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Ajit Pawar, RSS chief among early voters in Maharashtra

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat were among the early voters to exercise their franchise as polling was underway on Wednesday for the......

Uttaranchal forest fires abating

Forest fires raging across parts of Uttaranchal, which claimed eight lives, showed signs of abating on Thursday as mild to medium rains lashed several parts of the hill state."The fire broke out on......

Uttaranchal to make Baba Ramdev feel safer

Uttaranchal plans to modify security arrangements for Baba Ramdev following the arrest of a freelance journalist who allegedly sneaked into the religious leader's helicopter in Himachal Pradesh......

Soon, Uttaranchal will be called Uttarakhand

A bill to alter the name of Uttaranchal to Uttarakhand was adopted by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday after Samajwadi Party members walked out demanding the return of the holy city of Haridwar to Uttar......

Bill to rename Uttaranchal as Uttarakhand passed

The Uttaranchal Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill approving the change of name of the state to Uttarakhand amid protests by Bharatiya Janata Party. The Uttaranchal Bill 2006 was passed by voice......

Naukri.com initiatives in Uttaranchal

Naukari.com, the Indian Industries Association, Uttaranchal, and the State Industrial Development Corporation of Uttaranchal Ltd, on Friday joined hands to improve the employment scenario in the......

Uttaranchal, first to rollout Microsoft's Project

Microsoft India has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Uttaranchal government for the rollout of Project Shiksha.The MoU is the first in a series of similar partnerships planned by......

Voltas to set up plant in Uttaranchal

After the withdrawal of tax benefits on its manufacturing plant at Dadra, Voltas is exploring Uttaranchal as a base for its air conditioner manufacturing plant at an investment of Rs 75-80 crore......

Uttaranchal: Job quota draws flak

The decision of the Congress government in Uttaranchal to reserve 70 per cent jobs in non-technical posts in industries for local youths has come under fire from industries as well as political......

$69.6 mn World Bank aid for Uttaranchal

The World Bank has announced an international development credit of $69.6 million for a watershed project to benefit 9,200 villages in Uttaranchal.Over a period of seven years, the Uttaranchal......

Jo Bole screening stopped

Screenings of the controversial movie Jo Bole So Nihal were stopped in many cinema halls across the country in view of Sunday night's twin blastsin New Delhi.Theatres in Chennai, Kolkata,......

Meet Dill Mill Gayee's Sukriti Khandpal

Sukriti Khandpal has replaced Shilpa Anand in the television soap, Dill Mill Gayee, after the latter opted out. Her character Dr Riddhima has steadily climbed up the popularity charts. Srabanti......

Buniyaad, Hum Log writer dead

Renowned writer Manohar Shyam Joshi, who revolutionised India's televisionindustrywith the immensely popular soaps Buniyaad and Hum Log, died in New Delhi following a cardiac arrest.The......