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UTTARAKHAND COVID RESTRICTIONS
Election Commission lifts ban on victory processionsIn a statement, the poll panel said keeping in mind the current status of COVID-19 in these states, it has "decided to relax the guidelines...
Assembly polls: EC further eases Covid curbs, allows road shows, 50% cap on rallies, meets relaxedECI has eased Covid-induced restrictions imposed on campaigning in assembly polls by allowing road shows with prior permission of district ...
Assembly polls: Election Commission allows padayatras, reduces campaign ban periodCiting the rise in COVID-19 cases, the poll panel had imposed a ban on physical rallies, roadshows and padayatras when it announced the pol...
Poll panel set to remove 1,000 person cap on physical ralliesThe poll panel, however, is not inclined to make any further relaxations in number restrictions for door to door campaigning- at 20 persons...
Election Commission to introduce Covid norms for crowds around poll video vansAfter public rallies were banned in all poll-bound states--Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur--in view of the surge in cor...
Election Commission's 2022 plan: 1,200 voters per booth, vaccinated staff onlyThe commission will also mandate that all polling staff must be fully vaccinated by December, in time for the early 2022 polls, sourced con...
VHP urges UP, Uttarakhand to rethink cancelling Kanwar Yatra, calls for allowing pilgrimage with COVID protocols"Kanwar Yatra is a very important religious yatra for Hindus that ties the country in unity. COVID-19 protocols should be followed but it i...
SC says 'all sentiments' subservient to Right to life, asks UP to reconsider Kanwar Yatra decision“One thing is clear, we cannot allow the Uttar Pradesh government to hold 100 per cent physical Kanwar Yatra in view of Covid. We are all c...
Borders of Uttarakhand to be sealed for Kanwariyas from July 24The borders of the state will be sealed for Kanwariyas from July 24, Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar said. However...
Uttarakhand mulling over restricted Kanwar Yatra“Since the yatra is to begin from July 26, the state is weighing the risks involved in conducting the yatra. The state government is talkin...
Kanwar yatra can be much riskier than Kumbh: ExpertsAccording to experts, the risk of spread of Covid-19 infection is higher in kanwar yatra than it was at the Maha Kumbh mela as the number o...
Uttar Pradesh to allow Kanwar yatra this yearUttarakhand has cancelled the yatra this year citing the pandemic. Uttrakhand has appealed to officers of neighbouring states to ask devote...
Lockdown restrictions extended in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and UttarakhandStates and Union Territories started imposing restrictions from mid-April for varying periods as the deadly second wave of coronavirus hit ...
Shops to open only on Thursday, Saturday till 12 noon in Dehradun during 'Corona Curfew'In wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Uttarakhand government on Wednesday extended the 'Corona curfew' in Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham S...
Uttarakhand tightens restrictions in view of COVID surgeThe Uttarakhand government has ordered the closure of markets in urban areas barring shops dealing in essential commodities from 2 pm onwar...
Railways equipped to run more trains if demand increases: Railway Board chairman Suneet SharmaThis comes amid reports of migrants rushing back to their hometowns as several state governments have announced partial lockdowns and other...
Uttarakhand announces COVID-19 vaccination for journalistsAccording to a statement issued by the Chief Minister's office, CM Tirath Singh Rawat has ordered to set up a vaccination centre for journa...
Kumbh Mela begins formally in HaridwarChecking on Uttarakhand's borders with Uttar Pradesh at Narsan in Roorkee and Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district has been intensified t...
Uttarakhand: Ex-CM Trivendra Rawat not happy with diluting COVID restrictions for KumbhHis remarks came in the backdrop of Chief Minister Rawat announcement that pilgrims need not produce negative COVID-19 reports 72 hours pri...
Chardham yatra to open for Uttarakhand pilgrims from July 1An order permitting Uttarakhand residents to visit the four temples from July 1 subject to various anti-COVID precautionary measures and re...