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According to the data, the recovery rate has improved from 72.41 per cent to 90.05 per cent in the hill state in this period.

Sources said that Harak Singh Rawat is upset because he was not consulted before the Uttarakhand Bhawan Evam Anya Sannirman Karmkar Kalyan Board was reconstituted.

Chopra said the meeting was called by member secretary Ravinath Raman of the committee on the directive of Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand Om Prakash who is not member of the committee.

Higher Education Minister Dhan Singh Rawat also said that if the government were to rename any university after Vajpyee, it would prefer a government university and not a private one.

Compensatory afforestation is done against the transfer of forest land for non-forestry purposes like the development of dams, mining and the construction of industries or roads. In compensatory plantation, 1,100 plants are planted over an area of one hectare. 

Residents of the village, which is yet to report a Covid case, are dependent on tourism and a small potato crop.

While the party has not decided any role for her yet, Bano said she wants to start political work for the BJP from Bihar, which is going to the polls later this month.

Religious tourism is the backbone of Uttarakhand's economy. The lockdown imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic has given the hill state's tourism sector a major jolt.

Congress's top leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have been aggressive against the Yogi Adityanath government over the Hathras incident.

The Kumbh Mela is to be held in Haridwar in 2021 after 11 years and will begin with the Shahi Snan on March 12.

Saying that they were “opposing just for the sake of opposing”, Modi said “people who oppose and protest are becoming increasingly irrelevant for the country and society”.

The Uttar Pradesh byelections are likely to be held along with the Bihar Assembly elections. How important are these byelections for political parties?

Speaker Prem Chand Aggarwal tested positive just hours before the BAC and all-party meetings on Sunday. He has isolated himself.

The total number of Covid-19 cases in the state stands at 40,085 and the positivity rate stands at 7 per cent. On Saturday, the state recorded its highest-ever spike in Covid-19 cases as 2,078 new cases were reported.

The project, meant to widen 889 km of hill roads to provide all-weather connectivity between major pilgrimage sites in Uttarakhand, ran into a heated debate with members of a Supreme Court-appointed High Powered Committee divided on the width of the road.

A team of 60 personnel has been dispatched on 10 different routes to search for the skeletal remains, collect DNA samples, shoot video of the exercise and move the remains to Sonprayag for last rites.

Ten search teams—each comprising six members—set out Wednesday from Sonprayag on different routes.

In the past seven days, Uttarakhand recorded the highest-ever figures -- an average of 1,096 cases per day -- pushing the positivity rate to 6.51 per cent, highest in six months.

Uttarakhand shares a 350-km border with China and a 275-km boundary with Nepal. Five of the state’s 13 districts are border districts.

The IAF has proposed to develop a new advance landing ground in the state for execution of its activities in hill areas of Uttarakhand.

The government issued the notification stating that the Governor has given assent to declare “vigilance department” and “vigilance establishment” as “Intelligence Organisation.”

The state government currently runs 97 Sanskrit schools, where an average of 2,100 students study each year.

The police action comes a day after an additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) court directed them to do so while hearing a petition from the complainant.

The decision by the state cabinet is significant from a strategic point of view as generally such villages in Uttarakhand are located along the international borders with China and Nepal.