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India's magical Valley reopens again for visitors, but only for a few months. Trekking, a UNESCO site, rare flowers and Himalayan views. How to reach, nearby attractionsThe Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand has opened its gates for tourists. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is famous for its colorful alpine b...
Two Myanmar nationals held with suspected heroin in ManipurManipur police apprehended two Myanmar nationals carrying suspected heroin. In a separate event, Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla honored various...
Uttarakhand’s Garhwal villages have new wedding rules: Only three gold ornaments, no alcohol, and Rs 50,000 fine for violatorsVillages in Uttarakhand's Garhwal region are implementing new wedding guidelines, limiting women to three gold ornaments and prohibiting al...
Uttarakhand: Gangotri temple to close for winter on Nov 2, Yamunotri on Nov 3Gangotri and Yamunotri temples in the Garhwal Himalayas will close for winter on November 2 and 3. The idols of Goddess Ganga and Goddess Y...
Lok Sabha Polls: Uttarakhand hills come alive to BJP candidate Anil Baluni's musicAnil Baluni, who never misses his hand-watch striking 9 am every day, had touched eight villages at high altitude on Bilkedar-Pauri road in...
Who are the 'vote-eating' Corbett leopards? The reason behind Uttarakhand's election dilemmaIn the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on April 19 in Garhwal (Pauri Garhwal) and Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar, one of the major issues is the c...
Development of border villages prioritised for first time since independence: Jyotiraditya ScindiaAddressing the residents of border village Dharali in this Uttarakhand district, the Union minister for civil aviation and steel said the v...
33 killed as bus carrying marriage party falls into gorge in UttarakhandOn Tuesday, a bus carrying a wedding procession of 45 to 50 people fell into a gorge near Simdi village in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal dist...
Ex-MLA Mahendra Bhatt is Uttarakhand BJP chiefThe decision is seen as the party's attempt to strike a balance between the hill region of Garhwal and Kumaon and the plains, represented b...
Top positions in country’s security establishments helmed by men from UttarakhandLt Gen Bipin Rawat and Anil Dhasmana, appointed as the next Army chief and the next RAW boss respectively, have joined the long list of men...
Uttarakhand rolls out Wi-Fi services from hot air balloons to connect remote villagesThe authorities launched the service at the IT park in the state capital Dehradun in the presence of the chief minister Trivendra Singh Raw...
- Combating migration: How a climate initiative is reviving a Garhwali hamlet (June 5 is World Environment Day)
Tipli (Tehri Garhwal), June 4 (IANS) Ramveer Rauthela, a farmer in this small hamlet in Uttarakhand's Garhwal region, points towards a hous...
Shopian firing: Supreme Court agrees to hear Major's father plea to quash FIRThe lawyer said the FIR has illegally been lodged against Major Aditya Kumar in connection with the firing incident in Shopian.
Trivendra Singh Rawat, new Uttarakhand CM: 9 things you should know about himFormer Uttarakhand BJP chief Trivendra Singh Rawat was sworn in today as the state's chief minister after the party won a landslide victory...
Trivendra Singh Rawat, an RSS 'pracharak' who struck it rich in politicsRawat has considerable administrative experience as he was a minister in the BJP governments led by B C Khanduri and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nisha...
- Heavy rains claim seven lives in Chamoli
Dead included two women and three children. Five bodies have been recovered and efforts are on to extricate the remaining two, still trappe...
- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna visits cloudburst-hit Ukhimath
Uttarakhand CM Vijay Bahuguna took stock of the situation at Ukhimath in Rudraprayag district where a cloudburst killed 29 people.
- Leopard burnt alive by villagers
A leopard was allegedly burnt alive by some villagers in Dhandhar area of Pauri Garhwal district, forest officials said.
- Medieval era water channel goes dry
The historical Maletha Ki Gool, a water channel in Maletha village in Uttarakhand, has dried up for the first time since its construction i...
- Hunters deputed to kill maneater leopard in Garhwal
Uttrakhand forest dept has deputed wild life hunters to shoot down a leopard, that has turned into a maneater and attacked villagers in the...