DEHRADUN: Dhruv Dahiya, 21, from Bengaluru is a fourth-generation officer. His great-grandfather fought World War-II on the Burmese and African fronts, his grandfather is a Shaurya Chakra recipient who saw action in 1971 Indo-Pak war, and his father, Commodore Shivnath Dahiya, a test pilot for Tejas, was the first to land the aircraft on INS…
DEHRADUN: Amid the ongoing Char Dham Yatra, Uttarakhand police on Sunday appealed to devotees to postpone their pilgrimage to the Yamunotri shrine in Uttarkashi district for the day. The appeal was made citing the number of devotees already reaching the capacity of the shrine.The development came after photos and videos showing a massive rush on…
The Shahs’ political fortunes are tied to the Badrinath temple, affecting election outcomes. Despite historical defeats, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah won in 2019. With upcoming polls on April 19 and temple reopening on May 12, will luck favor them again? Source link
HARIDWAR/DEHRADUN: The main accused in the murder of Baba Tarsem Singh was shot dead in an encounter with the Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) in the Bhagwanpur area of Haridwar in the early hours of Tuesday.Amarjit Singh alias Bittu, a shooter with Rs 1 lakh bounty on his head, was killed while his accomplice fled,…
DEHRADUN: After a long wait, Dumak might get a road by the year-end. After TOI reported Thursday that the 250-odd voters in Dumak had decided to boycott polls over the promised road, Uttarakhand Rural Roads Development Agency (URRDA) CEO Kamrendra Singh issued a statement saying pending work on the road will be completed in eight…
RUDRAPUR: In a shocking act of violence, Baba Tarsem Singh, the Dera Kar Seva Pramukh of Nanakmatta Gurdwara in Udham Singh Nagar district, was gunned down early in the morning. Nanakmatta is a prominent Sikh pilgrimage spot.According to eyewitnesses, at approximately 6 am, two unidentified assailants on a motorcycle entered the Dera’s open gates and…
DEHRADUN: The five-member panel constituted for drafting the uniform civil code (UCC) in Uttarakhand handed over its final draft report to CM Pushkar Singh Dhami in an event at the CM camp office on Friday morning. The draft would be discussed and passed in the state cabinet meeting scheduled on Saturday (February 3). Thereafter, it…
DEHRADUN: For the past week, commuters passing by the Parade Ground in the heart of Dehradun have had their attention drawn towards a towering 131-ft effigy of Ravana installed in the ground.According to members of the Bannu Biradari Dussehra Committee, the organisers of the festivities at the ground, the effigy of the demon king is…
