Topic: Dehradun
Who is Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban leader who trained at IMA in Dehradun
Stanikzai joined the IMA’s Bhagat Battalion's Keren Company in the 1980s after studying political science in Afghanistan. He is now Taliban’s head of political office in Doha.
100 to 2,000+, Dehradun’s daily Covid cases see huge rise as Kumbh ends, but officials deny link
Dehradun, which borders Haridwar, is by far Uttarakhand's worst-hit district. Its cumulative total of Covid cases was 93,849 on 12 May, or 35% of the state’s 2,64,683.
Couple moves court for protection, becomes first to be booked under Uttarakhand’s religion law
Two months after Uttarakhand HC ordered an inquiry, the couple, a relative and the qazi are booked for religious conversion of the woman without following norms of 2018 Act.
Army doctor and JCO test positive for Covid-19, both had travelled to Delhi separately
The latest cases have come over 10 days after an Army jawan in Leh tested positive for Covid-19 to become the first its victim in the 13-lakh strong force.
Army proposal to disband Officers Training Academy in Gaya gets defence ministry nod
Gaya OTA was proposed after the Kargil conflict when it was expected that more officers would join the Army. The officer cadets will now be moved to IMA in Dehradun.
14-year-old gang-raped in Dehradun school was force-fed chillies & papaya for 6 days
School authorities, having learnt that she was pregnant, tried to induce miscarriage to ensure that school didn't get a 'bad name'.
Beaten, stripped, Kurkure shoved down throat: How Dehradun student was tortured by seniors
Three weeks after the gruesome murder of a 12-year-old student in Dehradun, police probe details the six-hour-long torture that he faced from two seniors.
Mobs pressured us to cut off Kashmiri students but no such decision taken: Dehradun colleges
Two colleges in Dehradun clarified that managements haven't taken a decision to deny admission to Kashmiri students following the Pulwama attack.
Dozens of Kashmiri students take shelter in Punjab over security fears after Pulwama attack
Local Kashmiri students in Mohali make accommodation arrangements for other students from the country.
This premier university has always been in the grip of civil servants
Forest Research Institute Deemed University in Dehradun has never been headed by an academic. All its V-Cs are officers from the Indian Forest Services.
UP elections 2022 are warming up. Guess who’s at the forefront—it’s chhutbhaiyya netas
Lives of chhutbhaiyya netas are like a Bollywood film. Some dream to be MLAs, and others deepen the democracy in India.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.