Lalmani Verma

The nameplate, part of a programme called ‘Ghaur ki Pachyan, Nauni ku Nau (Identity of the house, in the name of the daughter)’, is an effort by the district administration to create awareness about gender rights and property ownership among women and their families.

The 90-foot-long structure of bamboo, jute, and grasses was built across the two-lane Kaladhungi-Nainital highway by local contractors over a period of 10 days at a cost of Rs 2 lakh.

The 20-year-old tigress—codenamed T1—has been living in Rajaji Tiger Reserve's Motichur range for well over a decade. After June, however, it has not been caught on the cameras installed around its territory. Its pug marks, too, have not been found for over a month.

State WCD Minister Rekha Arya said she has over the years celebrated Igas in Dehradun, Haldwani and Bareilly, but this time is going to her village – Sonadipokhri in Someshwar.

The officials said at the meeting that the elephant reserve has no legal sanctity and there is no provision for it in forest and wildlife Acts.

Uttarakhand is one of the five states where distribution of property cards has begun.

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has asked the state government to explore the possibility of acquiring a different patch of land for the expansion, so that the trees could be spared.

In Uttarakhand, whose forests are home to many of the more than two dozen species of owl found in India, the Forest Department has sounded a statewide alert and officials have increased their vigil to try and foil poachers.

State BJP president Bansi Dhar Bhagat also issued a show cause notice to Joshi, seeking a response within seven days. An unsatisfactory reply or the lack of one may result in his expulsion.

In the first step, the “scientific estimate” is being carried out by the Uttarakhand Forest department and Wildlife Institute of India (WII), and will focus on sightings by residents of hilly areas, who migrate to the plains during the winter, and paramilitary personnel.

The Congress and BSP failed to win a seat but clocked the second-highest number of votes in a few of them.

Every morning they assemble around the Clock Tower in the capital city and patiently wait to be picked up for work.

Rawat said a committee will be constituted under the Chief Secretary to ensure planned development of Gairsain.

Archit, who was sentenced to a year in jail, was released on parole earlier this year amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in Uttarakhand. But his family refused to take him in. Thereafter, the police provided him shelter.

The matter, officials said, will be raised before the state Wildlife Advisory Board for discussion in its next meeting.

Schools in the state reopened on Monday this week after the state government decided to permit the schools to reopen for classes 10 and 12, issuing a standard operating procedure (SOP) for precautionary measures.

“I have told both my children in Darbhanga to vote for a party which is committed to providing jobs, so that they don’t have to sell tea like me,” says Paswan, whose village falls under Darbhanga (Rural) seat.

The expansion project includes development of the airport, parking area, a new ATC tower and extending the existing runway to 3.5 km to meet international airport standards.

The forest conservation division of the MoEF has made this observation in response to a Uttarakhand government proposal for the diversion of 87 hectare (ha) of forest land in Dehradun district for the expansion of the airport.

The CM’s remarks come after the High Court’s recent order of a CBI inquiry against him, based on allegations of financial impropriety by journalist Umesh Sharma. The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the High Court order.

The high court verdict came on two separate petitions filed by two journalists--Umesh Sharma and Shiv Prasad Semwal -- seeking quashing of FIR lodged against them in July this year under various provisions of the IPC.

The state government will move the Supreme Court with a Special Leave Petition challenging the order, Darshan Singh Rawat, media coordinator of the CM, said.

Uttarakhand, specially Dehradun, is known for a number of residential schools that attract students from across the country.

The five names include former CM Vijay Bahuguna, party central headquarters secretary Mahendra Pandey, former MP Balraj Pasi, party’s state vice-president Anil Goyal and Naresh Bansal,