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Power official suspended for misbehaving with consumer

LUCKNOW, July 28 -- Energy minister AK Sharma on Sunday ordered the immediate suspension of Basti superintending engineer Prashant Singh after an audio clip of a phone conversation with a consumer sur... Read More


Boatmen become storytellers, safety guides

Lucknow, July 28 -- In a novel initiative to boost river tourism and empower local communities, the Uttar Pradesh government is training traditional boatmen along the Ganga to become storytellers, saf... Read More


Leopard kills 6-year-old boy in Kheri

Lakhimpur Kheri, July 28 -- A six-year-old boy was killed by a leopard in the Mahewaganj area of Gola Forest Range late Saturday night. The victim, Badal from Gyanpur village, was sleeping in a roadsi... Read More


'Diksharambh' to continue till Wednesday

VARANASI, July 28 -- As part of the ongoing 'Diksharambh', the orientation programme at IIT-BHU for newly admitted students will continue till July 30. The sessions include departmental visits, guidan... Read More


state's 1st govt de-addiction centre to be set up in dehradun

Mussoorie, July 28 -- Dehradun district magistrate Savin Bansal has approved a budget of Rs.57.04 lakh for setting up the state's first government-run de-addiction and rehabilitation centre in the cit... Read More


BJP, Congress trade barbs over Loni society fraud case

Dehradun, July 28 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) termed the state government's recommendation of a CBI probe in the Loni Urban Multi-State Credit & Thrift Co-operative Society (LUCC) fraud case as pa... Read More


Woman returning after election duty molested in Almora: Police

Haldwani, July 28 -- A government employee was allegedly molested and assaulted while she was returning after completing her panchayat election duties in Ranikhet, Almora district, police said on Sund... Read More


CM vows to plant 100 mn saplings this year

Jaipur, July 28 -- Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Sunday announced a target of planting 100 million saplings this year under the Hariyalo Rajasthan Mission. Addressing the 76th Van Mahotsav in Ja... Read More


Uttarakhand: Char Dham Yatra resumes partially after landslide

Mussoorie, July 28 -- A day after being suspended due to a massive landslide near Gaurikund, the Char Dham Yatra to Kedarnath resumed partially on Sunday, as boulder clearance work continued amid inte... Read More


Rumours of drones' use for theft trigger panic

Rudrapur, July 28 -- Rumours of drones being used by suspects at night for theft and loot have triggered panic across several villages near the Uttar Pradesh border in Udham Singh Nagar district. Resp... Read More