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TopicUttarakhand

Topic: Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand is turning 25. Here’s what it can be proud of and what it needs to do now

Uttarakhand has the technology, funds, and administrative capacity to become the first zero-poverty state in India, thus fulfilling the first two Sustainable Development Goals.

Hindu group vs Miss Rishikesh contestants. “Girls fight such battles since childhood”

More than 5,000 people attended the final event, where all contestants wore ethnic and Indian outfits. The controversy arose only during rehearsals, when the girls wore Western clothes.

‘Death threats’, a cop’s car & a body in the river: The mysterious death of an Uttarakhand journalist

Rajeev Pratap Singh's pregnant wife says that in the days before his death, he appeared disturbed & frustrated after getting threat calls to pull down videos from his YouTube channel.

Another exam, another leak—Uttarakhand can’t plug gaps despite anti-cheating law, UKSSSC stir spills over

Protests started from Dehradun but have now spread to other places including Uttarkashi, Shiv Nagar, Srinagar & Gopeshwar. Students are on hunger strike in Haldwani.

‘Pray to God for safety of all,’ says Uttarakhand CM Dhami after 10 missing in Chamoli cloudburst

The cloudburst occurred late on Wednesday night in the Nandanagar Ghat area of Chamoli, triggering flash floods and debris flow that buried multiple residential structures.

Uttarakhand ‘revisits’ decision, grants CBI sanction to probe ex-Corbett director days after SC rap

Uttarakhand govt had earlier denied probe against IFS officer Rahul despite initiating departmental action over alleged illegal tree felling & unauthorised construction in Jim Corbett.

Heavy rain wreaks havoc in Dehradun, washes away shops, roads

Disaster management teams are conducting relief and rescue operations in the affected areas, while 300 to 400 people have been moved to safety.

DNA tests by botanist, a ‘confession’ & a missing witness—2 acquitted by SC in minor’s rape-murder

The Supreme Court has set aside the death penalty of the main accused, and the jail sentence of another suspect in the 2014 POCSO case.

PM Modi announces financial aid of Rs 1,200 cr for disaster-affected Uttarakhand

The state govt had sought Rs 5,702 crore in relief assistance from the Centre as large parts of Uttarakhand are witnessing landslides due to incessant rainfall in the region.

Inside an inter-state child trafficking racket: Fake adoptions, ‘middle-class’ agents & ‘7 lakh for a boy’

Busted by Delhi Police, the racket was spread across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Delhi. Six kidnapped children have been rescued from the gang.

On Camera

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

Amit Shah announces 7th NSG hub in Ayodhya, near Ram temple, to ensure troops available 24×7

On NSG raising day, Home Minister also opens Special Operation Training Centre at NSG facility in Manesar. Besides NSG troops, it will also train state police forces.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.