Uttarakhand Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj has warned touts and helicopter ticket black marketeers for Kedarnath pilgrimage of strict action if they do not desist from their nefarious activities.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday claimed that his government has reduced the state's unemployment rate from more than 4.5 per cent in 2022-23 to 4.4 per cent in 2023-24.
The Uttarakhand Police have embarked on an extensive plan to monitor the upcoming Chardham Pilgrimage-2025, using 3,000 CCTV cameras installed across the routes to Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri.
He will replace outgoing Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, who is retiring after two extensions granted by the Centre and the state government in the last nine months.
The Uttarakhand government is bewildered to manage excess expenditure to the tune of Rs 368 crore incurred to it during National Games 2025.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his prayers on Thursday at the Mukhimath Temple, revered as the winter abode of River Ganga, located in Mukhwa village of Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district.
This despite the fact that the state Women and Child Development Department runs intensive anti-malnutrition and health schemes for the children mainly in rural areas of the state.
The Uttarakhand Food Safety and Drug Administration has launched a statewide anti-adulteration crackdown on hoteliers and shopkeepers selling milk, Khoya (dry milk) and paneer(soft white cheese).
At least four Border Roads Organisation (BRO) workers were killed and as many are still missing after a devastating avalanche struck near Mana village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on February 28.
Four BRO construction workers who were trapped under an avalanche at Mana Village near Badrinath in Uttarakhand have died, even as rescue operation launched jointly by Indian Army, ITBP, BRO and Indian Air Force rescued 46 other workers on Saturday.
