The Aam Aadmi Party's chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Uttarakhand Assembly polls Colonel Ajay Kothiyal (retd) will contest from the Gangotri seat in Uttarkashi district, party leader Manish Sisodia said.
Pushkar Singh Dhami has been named as the next chief minister of Uttarakhand, following a critical legislature meeting conducted at the state headquarters in Dehradun by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
At 45, Dhami takes over as the youngest chief minister of Uttarakhand.
Within party lines, however, reports suggest that some may not be happy with the appointment of Dhami as CM.
Trivendra Singh Rawat was trolled on social media for his unusual observation on coronavirus as it went viral at a time when the entire country is battling a strong second wave of Covid-19.
The night curfew timing for all 13 districts has been revised from 9 pm-5 am to 7 pm-5 am, the order from the Uttarakhand government said.
The comment came in reference to PM Garib Kalyan Yojana under which authorities distributed free ration comprising of five kg of food grains and one kg of pulses per person per household.
Mussoorie Lockdown: During the period all shops and offices will remain closed.
While coming from Delhi, the bogie caught fire near Kasro railway station, informed Uttarakhand police chief Ashok Kumar
The list includes Dhan Singh Rawat, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Satpal Maharaj.
A team of NTPC, THDC and SJVNL officials will visit the project site to ascertain the causes behind the damage in the Avalanche
Trivendra Singh Rawat was taken to Delhi in a helicopter on the advice of doctors after a slight infection was found in his lungs: officials
While the infected student is under treatment, the samples of students currently under isolation have been sent for testing and their reports are awaited.
Electing to field, Puducherry bowlers set the tone by reducing Assam to 92/5 in 27 overs before Rajiv (4/17) rattled the lower order to bundle them out for a paltry 115 runs in 36.1 overs to seal a quarterfinal spot in the Vijay Hazare Trophy
Majority of the dengue cases have been reported from Dehradun, where so far 3,000 people have been diagnosed, followed by Haldwani with 1,100 cases reported.
State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) teams have been rushed to the affected areas but rescue operations are being hampered by incessant rains,
An official at the CMO defended the chief minister's remarks saying that he was only stating something which is a common belief in the hills of Uttarakhand.
Uttarakhand BJP President Ajay Bhatt welcomed the gesture.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.