Parties in Uttarakhand showing renewed concern for common man

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 15:35

With the stupendous victory of AAP in Delhi Assembly polls on a strong anti-corruption plank and a professed concern for the common man, the focus of most political parties in Uttarakhand seems to have shifted to the man on the street.

Armed robbers loot cash from rural branch of nationalised bank

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 20:04

In a broad daylight heist, armed robbers Thursday looted Rs four lakh from a rural branch of a nationalised bank in Uttarakhand`s Udham Singh Nagar district.

Eleven killed, four injured as jeep falls into gorge in Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 20:00

Eleven persons were killed and four injured when the vehicle they were traveling in fell into a deep gorge here.

Uttarakhand govt to build shelter homes

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 16:28

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna has issued orders to build shelters homes for people living in the open in severe cold across the state.

Nishank removes beacons, hooters from his official vehicles

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 14:42

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank removed red beacons and hooters from his official vehicles in the light of a recent Supreme Court order limiting their use only by persons holding constitutional posts.

Two dozen trains cancelled in Uttar Pradesh

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 12:14

After a sunny January 01, fog and icy winds returned in many other parts of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.

Ration meant for flood-hit rotting in U`Khand godowns

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 13:55

While flood-hit people of Uttarakhand kept crying for succour, ration meant for them kept rotting in government godowns with villagers complaining that sacks full of foodgrain have been thrown in the Gori river.

2013 - the worst-ever year for Uttarakhand in history

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 11:30

2013 will remain embedded in the memory of the nation as the year which saw Uttarakhand suffer the worst natural calamity in its history - a deluge which left over a thousand dead and thousands missing and washed away countless villages, roads and bridges dealing a fatal blow to tourism, the mainstay of the hill state`s economy.

Riot accused BJP MLA`s properties attached

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 16:39

Uttarakhand police attached the properties of Udham Singh Nagar BJP MLA Rajkumar Thukral absconding ever since an NBW was issued against him in connection with Rudrapur communal riots of 2011.

Bahuguna`s Cabinet decides to repeal Khanduri`s Lokayukta

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 18:51

The Bahuguna government decided to repeal the Uttarakhand Lokayukta Act introduced by the previous BJP government in the state and replace it with a new legislation.

Mild tremors felt in Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 19:10

A slight intensity earthquake shook parts of Uttarakhand early Wednesday.

Gill, Das top in Uttarakhand Rally

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 16:34

Jagmeet Gill and his navigator Chandan Das, winners of Raid De Himalaya TSD Category 2013, lifted the overall winner`s trophy at the Uttarakhand Adventure Car Rally here.