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MMS, not XII result, drove girl to suicide
|The tourist town of Ranikhet, known for its picturesque beauty and peaceful locales, has had its peace shattered since the last few days.Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand opens to amaze tourists
Shivani Saxena | |Rawat gives away responsibilities to 11 Congress and PDF MLAs
Darshan Kunwar | |CM rewards MLAs with plum posts
Darshan Kunwar | |After successfully averting another political crisis that threatened his government, this time over the Rajya Sabha seat in the state, chief minister Harish Rawat has rewarded 11 MLAs, including two BSP lawmakers who ensured his win in the floor test in the House on May 10, with much sought-after posts in various departments and committees.Ranikhet erupts in protests after girl commits suicide over MMS
Arpita Chakrabarty | |The tourist town of Ranikhet, known for its picturesque beauty and peaceful locales, has had its peace shattered since the last few days. Most people of the town have been out on the streets in protest almost every other day over an MMS scandal that surfaced a few days ago. The girl who featured in the MMS committed suicide last week and since then, people have been clamouring that those who forced her to take the extreme step should be brought to book.Power corp MD in trouble over 'sting'
Yogesh Kumar | |Weeks after the sting video on CM Harish Rawat, another sting video was released on Wednesday which purportedly shows the managing director of Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL), SS Yadav, taking a bag of money from an unidentified man at his residence. The video was released by state BJP leader Vinay Goel who demanded a CBI probe into the matter and alleged that the official in the past, too, had given work orders worth crores to “shady private firms” without any tender.Govt plan to make Gangajal available online irks seer community
Sheo S Jaiswal | |Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s announcement that the government will make holy ‘Gangajal’ available to people online has not gone down well with the seers and priests in Haridwar. Priests and office-bearers of the Ganga Sabha, the body responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of Har ki Pauri at Haridwar, has come out in protest against the scheme. Purushottam Sharma Gandhivadi, president of Ganga Sabha, on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the initiative.Haridwar loses local hero in Wardha army depot fire, cremation on Thursday
Sheo S Jaiswal | |in and friends of Lieutenant Colonel Ranjit Singh, who was among 18 army men killed in a fire at the army’s ammunition depot in Maharashtra, remember him as a jovial and witty person and a cynosure of all eyes.20 vulnerable newborns sharing eight beds in Doon Medical College
Shivani Azad | | Not only the adults but newborn babies, who are either premature or in vulnerable medical condition, are forced to share beds in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Doon Medical College hospital.Dalit leaders against Tamta name for RS seat up ante against CM
Kautilya Singh | |With Dalit leader and Congress MLA from Tharali area, Jeet Ram, expressing his displeasure openly against Harish Rawat, multiple fissure seems to have opened up within the ruling party over the chief minister’s choice of Pradeep Tamta as Rajya Sabha candidate from the hill state.32 injured in communal clash in Roorkee
Tapan Susheel |20 days witness string of transfers, ‘more in offing’
Kautilya Singh |
Avoid coercive steps against CM Rawat, High Court tells CBI
Vineet Upadhyay |CM Harish Rawat emerges stronger
Darshan Kunwar |Doon University again back in limelight with students protesting alleged fraudulent recruitment process
Shivani Saxena |New political twist in U’khand: Tamta from Cong, 2 BJP backed Independent candidates file RS nominations
Kautilya Singh & Yogesh Kumar |Naini Clock Towers: Mute spectators to a changing city
Vineet Upadhyay |Litterateurs, Ganga lovers to meet at Haridwar en route to Gangotri for ‘Ganga Jagao’ campaign
Sheo S Jaiswal |Smokers turn to smartphone apps to kick the butt
Shivani Saxena |New political twist: Tamta from Cong, 2 BJP backed Independent candidates file RS nominations
Kautilya Singh |
CM Rawat's meeting with PM to seek help for Namami Gange plan
Darshan Kunwar |Rudraprayag girl conquers Mt Everest
Yeshika Budhwar |Drug peddler held with intoxicants near Piran Kaliyar
Tapan Susheel |Heavy rain alert in Uttarakhand
Gaurav Talwar |In hills of Kumaon, it’s a long walk to education
Arpita Chakrabarty |Bill Aitken plans to celebrate 82nd birthday by talking about Ruskin Bond’s 108th book
Prachi Raturi Misra |
4 dead, 550 houses damaged in Garhwal storm
Kautilya Singh |Top stories
- Rahul Gandhi as Cong chief will be 'achhe din for BJP': Smriti IraniHRD minister Smriti Irani said that Rahul Gandhi becoming Congress president would be 'achhe din' for the BJP. The HRD minister said she gets into scraps on social media because she gives it back whenever she is attacked personally.
- Top lawyers on break, SC vacation bench left idleOnly a handful of cases have been listed every day before the vacation bench of the Supreme Court in the first two weeks of the summer break which began on May 16, belying the strong criticism of the apex court and its judges for a seven-week summer holiday.
- 'No cellular firm in Delhi meets call-drop cutoff'A survey conducted by telecom regulator Trai between May 3 and May 6 has pointed out that nearly all operators in the national capital have call drops beyond the stipulated benchmark of 2% of all calls.
- Bihar toppers to give exam againThe Bihar School Examination Board has ordered a probe and decided to re-evaluate this year's class XII toppers to ascertain whether they actually deserved the honours. This came after one of the toppers looked completely clueless about her subjects, and said political science was about cookery.
- Man with fake ticket stayed at IGI for 10 daysThe man, Mohammad Abdullah, who is from Hyderabad and claims to be working for a Gurgaon company, was finally noticed by a housekeeping staffer, who alerted CISF. He was handed over to the Delhi Police on January 20.
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