Year-on-year, GDP growth has slowed from 8.6 per cent, but compared to the previous quarter, it has risen from 5.4 per cent. Looking ahead, the government projects a real GDP growth rate of 6.5 per…
In an avalanche near the village of Mana in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli, 57 workers engaged in road construction were trappedread moreAn avalanche occurred on Friday near the village of Mana in Uttarak…
A frantic rescue operation is still underway in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district after a tunnel collapse left eight workers trapped underground.A portion of the proposed 44-km-long tunnel, locat…
After concerns over unrestricted land sales to outsiders, the Uttarakhand Cabinet has approved a new draft law for land purchases in the state.
The new draft law bans people outside the state from…
With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) securing a decisive victory in Delhi, the national capital has become the latest addition to the party’s expanding political dominance in North India.
The BJP has…
The Uniform Civil Code will come into effect in Uttarakhand from Monday (27 January). Uttarakhand is set to be the first Indian state to implement the UCC.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami…
Bypolls in 15 assembly seats spread across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala and Uttarakhand will be held on Wednesday.
Votes will be counted on November 23. The results of the bypolls, however, will not…
As police intensify its investigation into the murder case of 29-year-old Bengaluru woman Mahalakshmi, whose dismembered body was found stuffed into a refrigerator in her flat, her estranged husband…
As the country is in intense rage following the horrific rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, another brutal crime has been reported where a nurse from Uttarakhand was raped and killed by a…
Public anger has intensified as thousands of investors remain affected by the National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) crisis, which began over a decade ago. The scandal, involving brokers who misled…
A Delhi-based lawyer, Mukund P Unny, recently shared a distressing experience with an Amazon delivery agent after ordering an iPhone 15 online. Mukund, who is an advocate at the Supreme Court, ordered…
The death toll from the Uttarakhand cloudburst has risen to 14 while six are critically injured after the state witnessed flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall.
On the brighter side,…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a series of weather warnings as heavy rains are expected to impact various regions across India in the coming days. An orange alert has been issued…
Be it Delhi or Himachal Pradesh, half of India is already reeling under heavy rainfall with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) now saying that the country will record above-normal downpours in…
The national capital of Delhi and its surrounding areas received heavy spells of showers on Wednesday, offering a respite for the Delhiites from the humidity.
According to the India Meteorological…
The Supreme Court imposed a stay on the Uttar Pradesh government’s directive for shop nameplates, ruling that shopkeepers only need to indicate if they serve vegetarian or non-vegetarian food. The…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced financial assistance for Sikkim, Assam, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the states impacted by floods.
Presenting the Union Budget in…
The Supreme Court, on Monday, has put interim stay till July 26 on the Uttar Pradesh government’s directive that the shopkeepers along the Kanwar Yatra route must display the “names of owners and…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted the presence of a monsoon depression over the Odisha coast. Under its influence isolated extremely heavy rainfall is expected over south…
In an effort to maintain the purity of the faith of Kanwar pilgrims, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday mandated that all the eateries, restaurants along the Kanwar Yatra route…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in several states today, July 19. According to the IMD, isolated areas in Konkan & Goa, Madhya…
Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand, who turned down the invitation to the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, on Monday said Shiv Sena…
INDIA bloc parties won 10 assembly seats, while the BJP clinched two and an Independent one, as votes were counted on Saturday for the by-elections held earlier this week on 13 seats in seven states….
The ruling BJP in Uttarakhand suffered a major setback in the assembly by-elections. It seems to be losing the Badrinath seat. The setback seems to have awakened the Opposition parties, who are now…
The INDIA bloc is leading in 10 out of 13 Assembly seats while the Aam Aadmi Party has won the Jalandhar West Assembly constituency. The results of by-polls in 13 Assembly seats will be declared on…
A panel framing rules for Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code is trying to ensure that data provided by live-in couples remains protected but feels that information about those aged between 18 and 21…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts heavy rainfall in northern and northeastern India, including East Uttar Pradesh and Delhi-NCR. After a dry spell, Delhi experienced continuous rain…
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted extremely heavy rainfall in isolated regions of West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and Meghalaya on Wednesday. Additionally,…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall across Northwest and East India in the upcoming 4-5 days. Northwest and Central India are expected to experience…
On Sunday, an avalanche struck Gandhi Sarovar in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand. A video posted by the news agency PTI featured the avalanche rushing down the slopes.
Rudraprayag senior superintendent of…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a “orange rain alert” due to the expected heavy rain that is expected to continue for the next four days in Delhi NCR on Sunday, June 30….
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted very heavy rainfall in Delhi, Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and other states over the next few days. On Friday, the IMD issued an…
At least 14 people were killed as a tempo traveller carrying 26 passengers fell into a deep gorge in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district on Saturday after which the Uttarakhand government directed an…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave to severe heatwave alert for today, in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Jharkhand, and Punjab. It added that there is a…
The Election Commission on Monday announced bypolls to 13 assembly constituencies across seven states, including four in West Bengal, on July 10.
The bypolls are to be held against vacancies created…
India has delivered its verdict and it’s been surprising and historic. Surprising because no one had expected that the INDI Alliance would perform so well, bagging 234 seats, and in turn becoming a…
As the 7th phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections comes to an end, it will be safe to say that the world’s largest democracy chose the administration that will rule the country for the next five…
Govt starts granting citizenship under CAA in West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand. The Union government on Wednesday started granting citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in West Bengal,…
A heartbreaking tragedy occurred in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh when eleven passengers were murdered and at least ten injured after a stone-laden dumper truck went turtle on their bus late on…
At least 11 people died and 10 were injured after a truck turned turtle on top of a bus carrying devotees to Uttarakhand on Saturday late at night, said police.
According to the police the incident…
Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) [India], May 14: The world is tuning in more and more to the rhythm of spirituality and the ancient wisdom of yoga. It’s like there’s a collective yearning for something deeper…
Coming down hard on the Uttarakhand government, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday it was at pains to say that the state’s approach in controlling forest fires was “lackadaisical”. A bench headed by…
The doors of Kedarnath Dham opened on Friday morning, marking the beginning of the Chardham Yatra in Uttarakhand. On the auspicious festival of Akshaya Tritiya, the Chardham Yatra began.
In the…
Contesting Nepal’s decision to introduce a new Rs 100 currency note featuring disputed Indian territories External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that New Delhi’s position is very clear adding…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna to file on record original page of each newspaper in which public apology was issued in connection with the Patanjali…
Today marks the start of the first round of voting for 102 seats in 21 states and UTs as well as 92 assembly seats in the state assembly elections for Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
More than 16.63…
On April 19, the first phase of the Indian elections will commence, covering 102 Lok Sabha seats across 21 states and Union territories. This extensive process will span seven phases. Here’s a list of…
Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttarakhand. It comprises some districts of Dehradun, Tehri Garhwal and Uttarkashi. This constituency came into…
Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency in Uttarakhand braces itself for a high-stakes political battle as the electoral arena heats up with BJP’s former Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and Congress’s…
The Meteorological Department has forecasted thunderstorms in northwest India from March 30 to 31 and heavy rainfall in the Himalayan regions. IMD has also predicted light rains in Delhi on Saturday….
Newly appointed election commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu assumed charge on Friday.
The former bureaucrats were appointed as election commissioners on Thursday. They are the first…
Weather in northwest India is expected to be impacted by a western disturbance, as per IMD weather bulletin.
The weather department predicted light to moderate rainfall and snowfall followed by…
The Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is underway at the party headquarters in the national capital. The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra…
Lok Sabha Polls 2024: BJP to hold core group meetings of eight states in Delhi todaySources said that the chief ministers and party officials of Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Ass…
The historic Uniform Civil Code (UCC) 2024 Bill was passed by the Uttarakhand Assembly on Wednesday. Once the state governor gives his or her assent, the bill will become an Act. A number of changes…
There’s an uneasy calm in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani on Friday morning following a violence and turbulent night. People in the area of Banbhoolpura area in Haldwani are still reeling from the violence and…
Shiv Sena (UBT) corporate and the son of ex-MLA, Abhishek Goshalkar was shot dead by local social activist Mauris Noronha on Thursday in Mumbai. He was taken to Karuna Hospital in Borivali, but his…
The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill was passed today in the Uttarakhand assembly with a comfortable majority during a special session. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, during the debate…
A 28-year-old man from Uttarakhand has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman friend from West Bengal’s Darjeeling for a week, thrashing, and torturing her by “pouring hot dal (lentils)” on her,…
The Uttarakhand government introduced the Uniform Civil Code Bill on Tuesday (6 February) in the Legislative Assembly. Tabled by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the legislation seeks to “govern…