 17 employees for negligence in
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Amid concern over the forest fires in Uttarakhand, the state's Forest Department has taken strict action against 17 employees for negligence in controlling the blaze.
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Setting forests on fire will attract Gangster Act: Uttarakhand Chief Secre
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"After the culprits are booked under the Gangster Act, their property will be attached and auctioned and the money will go to the state exchequer," Uttarakhand Chief Secretary said.
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Char Dham 24': Uttarakhand Health Dept to offer "quality medical assistanc
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
According to an official release, "Dr R Rajesh Kumar, Secretary of Health, has spearheaded efforts to create a vast network aimed at providing quality medical assistance to visiting pilgrims, many of whom are over 50 years old."
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Uttarakhand CM Dhami announces land registration at Sri Ayodhyapuri for st
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Congratulations to all Ram devotees of the state! As per the earlier promise, the registration of the land allotted to the Uttarakhand government at Sri Ayodhyapuri, the holy birthplace of Lord Shri Ram, has been done today. Uttarakhand has become the first state to do so. With the blessing
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Land allotted to Uttarakhand government in Ayodhya registered
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, while congratulating all the Ram devotees of the state on Tuesday said that as per the promise made earlier, the land allotted to the Uttarakhand government in Ayodhya, the holy birthplace of Lord Ram, has been registered today.
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13-feet-long python rescued from Haridwar's Ismailpur village
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Chaos erupted after a giant python entered the fields adjacent to Ismailpur village of Laksar tehsil of Haridwar district. The forest workers had to sweat hard to rescue the python, which was 13 feet long and weighed about one and a quarter quintal. After a lot of effort, the python was resc
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Uttarakhand forest fire: 4 people arrested for allegedly setting fire at G
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
According to the Sarpanch of Jakhani Upreti and Bhandari villages informed that the four accused had set fire in the Gangolihat range forest on May 3.
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"Our target is to bring the forest fire under control as early as possible
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"This is a big challenge for us and we are working on all the possibilities to bring this fire under control whether it is taking help from the Indian Army. We will take strict action against those involved in the fire incident. We are taking help from the Army and will keep doing that," Dha
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Uttarakhand forest fire: Poor visibility hampers IAF's firefighting effort
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Thick smoke from an intense forest fire engulfed Srinagar in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district, causing significant delays in aerial firefighting operations by the Indian Air Force (IAF).
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