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Internal bickering in Uttarakhand Congress comes to fore again

DEHRADUN: Internal bickering in Congress came to the fore again on Friday as former chief minister Harish Rawat and his bete-noire within the party, six-time MLA Pritam Singh, engaged in a banter over the responsibility of the state assembly poll debacle.

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Uttarakhand: Falling boulders kill Rajasthan pilgrim in Sonprayag, 3 others injured

DEHRADUN: A 50-year-old pilgrim from Rajasthan was killed and three other devotees, hailing from Gujarat, Haryana and Nepal, were injured after they were hit by falling boulders in Sonprayag of Rudraprayag district on Thursday. A team of State Disaster Response Force rushed to the spot for relief and rescue operation,…

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Uttarakhand: At 13,500 ft, Hemkund helipad threatens biodiversity, say locals

DEHRADUN: A high-altitude helipad being constructed in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve's (NDBR) buffer zone, near the Hemkund Sahib gurdwara in Garhwal Himalayas, has begun to face sustained protests from villagers who say that plying of choppers to ferry pilgrims would disturb wildlife and harm the extremely sensitive topography of the…

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Uttarakhand: 1 km-long lake formed near Pindari glacier due to landslides

DEHRADUN: Scientists and experts in Uttarakhand conducting ground survey work for a proposed river-linking project at Pindari glacier, the "first-of-its-kind" in the country as reported by TOI earlier, have stumbled upon a v-shaped lake that is a km-long and 50-m wide which has formed near Bageshwar's Kuwari village (situated at…

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Uttarakhand: Experts spot 107 bird and 45 butterfly species in Gangotri

DEHRADUN: A team of experts on a week-long biodiversity tour of the Gangotri landscape spotted 107 bird, 45 butterfly species and several moths and wildflowers in the region. The second biodiversity-linked community ecotourism tour was organised in the Gangotri landscape from June 19-25, to showcase the potential of nature-linked ecotourism.

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Dehradun Hospital guard foils theft attempt in gynae ward

DEHRADUN: A security guard, in his mid-50s, was allegedly attacked by a man with razor blades for foiling a theft attempt at the gynaecology ward of the Government Doon Medical College and Hospital.

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Jawan ‘missing’ from China border post for 14 days

DEHRADUN: Prakash Singh Rana, 34, a jawan of 7 Garhwal Rifles of the Indian Army, has been missing for a fortnight now with his family unaware of his whereabouts.

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Braveheart beats paralysis to realise his Army dream

DEHRADUN: Baba Danish Langer (21), of Jammu, had always dreamt of joining the Army. But a paralytic attack in 2017, triggered by Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) — that is caused by viral or bacterial infection and is treated mainly by blood transfusions — almost buried his hopes. However, he was…

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Uttarakhand: Driver was speeding, jumped off bus before crash that killed 25 Yamunotri pilgrims

DEHRADUN: Initial probe findings into Sunday's tragic Uttarkashi bus accident has revealed, according to police officers involved in the investigation, that the 46-year-old driver of the ill-fated vehicle that crashed into a deep gorge killing 26 pilgrims in it, was "overspeeding". Also that the driver "probably jumped off when he…

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Uttarakhand: ‘Mismanagement’ at the Dehradun hospital troubling patients

DEHRADUN: In the past few weeks, a number of patients have complained of “mismanagement” and “neglect” in several departments, particularly the gynaecology ward, at the Government Doon Medical College and Hospital (GDMCH).

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IIT-Delhi student becomes ‘world's top coder’, cracks biggest coding contest, wins $10,000

DEHRADUN: Kalash Gupta, a third-year computer science student at IIT Delhi got the coveted 'World's Best Coder' title along with a prize money of $10,000 by emerging on the top of the list of over 1 lakh coders from 87 countries who participated in the tenth season of Code Vita,…

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90 Char Dham pilgrims died in 2019; this year, 108 in just 27 days

DEHRADUN: Consider this: 108 pilgrims dead in less than a month since the Char Dham yatra began on May 3 this year; 90 deaths recorded during the entire six-month period of the pilgrimage in 2019; 102 deaths in 2018 (whole season); 112 in 2017. The figure for 2020 and 2021…

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5-member committee set up to implement Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand

DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government on Friday constituted a five-member committee to be led by a former Supreme Court judge, Justice (retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai, to prepare a draft proposal for the implementation of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the hill state. It will also include Justice Permod Kohli (retired), social…

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Ex-Uttarakhand minister Rajendra Bahuguna climbs water tank, shoots himself dead

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand roadways union leader, Rajendra Bahuguna, 59, who was accused by his daughter-in-law of molesting his granddaughter three days ago, climbed on a water tank on Wednesday and shot himself dead as police and passersby watched in horror. Bahuguna was associated with the Congress and was even given the…

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Five pilgrims from West Bengal among 6 killed in accident in Tehri Garhwal

DEHRADUN: Five pilgrims from West Bengal and an Uttarkashi-based taxi driver died after the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a 50-metre-deep gorge near Kotigad village in Kandisaur tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district on Wednesday.

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Uttarakhand: Daughter of anganwadi worker bags MNC job after engineering degree

DEHRADUN: In times of salary cuts and loss of job opportunities due to the Covid pandemic, the Rs 21-lakh annual pay package offered to Uttarakhand girl Priyanka Bhatt certainly bucks the trend.

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Uttarakhand: Scramble within Congress for post of state party chief

DEHRADUN: With the resignation of Ganesh Godiyal as state party chief, hectic parleys have begun within the state Congress with leaders from opposing camps lobbying for the post. The past five years have witnessed a stiff competition between the Harish Rawat camp and Pritam Singh camp for key posts within…

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Uttarakhand polls: In Chakrata, 5-time Congress MLA faces singer Jubin Nautiyal’s father

DEHRADUN: An interesting fight will play out in Chakrata on Monday as five-time MLA and leader of opposition Pritam Singh is pitted against Ramsharan Nautiyal, father of Bollywood singer Jubin Nautiyal and BJP’s nominee from the seat.

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Budget’s focus on infra to harm ecology: Ravi Chopra

DEHRADUN: To expedite economic recovery following pandemic-hit fiscals that plunged the country into a technical recession and create more informal sector jobs to help those at the bottom of the economic ladder, the central government quite expectantly gave a major push to infrastructural projects in the Union Budget presented by…

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