Cracking the whip on errant policemen, Dehardun Police have decided to adopt a novel method of punishment in which they will spend a day in forest all alone with the bare minimum for survival. Police personnel, found guilty of dereliction of duty or misbehaving with public will spend a day in the forest all alone with the bare minimum for survival, SSP Keval Khurana said. ...
04:59 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad on Tuesday allegedly threatened to blow up major railway stations and places of religious and tourist interest in Uttarakhand in retaliation to the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, a senior police official said. ...
04:25 AM, Feb 27, 2013
A woman identified as Rinku, who had entered into a written agreement with some hired killers, has been arrested by Dehradun police for plotting to murder her husband. She had used a stamp paper to enter into an agreement with the killers in which the amount to be paid for the murder of her husband Surinder Singh was also mentioned. ...
11:00 AM, Feb 25, 2013
Dhramasala: An earthquake of slight intensity, measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale, jolted Dharamsala in Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh. The quake was recorded at 1.53 AM on Monday, a scientist at the geological department at Dehradun said. The tremor lasted for just 4.5 seconds and the epicenter was detected 17 km north of Baijnath in Douladhar ranges at latitude 32.3 degrees North and longitude 76.2 degrees East, of Kangra...
01:36 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Dehradun: A special CBI court in Dehradun will hear Baba Ramdev's aide Balkrishna's fake passport case. He has been charged with forgery and violation of the Indian Passport Act. CBI claims Balkrishna obtained the passport on the basis of a fake date of birth certificate. According to the Enforcement Directorate's initial investigations, Balkrishna was involved in a Jharkhand-based company and is alleged to have violated FEMA guidelines. He allegedly travelled...
08:40 AM, Oct 22, 2012
Uttarkashi: Five more people went missing after another cloudburst in Kiroda Malna in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand where the death toll has risen to 37 and a total of 27 people have gone missing as scores of homes have been flattened. Roads and electricity lines have been badly hit in the state where Army personnel are helping with rescue and evacuation efforts. The state government has announced monetary relief to those affected....
11:14 AM, Sep 16, 2012
Dehradun: A series of cloudbursts struck Uttarakhand since last night triggering landslides and flash floods that left 33 dead, 35 missing and several injured in parts of the hill state. Ukhimath area in Rudraprayag district was the worst hit as a cloudburst in the wee hours flattened dozens of homes in eight villages killing at least 29 people in their sleep. Over 35 people have gone missing in the disaster...
07:19 AM, Sep 15, 2012
Dehradun: Twelve people died and four others were injured as dozens of houses caved in following a cloudburst in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district on Friday. A large number of people are feared trapped in the debris and rescue operations have been launched, Disaster Management and Mitigation department officials in Dehradun said citing initial reports. Incessant rains since Thursday followed by a cloudburst in the wee hours on Friday have left a...
11:36 AM, Sep 14, 2012
Melancholic, wry and full of charm, Maharani is a novella about love, death and friendship by Ruskin Bond. Here's an excerpt from the book: The Terai jungles were far more extensive then than they are now. So keen was His Highness on having a young tiger for a pet that he actually engaged the services of Jim Corbett, the celebrated big-game hunter, in his efforts to obtain one. Corbett specialized...
07:06 PM, Aug 30, 2012
So I have been a fan of Ruskin Bond's writing since I was a child. The mind would wander in the streets of Dehradun and Mussoorie, walking in those woods, and all this would happen without really going there. Ruskin Bond would bring them to you through his words and stories. The real joy of reading Ruskin Bond lies in wanting to be taken by him through unchartered lands and...
06:54 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Ruskin Bond. The name itself is enough for most of us to bring back all the childhood memories. His books are something almost all of us have grown up reading. The author whose stories and poems have accompanied all of us says he had a rather lonely childhood himself; his books were his only companions. May be that's why he could write so beautifully and give us unforgettable stories and...
12:54 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna was on Saturday sent to 14-day judicial custody. Balkrishna was arrested on Friday in a fake passport case after he failed to appear at a Dehradun court. The court had issued a non-bailable warrant against him. Balkrishna is accused of using fake documents to procure a passport. ...
02:55 PM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: An aide of Yoga guru Ramdev was on Friday arrested for failing to appearing in a Dehradun court in a fake passport case. Balkrishna had allegedly provided fake documents to procure a passport. The Dehradun court issued a non-bailable warrant against him. He may be sent to judicial custody, say sources. ...
02:14 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Dehradun: An Army officer has been arrested on charges of repeatedly raping a woman officer of the same rank after falsely entering into a wedlock in Dehradun. Uttarakhand Police arrested the Lt Colonel rank officer on Saturday night from Jhunjhunu area and he was being brought in Dehradun, police sources said. The woman officer, having the same Lt Colonel rank, has alleged in her complaint that the officer entered into...
11:42 AM, Jun 18, 2012
New Delhi: Eleven of the 18 Uttarakhand Police personnel, were sent to jail after they surrendered themselves before a Delhi court on June 5. They were accused in the 2009 fake encounter case of the MBA student Ranbir Singh in Dehradun. The accused policemen surrendered before Special CBI Judge VK Maheshwari in pursuance of the non-bailable warrants issued against them in May 2012. "They should be behind the bars and...
12:53 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Five people died and 12 got injured after five bogies of the 18-coach Doon Express got derailed near Mahrawa station in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday afternoon. ...
04:41 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Five people died and twelve got injured after five bogies of the 18-coach Doon express got derailed near Mahrawa station in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday afternoon. Doon Express 13009 was going to Dehradun from Howrah. Most people have been rescued and the injured have been taken to nearby hospitals. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has demanded a probe into the mishap. The District Magistrate...
01:44 PM, May 31, 2012
Dehra Dun: Two persons were killed on Tuesday and as many injured when a jeep in which they were travelling fell into a gorge in Kalsi area here, police said. The accident occurred when the driver of the jeep lost control over the vehicle, while taking a sharp turn and it fell into the gorge, killing one of its passengers on the spot, they said. Another person succumbed to injuries...
04:46 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Dehradun: A class 8 student lost his eyesight after he was allegedly thrashed by his teacher for not bringing a book to school. The incident occurred in Scholars' Home. The Principal has denied the allegations. A case has been filed against the school and the teacher. The victim, Mohit Arora, will undergo a surgery in Chandigarh in the next two days. The alleged incident happened last month, according to an...
08:42 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, himself a victim of shoe-throwing incident, on Monday said he liked the response of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to a similar attack on him. "I like Rahul's reaction to the shoe throwing 'phenko, phenko, ek aur phenko' (throw, throw one more)," Omar wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter. A shoe was hurled towards Rahul Gandhi by a youth while he was addressing an...
08:12 PM, Jan 23, 2012
