Dehradun Diary: After MP, Uttarakhand offers MBBS course in Hindi

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will launch the course by the end of the month, being implemented after a study by a panel of the Uttarakhand Medical Education Department.

11 Aug 2023

No respite from deadly rains and landslides in Uttarakhand, 9 more killed in the state  

Two siblings were killed and a third got injured when the hut they were sleeping in was hit by a landslide in the early hours of Wednesday amid incessant rains in Gaurikund, the base camp of Kedarnath

10 Aug 2023

Two kids among five killed in landslides as Uttarakhand logs record rain in 24 hours

Due to the heavy rains, many houses in Chuna Maheda village of Kotdwar are reported to be buried under debris. One person has reportedly died there.

10 Aug 2023

Uttarakhand takes up ‘you quote, we pay’ scheme to woo doctors in hilly areas

The Pushkar Singh Dhami-led government has coined a ‘you quote, we pay’ plan for such doctors.

09 Aug 2023

Rahul & Priyanka set to join padyatra as Uttarakhand Congress gears up for 2024 LS election

An important meeting was organised at Congress Bhavan on Monday regarding the preparations for the padyatra. Speaking to this daily, state president Karan Mahra said,

09 Aug 2023

Three-storey hotel collapses in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag, no casualties

The IMD has issued alerts for different districts in the state.

08 Aug 2023

As many as 40 Uttarakhand students fall ill after taking iron-folic acid tablets

The tablets were provided by the state health department workers at Government Inter College Kochiar in Nainidanda block of the Kumaon region.

07 Aug 2023

Two children killed after wall collapses in Uttarakhand's rain-hit Tehri district

Police and administration teams reached the spot, pulled the children out of the debris and rushed them to a nearby primary health centre, where doctors declared them brought dead.

06 Aug 2023

Pine trees and women empowerment 

Turning the  locally available pine leaf into a driver of change is the first of many wins of  Manju Shah. Her ‘pirul’-made crafts now weave stories of self-help for many women, writes Narendra Sethi

06 Aug 2023

Over 30 feared dead, 33 missing after cloudburst and landslide in Uttarakhand's Gaurikund

Local residents and natives are calling it a disaster reminiscent of the Kedarnath disaster of 2013.

06 Aug 2023

15 feared dead after landslide near Gaurikund in Uttarakhand

“Due to the continuous falling of stones from the adjacent hill after torrential rains, it is difficult to evacuate those trapped inside their shops.

05 Aug 2023

12 missing, many feared buried after massive landslide hits Kedarnath yatra route

"Relief teams are facing difficulty in carrying out rescue work due to heavy boulders and stones falling from the hill," said SDRF Commandant Manikant Mishra.

04 Aug 2023

Uttarakhand’s Khamrauli village reports fresh cases of land subsidence in 25 buildings  

These cracks are visible from rooms to courtyards in the village, which has a population of 50 families.

04 Aug 2023

Now, fresh cases of land submergence and cracks reported in Dehradun's Kalsi

With the land unusually submerged, cracks between houses are widening, posing a threat to residents of 25 buildings in Bamtad Khat in Kalsi tehsil of Khamrauli village.

03 Aug 2023

 Uttarakhand rains: IMD predicts heavy rainfall; three labourers washed away as bridge collapses

The villagers who have been temporarily shifted to relief camps have been provided with food and all the necessary facilities by the administration.

03 Aug 2023

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