Justice Ashok Bhushan said the “drastic order” passed by the high court without hearing the Chief Minister has taken “everybody by surprise”

CM Trivendra Singh Rawat claims allegations against him are false and baseless

Dehradun District Magistrate Ashish Shrivastava said swab samples of all ministers and officials who took part in the meeting have been taken.

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.

Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, 66, was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on August 9 after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness.

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.

Two people were arrested on Sunday in connection with the hooch tragedy that claimed over 70 lives in two adjoining districts in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh

'It shows the lies the then Congress government had spread about Amit Shah to implicate him in the case,' Rawat told reporters.

The bus, after plunging into the gorge, landed a few metres from the Yamuna river, the official said.

Rawat's remarks came days after Assam CM pitched for the implementation of a NRC across all states of the country, terming illegal immigrants as a "challenge" for the nation.