Minor earthquake shakes Rudraprayag region of Uttarakhand

In a move that will surely enhance search and rescue operation carried out after disaster, Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (DMMC) would provide vehicles, equipped with special apparatus and instruments to all 13 districts in the State.

In an administrative reshuffle, the Uttarakhand government today transferred 10 IAS officers, appointing eight as District Magistrates. The new DMs are N K Jha (Tehri), V K Dhaundiyal (Rudraprayag), Arvind Singh Hayanki (Nainital), Chandrashekhar Bhatt ...

Uttarakhand BJP State chief Tirath Singh Rawat has appointed in-charges of party's districts in order to turn the proposed agitation against the Union Government into a success. He claimed that the party will make a comeback in the general elections ...

The gates of Kedarnath temple was finally opened for devotees after a period of hiatus owing to the winter season. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna led thousands of devotees in paying obeisance at the famous Kedarnath temple whose gates ...

The customers can avail services like mobile, data card, DTH recharges, utility payments, rail, air & bus tickets, cinema tickets and e-commerce payments at a post office near them. This all can be done conveniently without using credit or debit ...

All the district education officers were directed to ensure that girls studying in class IX are given free cycles in plains and fixed deposits for the amount equal to the cost of a cycle in mountainous areas under Girl Education Encouragement (free ...

The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal's ad-hoc executive committee has validated the expulsion of party patron Kashi Singh Airy and nine members ordered by the party chief Trivendra Singh Panwar recently. During a meet of the district heads and ad-hoc ...

The first ever annual health survey (AHS) released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on May 3, rates Uttarakhand as the safest state in India for child to be born in, given its relatively low infant mortality rate. The survey helps to compare ...

Uttarakhand has performed well while its neighbour Uttar Pradesh has done poorly on key health indicators released on Friday as per the findings of Annual Health Survey (AHS) in 284 districts of nine States, which constitute 50 per cent of India's ...