Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Tuesday sought a high level probe into the charges levelled against veteran Congress leader N. D. Tiwari, who quit as Andhra Pradesh governor Saturday after allegations of his involvement in a sex scandal.
Bamboo fencing on Nainital’s hillside roads to prevent mishaps
November 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Nainital, Nov. 21 : Following various incidents of mishaps due to accidents or vehicles falling off the high cliff into the deep gorges, accident-prone hillside roads are being fenced with bamboo along Kathgodam-Nainital National Highway in Nainital.
The initiative Bamboo bio-fencing has come up as a pilot project of the Forest Department of Nainital.
Dehradun: CBI files chargesheet in MBA student encounter case
November 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dehradun, Dec 23 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed a chargesheet in the MBA student Ranbir Singh fake encounter case.
The CBI accused 18 police personnel as responsible for the alleged fake encounter in the chargesheet, which was filed five months after the incident.
Kumbh Mela: 150 doctors, 31 hospitals to control swine flu
November 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dehradun, Jan 7 – Uttarakhand has set up 31 temporary hospitals and trained at least 150 doctors to check any swine flu outbreak during Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious congregations in the world that begins Jan 14.
“The central government has already inspected the arrangements. They have also given us a truckload of masks for tackling swine flu during the congregation,” Pankaj Jain, chief nodal officer for swine flu in Uttarakhand, told IANS.
BJP government seeks extension of tax holidays in Uttarakhand
November 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) led government in the state of Uttarakhand has set its mood up to get the tax holidays extended from the central government for another three years.
In fact, the leaders of the opposition party Congress have also supported the move of extending the tax holidays. While the tax breaks vary from product to product but broadly it is referred to the excise duty concessions that the companies get who are operating in the state.
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