DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand forest department has established 42 field-based “ecological laboratories” across the state to monitor changes in its forests, which are being influenced by climate change, reports Shivani Azad. These labs will provide crucial data on the impact of erratic climate patterns, including early flowering in species such as rhododendrons and Brahmakamal.TOI had previously…
DEHRADUN: As many as 134 “suspicious individuals” working as hawkers and handcart pullers in Dehradun‘s famous Paltan Bazaar were detained by police for failing to produce “valid IDs” during a verification drive on Tuesday that began after a woman complained that a Muslim worker in a shoe shop “misbehaved” with her.The police action came a…
DEHRADUN: The Joshimath-Malari-Niti national highway (NH107-B), which connects to the Indo-China border, opened late on Sunday after remaining blocked for vehicular movement since Friday due to recurring landslides near Lata village, about 26 km from Joshimath.As a result of the landslides, traffic on the strategic route was severely impacted, particularly restricting the movement of defence…
DEHRADUN: Residents of Nandanagar town in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand‘s Garhwal region attacked shops belonging to members of the minority community on Sunday after allegations that a Muslim man, who worked in the town as a barber, had molested a local 14-yr-old girl. The incident allegedly took place on Aug 22 but came to light…
DEHRADUN: Five men, including three employees of Uttarakhand Transport Corporation, were arrested on Sunday for allegedly gang-raping a 16-year-old girl inside a bus parked at Dehradun‘s Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT). The assault, which occurred at night last Monday, came to light only after the girl, a resident of Moradabad in UP, reported the incident to…
DEHRADUN: A kanwariya who died after being hit by a car near Roorkee while heading towards Haridwar to fetch Ganga water has saved and transformed five lives through organ donation. Sachin Khandelwal, 25, from Mahendragarh in Haryana, met with an accident on July 22 and was admitted to AIIMS Rishikesh, where doctors said he had…
DEHRADUN: A kanwariya who died after being hit by a car near Roorkee while heading towards Haridwar to fetch Ganga water has saved and transformed five lives through organ donation. Sachin Khandelwal, 25, from Mahendragarh in Haryana, met with an accident on July 22 and was admitted to AIIMS Rishikesh, where doctors said he had…
DEHRADUN: Three people were killed and at least six injured after a house collapsed in Haridwar district as heavy rain wreaked havoc in several parts of Uttarakhand on Wednesday.A family is reported to have gone missing following a cloudburst in a village in the Ghansali area of Tehri district, officials said.A house collapsed due to…
DEHRADUN: In a singular order, Uttarakhand high court has directed police to provide security to an interfaith couple in a live-in relationship provided the couple register themselves under the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) within 48 hours. The order evoked surprise as the UCC, although approved by the President and notified by the state govt, is…
DEHRADUN: At 43.2 degrees on Friday, Dehradun faced the hottest day in May in the past 157 years.Previously, the hottest day in Dehradun in May was in 2012 at 43.1 degrees. Data of last six years shows that with 40.7 degrees, May 26 was hottest day in May in 2018, May 31 in 2019 with…
