Dehra Dun. The Uttarakhand government today sanctioned a medical college and a university for New Tehri, and also gave nod to develop the Tehri reservoir as a tourism hub. Decisions to this effect were taken by Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar &...

Dehradun, Nov 9 Setting his eye on the upcoming Assembly polls, Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri today made a slew of announcements including 5 per cent interest subsidy on education loan and free travel for all girl students in &helli...

UPA chairperson and AICC president Sonia Gandhi will lay the foundation stone of the proposed 125 kms Rishikesh-Karanprayag railway line in Uttarakhand on November 9. The foundation stone will be laid at Gochar in the Garhwal hills. Earlier, ...

In a bid to boost tourism, especially religious tourism, the Uttarakhand Tourism Department will set up a Himalayan Haat on the lines of Dilli Haat in Haridwar city. The Union Government has allocated a sum of Rs 5.92 crore to … ...

Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB) announced plans for organising whitewater rafting in Tons river in Dehradun district in order to promote tourism in the state. As part of tourism activity, a national rafting championship will be o...

Uttarakhand has virtually hit the jackpot with the Centre selecting the hill state as the first tourist destination of India which would be developed in the new Five-Year Plan. A total of 10 new destinations would be developed in the …...

Dehra Dun. The Uttarakhand government today sanctioned a medical college and a university for New Tehri, and also gave nod to develop the Tehri reservoir as a tourism hub. Decisions to this effect were taken by Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar &...

In a survey of top schools in India, Uttarakhand emerged as a leader in Boarding Schools, Day Schools and International schools in India. Continue reading ...

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today laid the foundation stone of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur to be set up with a cost of Rs 800 crore. The foundation stone laying ceremony of IIM, being developed on 200 acres of … ...

RITES has been appointed as the new consultant for expansion and modernisation of Naini-Saini airport in the hilly Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. RITES will now prepare a fresh DPR of the airport project which will be expanded for the l...

The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) will institute national awards in the names of Amrita Devi and Gaura Devi, two women considered pioneers of India’s environmental conservation movement. Incidentally, the awards are being i...

Khatima (Uttarakhand). India may have taken strides in developments, but even today, high in the mountains of  Kumaon in Uttarakhand, women are employed to lift human excreta on their head. For years, Lakshmi has been doing this inhuman job....