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Topic: Uttarakhand

UP, MP, Goa, Uttarakhand — BJP’s command-and-control is malfunctioning

If a party helmed by the most popular leader in India and one of the sharpest political strategists—Modi-Shah— is looking like a house on fire in states, there’s a problem.

2 Uttarakhand constables among 4 held for ‘smuggling 8 tonnes of charas’

Uttarakhand DGP says both the constables of Pithoragarh Police, who were 'caught smuggling charas in huge quantities', will be dismissed from their jobs.

Help people, amplify work: BJP’s BL Santhosh tells cadre as he tours poll-bound states

BJP organisation general secretary B.L. Santhosh has started a tour of the five poll-bound states. He asked BJP workers to increase visibility in ‘seva’ work in Uttarakhand.

1,000 children under 9 years of age contract Covid in last 10 days in Uttarakhand

According to the Uttarakhand health department, 2,131 children had contracted the infection in the last one year, while 264 children tested positive from 1 April to 15 April.

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. 

SC to hear Centre’s plea on widening Chardham highway that leads to China border on Friday

The strategic 900-km Chardham highway project aims to provide all-weather connectivity to the four holy towns of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath, in Uttarakhand.

Chardham Yatra in Uttarakhand postponed amid surge in Covid cases

The portals of the four Chardham temples will open as scheduled but only priests will be allowed to perform daily prayers, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said.

8 killed, 384 rescued after glacier burst in Uttarakhand, search on for 38 missing persons

A Border Roads Organisation Camp came under an avalanche in the afternoon of 23 April after a heavy snowfall in Sumna area of Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.

Happy hypoxia, diarrhoea, severe infection: How 2nd Covid wave is affecting young patients

ThePrint reports from Gujarat, Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand, four high burden regions, on the trends doctors are seeing when it comes to young patients with Covid-19. 

‘Highly infectious’ double mutant strain was circulating in Uttarakhand even before Kumbh began

The National Centre for Disease Control has detected a total of six cases of various strains in Uttarakhand. Three of them belong to the double mutant strain.

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India’s land acquisition disputes have a way out. Both Japan and Gujarat have used it

India’s archaic land laws fuel delays, cost overruns and gridlock in everything from highways to housing. Something has to give.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.