Ruling BJP in Uttarakhand has claimed to win all 11 municipal corporations as the state election commission has decided to conduct urban local bodies polls through ballot papers on January 23.
Sudden weather turnaround and steep dip in mercury level in Uttarakhand has resulted into to heavy snowfalls at all major tourist areas in the last two days.
As announced by the state election commissioner Sushil Kumar municipal elections in Uttarakhand will be held on January 23 while counting of votes will be done on January 25.
A large number of Uttarakhand natives on Sunday gathered at Jantar Mantar under the banner of Uttarakhand Ekta Manch to demand the inclusion of the state's hilly region in the 5th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed the state Home Department to conduct a detailed verification of madrasas operating in Uttarakhand.
The construction workers are trapped under the rubble of the collapsed unfinished tunnel which is part of the Char Dham all-weather road since November 12.
Rescuers at the collapsed Barkot-Silkyara tunnel on Yamunotri Highway claimed on Monday they had succeeded in making a pipeline pathway to deliver larger and hard food packets to the 41 workers trapped for nearly nine days with minimum basic amenities.
As many as 41 workers have been trapped in the collapsed tunnel for more than six days since the incident took place on November 12.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said all under construction tunnel projects in the state will be reviewed.
The construction of a 4.5-kilometer tunnel to link Uttarkashi and Yamunotri is underway between the towns of Silkyara and Dandalgaon. Most of the work has been finished. Following a landslide on Sunday, a portion of the tunnel collapsed, trapping the workers within
