The Badrinath shrine pilgrimage, which attracted 47 lakh devotees this year, has resulted in the accumulation of 180 tonnes of garbage at more than 10,000 feet above sea level in this eco-sensitive zone
The Kedarnath assembly bypoll in Uttarakhand recorded around 57 per cent voting by 5 pm on Wednesday even as the Election Commission of India was yet to announce final figures with likely margin of around 3 per cent increase.
Umesh Kumar, an Independent MLA from Haridwar's Khanpur constituency in Uttarakhand, has publicly threatened Dehradun District Magistrate and IAS officer Savin Bansal over alleged attempts to collect details about his properties.
As delay to appoint new Director General of Police(DGP) by Uttarakhand government continued, acting head of the state police Abhinav Kumar questioned the dominance of UPSC and union home ministry in the present selection module.
Currently, the state police force is led by Acting DGP Abhinav Kumar, who is not included in the UPSC panel.
Outsiders cannot get wholesale liquor licences, only Uttarakhand natives and permanent residents can avail the same.
Several premises of Congress leader and former forest minister Harak Singh Rawat and three Indian Forest Services officers including a retired DFO languishing in the jail were raided.
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami called it a moment of pride for the people of the state.
The draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) presented to the CM Pushkar Singh Dhami provides for complete ban on Halala and Iddat in the Muslim community.
The BJP leader alleged that they (the INDIA bloc parties) were trying to divide people on regional, caste, communal, and religious lines.
