Vijay Bahuguna quits, Harish Rawat frontrunner for Uttarakhand CM`s post

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 06:15

The Congress Legislature Party will meet in Dehradun on Saturday to choose the next chief minister of the state.

New Lokayukta bill tabled in U`khand Assembly

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 20:38

Uttarakhand government on Monday tabled a new Lokayukta Bill modelled on the Centre`s Lokpal in the state Assembly replacing the earlier anti-corruption legislation passed by the previous BJP government triggering a ruckus by the main opposition party.

Armed men rob Dehradun-bound train passengers

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 13:57

Armed robbers looted cash and valuables from some passengers on board a train in Muzaffarnagar district here, police said here on Monday.

Mumbai-Dehradun Express fire: DNA tests to identify bodies

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 12:04

DNA tests will be conducted on four unidentified bodies of the nine passengers who died in Wednesday`s Dehradun Express fire in Thane, near the Maharashtra-Gujarat border, an official said.

Fire scare in Yeshwantpur-Dadar Chalukya Express; prompt railway staff avert tragedy

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 01:21

Smoke emanating from underneath a coach of a train bound for Dadar in Mumbai from here caused anxious moments before it was put out by the railway crew at Chincholi station in Belgaum District of Karnataka.

Shapoorji Pallonji bags construction contract from Max India

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 19:42

Max India group firm Antara Senior Living has roped in construction major Shapoorji Pallonji for its housing project for the elderly at Dehradun, being developed at a cost of Rs 520 crore.

Cops accused of throwing woman out of train get clean chit

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 12:27

The Government Railway Police has given a clean chit to its two personnel, accused of pushing a woman out of a moving train leading to her death, in the final report of the case submitted by it before a local court here.

Mumbai-Dehradun Express fire: Railway Minister expresses grief, announces compensation

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 09:47

Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday expressed grief over the death of passengers in the fire mishap on board the Mumbai-Dehradun Express and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of kin of those killed.

Mumbai-Dehradun Express fire: Nine killed, major disaster averted

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 05:40

At least nine passengers were charred to death when a fire engulfed three coaches of the speeding Mumbai-Dehradun Express near Dahanu town in Maharashtra`s Thane district.

Four women held for kidnapping baby from Muzaffarnagar riot camps

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 23:21

Three women were arrested from Dehradun and one from Patiala for allegedly kidnapping a one month old baby from Muzaffarnagar and selling it here, police said.

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.