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U'khand forest dept seeks DMs' help to curb wildfires

Dehradun, Feb. 5 -- The principal secretary of state forest department R K Sudhanshu has written to all 13 district magistrates (DMs) of the state to take necessary action to curb forest fires. Sudha... Read More


U'khand HC gets 1st woman chief justice

Dehradun, Feb. 5 -- Justice Ritu Bahri took oath as the first woman chief justice of the Uttarakhand high court on Sunday. The state governor Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh administered the oath at a cere... Read More


Dhami flags off road safety awareness rally

Dehradun, Feb. 5 -- Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday flagged off a state-level road safety public awareness rally in Dehradun. Under this campaign, awareness programmes are being organised... Read More


Colonel booked for raping Help in 2015: Police

Dehradun, Feb. 5 -- An Army Colonel was booked for allegedly raping a domestic help in Dehradun, police said, adding that the first information report (FIR) was registered nine years after the inciden... Read More


Bihar to identify non-earthquake resistant buildings for retrofitting

Patna, Feb. 5 -- The Bihar Building Construction department has asked officials to identify old non-earthquake-resistant government buildings across the state for retrofitting on a priority basis. Th... Read More


Nod to 2400 MW thermal power plant at Pirpainty

PATNA, Feb. 5 -- The Bihar government has decided to have a 2400 MW (3x800 MW) coal-fired thermal power plant at Pirpainty in Bhagalpur district, instead of a solar power plant planned in 2010-11, sai... Read More


1 held in Rs 12L loot at school director's house

PATNA, Feb. 5 -- Patna police on Sunday arrested a man in connection with the alleged loot of Rs 12 lakh at the house of a school director. Two criminals were brutally thrashed after they allegedly b... Read More


Contractor's body found on rly track

BETTIAH, Feb. 5 -- A contractor's body was found lying on the railway track in Motihari on Saturday late evening, fuelling the suspicion of suicide with the recovery of contact numbers of his family m... Read More


Nitish dissolves key panels set up under GA govt

PATNA, Feb. 5 -- in a major decision ahead of the floor test on February 12, the Nitish government on Sunday dissolved four key commissions constituted during the previous Grand Alliance (GA) governme... Read More


cops issue notice to delhi minister atishi over mlas poaching claims

New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- A team of the Delhi Police crime branch on Sunday visited state finance minister Atishi's residence and served her a notice in connection with allegations that the BJP was attempt... Read More