Acold wave is likely to sweep the Vidarbha region in the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. The average temperature is expected to be around 8 degrees Celsius in the region, according to the weather agency. On Tuesday, Nagpur recorded a minimum temperature of 7.6 degrees Celsius.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple projects, including the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor, worth around Rs 18,000 crore in Dehradun on December 4 during his visit to Uttarakhand. The PMO said in a statement that a significant focus of the visit will be on projects to…
In a setback to the ruling BJP in Uttarakhand months ahead of the Assembly elections, state minister Yashpal Arya quit the party on Monday and rejoined the Congress. His MLA son Sanjeev Arya too joined the Congress. A six-time MLA and prominent Dalit leader, Yashpal Arya is the Transport Minister in the Pushkar Singh…
Lt Gen (Retd) Gurmit Singh was sworn in on Wednesday as the new governor of Uttarakhand. The oath of office was administered to Singh by the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court Justice RS Chauhan at a simple function held at the Raj Bhawan here. Singh, who retired as the Deputy Chief of the Indian Army, is a…
Aam Aadmi Party Uttarakhand chief SS Kaler resigned from the post on Tuesday ahead of the Assembly polls scheduled next year. Soon after, the party announced three working state chiefs — one each for Kumaon, Garhwal and Terai regions. Announcing his resignation, Kaler said that the party has asked him to contest…
Revenue police in Almora district of Uttarakhand have booked BJP MP from Aonla in Uttar Pradesh Dharmendra Kashyap and three others for allegedly using abusive words and misbehaving with the priests of Jageshwar Dham and other members of the temple management committee. According to revenue sub-inspector Gopal…