New Delhi: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at “The Energy Resources Institute”, Disttt. Mukteshwar, Uttaranchal. Letter of Intent had been issued to the Institute after recommendations of Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC). The Community Radio Station is [...]

New Delhi: The President of India appointed Mr.  Justice Bipin Chandra Kandpal, senior most Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court, to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from 10th September, 2009 consequent upon the retirement of Mr. Justice Vinod Kumar Gupta, Chief Justice of the [...]

Nahan: Chief Minister Himachal Prof Prem Kumar Dhumal addressed three bye election rallies in Vikas Nagar constituency of Uttrakhand. Before leaving from Paonta Sahib to Uttrakhand, Chief Minister visited the house of Sainwala Pacnhyat Pardhan Pushpa Devi to condole the death of her son Manoj Kumar in a road accident recently.
Chief Minister also met with [...]

New Delhi: The Annual Plan outlay for Uttarakhand for the year 2009- was finalized at a meeting, here today, between the Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Uttaranchal Ramesh Pokhriyal. The Annual Plan size was agreed at Rs.5574.70 crores. This includes additional Central assistance of Rs.400 crores for infrastructure [...]

New Delhi: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India has signed a Grant of Permission Agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating a Community Radio Station at Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. The Community Radio Station is expected to be operational within three months as per the agreement. With this, the number of [...]

New Delhi: The Planning Commission approved the originally submitted proposal for Lakhwar Vyasi Project (now in Uttarakhand) in 1976 at a cost of Rs. 140.97 crores (Price level January 1976). In January, 2000, the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) considered the Kishau Project (now in Uttarakhand) proposal at an estimated cost of Rs.3455 croree (Price level [...]

SR Pundir writes from Nahan: Dead bodies of three persons who drowned in the Yamuna canal in the Uttrakhand yesterday were fished out by diverting the water of canal. Two drowned persons belongs to Paonta and one to Uttrakhand.
Three person were drowned yesterday evening in the Yamuna canal at village Matak Majri, near Asan [...]

DECLARATION OF RIVER PROJECTS AS NATIONAL ASSETS 
New Delhi: The Central Government has declared 14 water resources projects as National Projects for which 90 per cent project cost of irrigation and drinking water component of the project is to be provided as Central Grant after techno-economic appraisal of the Detailed Project Report