Students from Uttarakhand’s University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) have made India proud by winning the first position at the global aerospace competition CanSat held in Texas, US, this year. Team Astral, Indian team, has been participating in CanSat competition since 2013 and this year they left behind 39 teams from across the world to secure no. 1 ranking […]
» Read moreForty-three people were killed and a dozen were injured when a Uttarakhand based private bus veered off the road and fell into the Tons River in Boldhar, about 15 km from Nerwa sub division of Chopal in anterior Shimla. The bus was coming to Tyuni in Chopal from Vikasnagar in Uttarakhand. The 54-seater bus was packed to capacity and the […]
» Read moreFormer Uttarakhand BJP chief Trivendra Singh Rawat was sworn in today+ as the state’s chief minister after the party won a landslide victory there in last month’s Assembly polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah were among the top BJP leaders who attended the swearing-in ceremony. Governor KK Paul administered the oath. The BJP won 57 seats […]
» Read moreThe chief minister of Uttarakhand, the BJP on Friday named Trivendra Singh Rawat, a former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak, for the post. The decision came after the conclusion of a legislature party meeting here on Friday, where consent was drawn from the party MLAs on Mr. Rawat’s name as the State’s ninth Chief Minister. Mr. Rawat (56), who is […]
» Read moreVeteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari, 91, and his son Rohit Shekhar on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). They formally joined the BJP at the residence of party president Amit Shah. Mr. Tiwari is the only political leader to have become the Chief Minister of two States — Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. He also served as Minister for External […]
» Read moreThe Election Commission has announced Assembly election dates for five states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur. While Goa and Punjab will have single-phase election on February 4, Uttarakhand will vote on February 15. Manipur will have two-phase election on March 4 and 8. Polling dates: Goa: 4 February Punjab: 4 February Uttarakhand: 15 February Manipur (two-phase election): […]
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