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World Tiger Day: Calculated showcasing of Big Cat will help India conserve wildlife
Photographs and text are by N Shiva Kumar Having visited numerous tiger sanctuaries over the last 40 years starting with Tadoba in Maharashtra, Periyar in Kerala, and Corbett in Uttarakhand in 1984,…
- India
Kanwar Yatra row: Uttarakhand Muslim shopkeepers relieved as SC extends stay
Haridwar: Muslim shopkeepers here have expressed happiness after the Supreme Court extended its stay on an order mandating the display of names and phone numbers of shop owners on the Kanwar Yatra…
- India
Govt extends financial support for flood mitigation, irrigation projects
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced a comprehensive financial support plan of Rs 11,500 crore to enhance flood control measures and irrigation projects across several states. Presenting the Budget…
- India
AAP thanks SC for imposing interim stay on UP orders for eateries
New Delhi: The AAP on Monday thanked the Supreme Court for imposing an interim stay on the “anti-Dalit” directives passed by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments that eateries along the Kanwar…
- India
SC stays nameplate orders for eateries issued by UP, Uttarakhand govts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of controversial directives issued by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments requiring all eateries and dhabas along the Kanwar Yatra route to…
- India
Uttarakhand: 4 kanwariyas arrested for attacking man with swords
Uttarakhand: Four kanwariyas from Haryana have been arrested here in Uttarakhand for allegedly attacking a parking lot employee with swords following an argument over parking fee, police said on Sunday. The employee…
- India
Kanwar Yatra: Muzaffarnagar order now extended to UP, Uttarakhand
Lucknow/Dehradun: Days after Muzaffarnagar Police asked all eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their owners’ names, the Uttar Pradesh government is extending the controversial order across the state and Uttarakhand…
- India
Uttarakhand village boycotts Dalit families over drummer’s no show
Gopeshwar: Dalit families of a remote village in Chamoli district were boycotted after a person from the community failed to turn up to play the drum at a temple due to illness.…
- India
‘Where is your sindoor’, Hindutva mob attacks Christian prayer meet in Dehradun
A Christian prayer meeting was attacked by a Hindutva mob in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun district. The prayer meeting was being held in a residence on July 14. The mob forcefully entered the house…
- India
SC verdict on maintenance to Muslim women against Islam: AIMPLB
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday asserted that the Supreme Court verdict on maintenance to Muslim women was against Islamic law and authorised its president to…
- India
Congress candidate Qazi Nizamuddin wins Manglaur by-poll in Uttarakhand
Despite communal tension simmering in the last couple of days in Manglaur, Uttarakhand, Congress candidate Qazi Nizamuddin won the Manglaur by-elections by 422 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate Kartar Singh Bhadana and…
- India
Muslims attacked on way to vote in Uttarakhand by-election
Law and order in the Manglaur assembly constituency turned sour on Wednesday, July 10, during the by-election after several Muslim men were allegedly attacked and turned away from voting. The incident occurred…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad tourists die in Uttarakhand after hit by boulders
Gopeshwar/Hyderabad: Two tourists from Hyderabad died in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Saturday after being hit by boulders following a landslide, police said. They said the accident occurred on the Badrinath National Highway…
- India
Heavy rain lashes Haridwar, cars swept away in flooded Sukhi river
Haridwar: Heavy rain lashed Haridwar on Saturday afternoon and several cars washed away after flooding in the Sukhi river here. Rainwater gushed into homes and left major roads in the pilgrimage town…
- India
Uttarakhand accident: Need to check ‘hill endorsement’ of drivers’ licence, say officials
Dehradun: A day after fifteen tourists died in a road accident in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag, officials said on Sunday that there was a need for greater focus on ‘hill endorsement’ in drivers’ licences…
