Notably, the timing of the tweets assumes significance as Uttarakhand and Punjab both are going to polls next year.
Search and rescue teams from Uttarkashi spotted five bodies of trekkers on Thursday, while two members of the team were found dead by a rescue team in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarkashi district disaster management officer Devendra Patwal said.
The classes will be held only for three hours a day and children will not be allowed to bring food to school, according to an order issued by the department of school education on Saturday.
Once released, the candidates can check the class 10, 12 results on the website- ubse.uk.gov.in
The Uttarakhand borders will be sealed from July 24 for Kanwariyas. The state government has decided to seal the borders after suspending Kanwar Yatra for the people's safety in the looming threat of the third wave of Covid 19.
Amid row over by-polls, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday resigned from his post. He submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday met BJP chief J.P. Nadda for the second time in three days to discuss the political situation and the requirement of his election to the state Assembly before September 10.
Dissatisfied with an affidavit filed by Tourism Secretary Dilip Jawalkar, the court said that the government has only stated that the Char Dham Yatra is barred till June 22 but there is no clarity if it will be carried out in a phased manner.
Actress Arushi Nishank has helmed projects for COVID-19 relief efforts across Uttarakhand and beyond.
The crashing rock mass also brought earth and mounds of snow with it. The friction may have resulted in heating, which could have caused the floods, the observations suggest.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand surged to 749 after 33 new cases were reported on Saturday, the State Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Announcing the relaxations in penalties imposed as per the new traffic rule, Uttarakhand Minister Madan Kaushik on Wednesday announced that driving without a license would now invite a fine of Rs 2500 instead of Rs 5000 as levied under the new MV (Amendment) Act 2019.
The stream of saffron-clad Kanwariyas, who began descending upon Haridwar and Rishikesh to collect holy waters of the Ganga with the start of Shravan on July 17, continued unabated till Tuesday night when the annual fair came to an end, IG (law and order) Ashok Kumar said.
The Uttarakhand government has decided to supply 2 kg pulses to ration cardholders at the subsidised rate of Rs 15 per kg per month.
Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places in Uttarakhand's Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Nainital, Pithoragarh and Udham Singh Nagar districts during next 24 hours, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday. Meanwhile, in Himachal Pradesh, the weatherman has issued yellow warning for heavy rains on Tuesday.
In Uttarakhand’s Laksar city, cheques amounting to Rs 6 lakh given to farmers as hailstorm compensation bounced in the bank after the signature of tehsildar did not match. Forget about getting the money, the bank deducted Rs 200 per cheque as the penalty.
An FIR has been lodged against controversial BJP MLA Pranav Singh Champion seen brandishing guns and abusing people of Uttarakhand in a video which went viral on social media.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state media head Devendra Bhasin claimed that the move was in line with the party's "philosophy" of treating every religion equally.
Rescue operation was underway.
Rains are likely to occur from Wednesday evening in Rudraprayag, Pauri and Chamoli districts in the Garhwal region; while Nainital, Almorah, Bagheshwar and Pithoragarh are expected to receive heavy rains.
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