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TN man found wandering in U'khand jungles

DEHRADUN: A 40-year-old man hailing from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, was found wandering alone in the jungles of Bageshwar district, around 320 km away from Dehradun, on Friday by some locals who were out for their morning walk. He was in a shabby condition with long hair, dirty nails and torn…

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Cancer screening in U’khand one of the lowest in country

DEHRADUN: Despite the increasing number of cancer cases in Uttarakhand, screening for the disease in the state remains one of the lowest in the country and much lower than the national average in the last two years.

The Times of India

Dams and disasters: How an Uttarakhand village was drowned for ‘development’

For decades, Uttarakhand’s Lohari village in Dehradun district has been home to a tribal community called the Jaunsars. They live mainly in the foothills of the western Himalayas and are believed to be descendents of the Pandavas.

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Uttarakhand: Letter threatens to blow up 6 railway stations; Police on alert

The Superintendent of Roorkee Railway Station has received a letter threatening to blow up several railway stations across Uttarakhand, said police on Monday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Dineshanand Bharti taken to jail, 9 released: Haridwar DM

DEHRADUN: Haridwar district magistrate (DM) Vinay Shankar Pandey said that the situation was normal at Danda Jalalpur, the venue of the proposed Hindu Mahapanchayat. The officer said that a vigil is being maintained to ensure no untoward incident is reported.

The Times of India

Villagers carve 'kuccha road' through sensitive Rajaji forest

DEHRADUN: Around a month after a forest road connecting several local villages was closed in a crucial elephant corridor of Uttarakhand, Chilla-Motichur, villagers, citing inconvenience, took matters in their own hands and built a 1-km kuccha road. The villagers said they needed the road to avoid a 6-km detour to…

The Times of India

Cops: Man who killed ‘partner’ killed self

DEHRADUN: The police team investigating the murder of the 30-year-old woman from West Bengal (WB), whose body had been decomposing for nearly three months, in a bed storage at a private guest house in Dehradun's Rajpur area, has found that the key suspect in the case, killed himself in February…

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Weekend tourist rush leads to long traffic jams in hills

MUSSOORIE/NAINITAL: The weekend tourist rush resulted in widespread traffic jams across popular hill towns of Mussoorie and Nainital in Uttarakhand. A serpentine queue of tourist vehicles was seen on Mussoorie-Dehradun road, near Gandhi Chowk, Landour, Lal Tibba and near Picture Palace. There were similar scenes in Nainital.

The Times of India

14 non-aerobridge AAI airports get ambulifts to facilitate divyang flyers; 6 more by month-end

NEW DELHI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has provided ambulifts to facilitate flyers with reduced mobility at 14 airports — Dehradun, Gorakhpur, Patna, Bagdogra, Darbhanga, Imphal, Vijayawada, Port Blair, Jodhpur, Belgaum, Silchar, Jharsuguda, Rajkot and Hubli.

The Times of India

Dehradun: 64-year-old retired forest officer found dead in Dalanwala

DEHRADUN: A 64-year-old retired administrative officer of the state forest department was found murdered in his under-construction house in Dalanwala area of Dehradun on Saturday. Police registered a case on Saturday evening but are yet to ascertain the identity and motive of the accused.

The Times of India

Pushkar Singh Dhami takes oath as Uttarakhand CM, eight ministers also sworn-in

DEHRADUN: Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday took oath as the Uttarakhand chief minister during a ceremony held at Parade Ground, Dehradun in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is 46-year-old Dhami's second consecutive stint as the chief minister.

The Times of India

Decision on next Uttarakhand CM | Rajnath Singh, Lekhi, Joshi reach Dehradun to attend BJP legislature party meet

The meeting which is slated to begin at 5 p.m. will end 11 days of suspense over who would be the next Chief Minister

The Hindu

Uttarakhand: BJP's Bansidhar Bhagat takes oath as protem speaker

DEHRADUN: Ahead of the government formation in Uttarakhand, governor Lt. General (retired) Gurmit Singh sworn in senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bansidhar Bhagat as the protem speaker of state legislative assembly on Monday.

The Times of India

Ukraine war: Rishabh Kaushik, with pet Maliboo, reaches home in Dehradun

DEHRADUN: The plight of 21-year-old Rishabh Kaushik finally ended when he reached his home in Dehradun from Ukraine on Friday evening with his pet dog Maliboo, without whom he had refused to leave the war-torn country. The Indian Air Force (IAF)'s evacuation flight from Budapest, Hungary, had in the morning…

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Uttarakhand: What do people want from the next govt?

DEHRADUN: With Uttarakhand going to polls on Monday, residents in rural areas said they urgently need better healthcare, jobs and improved waste management while those in urban areas said they want better roads and green belts.

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How the Delhi-Dehradun expressway is leaving a trail of destruction

One of the big promises of the Modi government is to build an expressway between Delhi and Dehradun to save travel time. Construction has already begun, and the signs of environmental destruction that it's leaving in its wake is becoming obvious.

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Morning Show Ep 12: Modi’s ANI interview, Uttarakhand polls, and the issue of ‘land jihad’

Atul, Manisha and Meghnad are in Dehradun with Rahul Kotiyal, founder-editor of Baramasa, an Uttarakhand-focused video website on culture, history and news. They discuss Modi’s interview with ANI and its implications. Rahul talks about the hot button issues in Uttarakhand around ownership of land, and where the narrative of "land…

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Morning Show Ep 10: Modi's 'pahadi topi' and what women voters want in Uttarakhand

In Dehradun, Manisha and Meghnad catch up with social activist Anoop Nautiyal and journalist Tania Saili Bakshi. Nautiyal previously contested elections first for the AAP and then as an independent, though he's since left politics. Tania runs a bilingual news website and works on the Valley of Words literature festival.

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Morning Show Ep 9: BJP’s ad blitz in Uttarakhand

As Atul, Manisha and Meghnad reach Dehradun to understand the issues that matter in the Uttarakhand assembly elections, they are joined by journalist Hridayesh Joshi, who recalls what he has seen while reporting from the state. Some of the prime concerns for voters are price rise, unemployment and attacks by…

The Hindu

‘Fauji votes’ always play a decisive role in Uttarakhand

Nearly 12% of the hill State’s electorate is retired and serving army personnel and their families

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Politics of capital: Will Gairsan ever replace Dehradun as Uttarakhand's capital?

About 260 km from Uttarakhand’s Dehradun, work is underway to widen a mountain road. This road connects Diwalikhal, a small village in Chamoli district, with the assembly and secretariat complex in the town of Gairsain.

The Hindu

Uttarakhand Mahila Congress chief joins BJP

Former Congress MLA and Uttarakhand Mahila Congress president Sarita Arya on Monday joined the BJP in Dehradun in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and State BJP president Madan Kaush

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The lure of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

For much of the English news media, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is somewhat of a joke who first burst onto the scene with his viral song, Love Charger in 2014.He’s been steady fodder since with his music videos, blingy fashion sense, hairy back and five movies.The self-styled ‘messenger of god’…

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