Border areas main, not buffer zones: Rajnath SinghSpeaking at a function where he inaugurated 35 infrastructure projects of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), including a crucial bridge t...
20 Jan, 2024, 12.40 AM IST
Checking migration from border villages focus of Centre's Vibrant Villages ProgrammeThe Indian government's Vibrant Villages Programme aims to prevent migration from bordering towns by providing better education, health and...
15 Aug, 2023, 12.17 AM IST
U'khand man quits job for farming, dispels myth of moving to cities for employmentBalak Ram Nautiyal left his job at the Jolly Grant airport and carries no regrets of making farming his full-time occupation as the abundan...
31 Jul, 2022, 12.31 PM IST
Uttarakhand's pragmatic industrial policies attracting huge investments: CM Trivendra Singh Rawat"Much development has taken place in Uttarakhand in the last 20 years but there is much more that remains to be done. The present BJP gover...
08 Nov, 2020, 01.53 PM IST
Post-1962, thinning population in border villages hits intel gatheringSecurity experts said that it is in the country’s interests that the population in these border villages does not go down since they are in...
20 Jun, 2020, 10.49 AM IST
Uttarakhand draws up plan as Mahakumbh, census clashIn 2021, the process of the census will coincide with the Haridwar Mahakumbh that attracts millions of devotees. The dates of the Mahakumbh...
19 Oct, 2019, 09.40 AM IST
Be vigilant along China border: Rajnath Singh to forcesDue to perceptional differences, there have been transgression by the Chinese PLA in the past. Such incidents have come down now, said Rajn...
14 Jul, 2018, 12.37 PM IST
People living on China border our strategic assets, should not migrate: Rajnath SinghSingh said the border population should be given more importance as the government has "full faith and trust" in the people living in these...
14 Jul, 2018, 09.47 AM IST
Over 700 Uttarakhand villages deserted in 10 years: ReportSince the 2011 census, 734 villages in Uttarakhand have become totally depopulated out of which 14 are within an aerial distance of 5 km fr...
06 May, 2018, 02.10 PM IST
Uttarakhand asks Centre to reconsider some provisions of Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zoneIn Bhagirathi ESZ, forest and protected areas constitute about 98% of the area and villages occupy 1.6% of the total land. Close to interna...
26 Apr, 2017, 01.39 AM IST
Cow a priority for new Uttarakhand govtUttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat said that cow protection, cleaning of the Ganga, a direct road connecting Kumaon with Garhwal and effo...
21 Mar, 2017, 12.32 PM IST
Uttarakhand: Hill areas losing political importance as migration increasesThe 2017 assembly polls are witnessing the shifting of the focus of both the mainstream political parties — Congress and BJP — from the hil...
06 Feb, 2017, 12.31 AM IST
Amit Shah asks Uttarakhand people to vote for changeHe said former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did not dream of an Uttarakhand where liquor and mining mafia called the shots. Shah sai...
07 Dec, 2016, 05.54 PM IST
Amit Shah targets SP government over Mathura, Kairana incidentsShah said while citing recent clashes in Mathura as also violence and subsequent migration of over 100 families.
12 Jun, 2016, 08.31 PM IST
Climate change and migration are new challenges before South Asia: Richard Verma"Climate change and natural resource concerns will have a profound impact on our regional goals," Verma said at a conference on improving p...
11 Mar, 2015, 07.43 PM IST
- Address shortcomings in execution of MGNREGA: Minister to officials
Quoting a CAG report in reference of the MGNREGA, the minister highlighted that the scheme has brought a major improvement in socio-economi...
16 Dec, 2014, 09.14 PM IST
- 'Banks can create job opportunities using microfinance'
Uttarakhand finance minister Indira Hridayesh banks can create employment opportunities in the state and should consider using microfinance...
15 May, 2012, 01.52 AM IST