Lalmani Verma

In four days and 200 km of walking, Pravin Kumar, 46, was stopped at every checkpoint. Police checked whether he and 11 others with him had their Aadhaar cards and then waved them on, with an instruction to maintain “social distancing”.

In one case, Manish Jolly, 40, was arrested on Monday for spreading rumours that the family of a popular jeweller tested positive for COVID-19.

In the constituencies held by the BJP, ruling party MLAs will make the presentations. And in the segments where the BJP lost, chairpersons of boards and others with minister rank will make the presentations.

On the issue of protests by state government officials over quota in promotion, Rawat said the government will take a balanced decision on time.

CM Trivendra Singh Rawat made the announcement immediately after concluding his budget speech on the third day of the assembly session convened in Gairsain.

Defining the ‘family’ of witness, the proposal says security will be provided to the grandfather, grandmother, parents, brothers, sisters, grandchildren, spouse and children of the witness.

The Act paves way for the state government to take over the management of around 50 temples in the state including the Char Dham shrines.

In Uttarakhand, there is 19 per cent reservation for SCs, 4 per cent for STs and 14 per cent for OBCs in government jobs.

The police move follows anxiety among the people after reports that more than 270 people are being monitored across the state by the Health Department as they had recently made trips to China, which is battling the coronavirus challenge.

According to the programme finalised by the party, the leaders will visit more than 70 temples, half-a-dozen dargahs and several gurdwaras in different districts as part of the yatra.

Only if these parameters are met will prohibitions laid down for forest areas under the Forest Conservation Act be applicable in those areas, and one will have to obtain clearance from the Forest Department to do any activity in that area, it was announced.

Uttarakhand Police has been running Operation Shinakht to identify those who in the police records are lying unclaimed for the past 19 years.

In an exercise that began on Wednesday in UP, BJP leaders will reach out to more than one crore families and tell them about the CAA, give them a pamphlet about the amended law, ask them to dial a toll-free number to extend support to the CAA, and share their contact details on a form.

Apart from traditional subjects such as astrology and vedas, students of Sanskrit schools in Uttarakhand will now study Computer Science and Yoga. Also, English, which was offered as an optional subject so far, can now be taken up as a compulsory subject.

The party’s state media in-charge Devendra Bhasin said in a statement that the protest in Haldwani is a “conspiracy” to malign the image of the BJP government and create disturbance.

In a tweet, the BSP chief justified it as a move to maintain “social cohesion” in the party.

The government will also seek opinion on whether teachers should be allowed to carry phones inside classrooms during lectures.

Responding to these complaints, the CEO has resorted to the use of a mobile application to rationalise voters and polling booths accorded to them.

According to the data of the Meteorological Centre in Dehradun, 7.5 inches of snowfall was recorded in the first 10 days of this year by the snow gauge at the observatory in Mukteshwar.