Yoga guru Baba Ramdev was flown to Dehra Dun on Sunday from New Delhi by a special plane after the police swooped down on his hunger strike at the Ramleela maidan in a midnight operation
The IT and IT-enabled services companies will be provided space in the proposed SEZ. The proposal awaits final approval from the Board of Approval. SIDCUL has been appointed the nodal agency for the proposed IT SEZ which would invite Expression of Interests from top reputed companies. The sources said top IT multinational companies like Infosys could be invited for the development of the IT SEZ, which is being set up over 14.2 hectares.
The mishap occurred at Surkholi area in the afternoon when the bus was on its way to Chamba in Tehri district, they said.
Lieutenant General Shakti Gurung deserves to be complimented in telling his life story and that of his people, as subaltern communities within this vast and diverse nation of ours clamour for recognition and a plea for their voices to be heard and their aspirations to be met, notes Lieutenant General Gautam Moorthy.
Former Chief of Army Staff General Sundararajan Padmanabhan, affectionately known as 'Paddy' in army circles, passed away in Chennai due to old age, a source close to him said on Monday.
A man has been arrested when he tried to throw a shoe at Team Anna in Dehra Dun on Saturday, police said.
Yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday alleged that a conspiracy was being hatched to kill his close aide Balkrishna, who is currently lodged in a jail in Dehra Dun, and put the blame on him.
A shoe was hurled towards Rahul Gandhi by a youth while he was addressing an election rally near Dehra Dun on Monday, barely two days after a similar incident with members of Team Anna.
The magnitude of the quake was recorded 4.9 on the Richter scale and its epicenter was Gaumukh, north of Uttarkashi, Met Officials said in Dehra Dun.
In the last five years, 37 bridges have collapsed in Uttarakhand. Another 27 bridges are on the brink of collapse. 'Our politicians don't view these bridge collapses as a setback.' 'Rather they see them as an opportunity to make more money.'
The Indian Army's XIV Corps -- better known as the Fire and Fury Corps -- has a unique responsibilty since it guards India's borders with China and Pakistan as well as the Siachen Glacier.
The wedding reception was attended by a couple of film industry folk.
On the 25th anniversary of the battle that made his war cry 'Dil Maange More' part of national lore, we republish that feature to salute Captain Batra's ultimate sacrifice for the nation.
After a 59-year wait, an ancient trade route across a 150-year-old bridge is open near the India-China border in Uttarakhand.
Afghanistan will play a lone Test match against West Indies when they host the Caribbean side for a short series in November in their adopted home India, the Afghanistan Cricket Board has said.
Two 21-year-old Indian sisters have scripted history by becoming the first twins ever to conquer the summit of Mount Everest together. Tashi and Nancy Malik from Dehra Dun achieved this feat by successfully reaching the world's highest mountain peak at 8,848 meters, said an official at Nepal's ministry of tourism and culture.
Yoga Guru Ramdev's confidant Balkrishna will appear before Central Bureau of Investigation officials in Dehra Dun on Wednesday to be interrogated for allegedly procuring fake educational certificates and getting a passport on their basis.
Following inputs from the Home Ministry about terror threats, security has been stepped up at the campuses of Doon School in Dehra Dun and Woodstock school in Mussoorie, officials said.
A team of scientists at the Indian Institute of Petroleum in Dehra Dun has developed a new technology to convert environmentally-hazardous plastic into petroleum products.
Terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Tayiba has threatened to blow up railway stations in Haridwar, Dehra Dun and Rishikesh on Independence Day.
Balkrishna had gone "missing" from his Divya Yoga Mandir Trust residence in Haridwar on July 25, a day after CBI registered a case against him for cheating and criminal conspiracy for procuring fake degree and violation of section 12 of Indian Passport Act for furnishing fake documents to get a passport.
Doctors have suggested immediate hospitalisation of yoga guru Ramdev whose indefinite fast against corruption and black money entered seventh day today as his health parameters continued to remain "worrisome".
The Election Commission has banned exit polls during the entire period when elections to five state assemblies would be held.
Little is known about the Tibetan Forces' role in the Bangladesh operations in 1971. Dapon Ratuk Ngawang, now 84, speaks to Claude Arpi about being a part of the Tibetan guerrilla outfit which fought against Chinese rule and played a key role in the Dalai Lama's escape to India in March 1959.
Nearly 150 to 200 women are killed every year in India after being tagged as 'witches', a Dehra Dun based non-governmental organisation has said, citing National Crime Bureau's statistics. Jharkhand tops the list with 50-60 witchcraft-related murders every year followed by Andhra Pradesh, where the number is approximately 30, Haryana recorded 25-30 cases and Orissa 24-28 such murders, Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra Chairman Avdhash Kaushal claimed.
The condition of yoga guru Ramdev, who was admitted to a hospital near Dehra Dun on Friday, was stable his close aides said. Ramdev, who was admitted to the Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences on Friday evening after his condition deteriorated on the seventh day of his fast against corruption, was administered saline and glucose.
Ambani flew to Badrinath, which reopened to the public today, from Dehra Dun in a helicopter to pay obeisance to Lord Badri.
Yoga Guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna did not turn up before the Central Bureau of Investigation for questioning on Thursday, saying he had to collect his passport and submit it to the Uttarakhand High Court.
All ranks and file of the elite force gathered at NSG headquarters in Palam to pay their tributes to the slain hawaldar, who was a member of NSG's 51 Special Action Group.
"For boosting the morale of our workers, these posts are justified," said a top state BJP leader.
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will tie the knot with childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat in a hush-hush ceremony at a farmhouse about 40km from Dehra Dun on Sunday night.
After a turnaround two years ago driven by heavy tax breaks currently available in Uttarakhand, this auto bulb industrial unit is now enjoying the benefits of slowdown in auto sector as it is mainly producing replacement bulbs only. "Sales in the auto sector have taken a nosedive during the past one year. So it is natural that our bulbs will be used in old vehicles," said Rajiv K Agarwal, managing director of GBPL, which situated at Patel Nagar, Dehra Dun.
'The moment the Army approved the script, they told us that they will give their full support and asked us for our full dedication.'
Chitrashi Rawat talks to Patcy N about her difficult stunts in the film, and her love-hate relationship with Mithun.
Nasscom has recommended that Jammu, Dehra Dun, Chandigarh, Delhi, Lucknow, Patna, Shillong and Kolkata should host the new institutes.
Former Uttar Prasdesh minister Amarmani Tripathi, his wife Madhumani and two others were convicted in the poetess Madhumita Shukla murder case on Wednesday.
India, with its immense expertise, sophisticated infrastructure and low costs, is poised to become the healthcare destination of the world, Dr Anupam Sibal, medical director, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, said in Dehra Dun on Friday.
Immediately after the elections, Chief Minister B C Khanduri and other leaders congratulated Kapoor saying he would maintain the dignity of the office.
"We are not going to tax ONGC's subsidy part," a top income tax department official said in Dehra Dun on November 17. The move follows ONGC's appeal to the department that it should not be taxed on the subsidy. ONGC, which pays its tax in Dehra Dun where its headquarters are located, said in its plea that subsidy discounts reflect heavily on the company's revenue, reducing the corporate tax paid.
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