Hill-plain controversy in Uttarakhand sparks political storm, draws in UP CM
Without directly naming Yogi Adityanath, Kumar pointed out that the UP CM hails from a hill region.
Without directly naming Yogi Adityanath, Kumar pointed out that the UP CM hails from a hill region.
The purpose of this law is to stop indiscriminate purchase and sale of agricultural and horticulture land in the state.
Uttarakhand's annual budget crossed the one lakh crore mark on Thursday as the Pushkar Singh Dhami government presented its 2025-26 budget of Rs 1.01 lakh crore, 13 per cent more outlay than Rs 89.23 thousand crore in the last financial year.
The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday cleared the much talked about land law to prevent non-state natives from buying large area and agricultural land in the hill state.
The Uttarakhand Assembly's move to go digital has apparently not gone down well with the legislators as they are unable to leaf through their tablet beyond logging in.
During the challenge presented by the tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand, an unaexpected group emerged as the heroes ~ the so-called “rat-hole miners.”
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also saluted the efforts of rescue teams.
According to officials, the first three workers were brought out on specially modified stretchers. These were lowered manually down a two-metre-wide pipe inserted into holes drilled into the hillside.
"We have been able to successfully evacuate all the trapped workers thanks to the brilliant rescue team," an official said.
CM Dhami added "manual drilling of the passage is moving ahead smoothly as no hard obstructions are coming in the way. Only cement blocks are being found by the miners working hard to drill escape passage."
