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Deep Joshi

Deep Joshi is a Dehradun based special correspondent at HT bureau and covers politics

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Uttarakhand plans to introduce caravans in major spots to boost tourism

The Uttarakhand government also plans to encourage homestay facilities around known tourist spots to attract trekkers and hikers.

Government schemes would help increase tourist arrivals which would give a boost to the income of the people dependent on tourism activities.(HT Photo)
Published on Dec 18, 2018 03:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

Uttarakhand govt rejects ‘Kedarnath’ director’s request to lift ban

“The story of the film ‘Kedarnath’ is communally provocative and may create tension between communities. We are now initiating steps to have the title of the film changed as the name of the revered shrine can’t be allowed to be misused.”

Hindu Seva Parishad activists stage a protest against the film 'Kedarnath' at a mall, in Jabalpur, Friday(PTI)
Updated on Dec 10, 2018 08:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

Opposition creates ruckus in the Uttarakhand assembly on Lokayukta issue

Uttarakhand assembly winter session: The opposition Congress demanded that the BJP government appoint the Lokayukta within the next 30 days.

Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat arrives at the Uttarakhand assembly to attend the winter session in Dehradun on Thursday.(HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 07, 2018 03:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

Supplementary budget of Rs2,452 crore tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly

In an attempt to appease the salaried class and farmers ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Uttarakhand government has allocated a major portion of the budget for revenue expenditure and agriculture sector.

Finance minister Prakash Pant, along with Uttarakhand chief minister TS Rawat, on way to present supplementary budget in the assembly on Tuesday.(HT Photo)
Published on Dec 05, 2018 03:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun

‘Would’ve brought down Congress government if not for ND Tiwari’: Harak Singh Rawat

Paying tributes to former chief minister ND Tiwari during the first day of Uttarakhand assembly’s winter session, the former Congress heavyweight Harak Singh Rawat admitted that he was upset with him (Tiwari) because he didn’t induct him into his cabinet in 2005.

Uttarakhand assembly speaker Prem Chand Aggarwal (right) on his way to attend the first day of assembly’s winter session in Dehradun on Tuesday.(HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 05, 2018 03:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

Uttarakhand assembly’s winter session likely to be stormy

The winter session of Uttarakhand assembly begins on December 4. The Congress is preparing to corner the BJP government in the state on its ‘failure to resolve all pressing issues’ such as development, law and order and the state’s pemanent capital.

The government holding the winter session of Uttarakhand assembly in Dehradun has drawn a sharp criticism from the Congress.(HT File)
Updated on Dec 03, 2018 03:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

Uttarakhand’s new tourism policy aims to facilitate reverse migration

An Uttarakhand Toursim Development Board official said the state government has an elaborate road map ready to achieve the objective of reversing migration from the hill state.

Tourists enjoy skiing at Auli in Chamoli district. Uttarakhand plans to promote adventure tourism as part of its new tourism policy.(HT File)
Published on Nov 30, 2018 03:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun

Uttarakhand CM Rawat launches India’s first hi-tech State Data Centre

The hi-tech State Data Centre has been set up on the premises of the Information Technology Development Agency (ITDA) in Dehradun’s sprawling IT Park area. Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat said the state-of-the-art SDC was an online web space with a capacity for storage of the data relating to all departments.

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat launched India’s ‘first hi-tech’ State Data Centre in Dehradun on Monday, November 26, 2018.(HT Photo)
Published on Nov 27, 2018 03:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

Uttarakhand CM launches BJP's campaign for November 18 civic body polls

Over the next four days, Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Sinhg Rawat is slated to address about two dozen public meetings besides leading BJP workers and supporters at various roadshows ahead of the November 18 urban local body polls in the state.

Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat (third from right) with party workers before addressing a public meeting at the Brahmapuri colony in Dehradun on Sunday. Rawat addressed several public meetings while launching the BJP’s campaign for the November 18 civic polls.(HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 12, 2018 03:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun

18 years since formation, hill-centric development remains a dream for Uttarakhand

The very purpose of carving a separate hill state - Uttarakhand - from the plains of Uttar Pradesh stands defeated and the reasons for it are many, say analysts.

Uttarakhand citizens admit there has been progress in some spheres since the hill state was carved out of UP in 2000, but dub it as ‘insignificant’ as it has ‘hardly benefitted them’.(Vijay Santoshi /HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 09, 2018 03:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun

‘Will ensure you a good life’: PM Narendra Modi celebrates Diwali with army, ITBP

India is continuously strengthening its defence weaponry but is equally mindful of the welfare of its defence personnel, PM Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he celebrated Diwali with army and ITBP personnel at a border outpost in Uttarakhand close to the China border.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares sweets with army personnel.(AFP)
Updated on Nov 08, 2018 09:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

PM Modi in Kedarnath to offer prayers today, will celebrate Diwali with jawans in Punjab

PM Modi will take a round of the Kedarnath shrine to review the Kedarpuri reconstruction project.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fly to Punjab where he will celebrate Diwali with army jawans on the border.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Nov 07, 2018 09:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

PM Modi to visit Kedarnath on Diwali to review progress of reconstruction project

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of Kedarnath reconstruction project in October 2017, four years after the temple town in Uttarakhand was ravaged by flash floods.

Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand. PM Modi will visit the shrine town on Diwali, November 7, to review the progress of the Kedarpuri reconstruction project.(HT File)
Updated on Nov 05, 2018 12:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

Kedarnath: Priests in the shrine town threaten to hold protests if Sushant Singh Rajput starrer is not banned

Sara Ali Khan, Sushant Singh Rajput starrer Kedarnath has evoked strong reaction from the priests of the temple town, who have demanded a ban on the film, saying it promotes ‘love jihad’.

Kedarnath stars Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan in lead roles.
Updated on Nov 14, 2018 01:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

ND Tiwari, the veteran politician with a knack for befriending rivals

ND Tiwari was the only Indian politician to serve as chief minister of two states.

In the Congress for virtually his entire political career, ND Tiwari got along with politicians across the spectrum.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Oct 18, 2018 06:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

India set to be among world’s top three economies by 2030, says Rajnath Singh at Uttarakhand Investors Summit

Union home minister Rajnath Singh said that as a result of the economic policies pursued by the BJP government at the Centre, India has emerged as the world’s sixth largest economy and “will jump to the fifth position very soon”. He said this at the concluding session of the two-day Uttarakhand Investors Summit on Monday.

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat with Union home minister Rajnath Singh at the Uttarakhand Investors Summit, Monday, October 8, 2018.(HT Photo)
Published on Oct 09, 2018 03:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

India is becoming engine of global growth, says PM Modi at Uttarakhand’s first investors summit

Highlighting rapid growth in the infrastructure sector, the Prime Minister said 10,000 km highways have been built, which is double in comparison with what was done by earlier governments.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 1st Uttarakhand Investors Summit 2018, in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, on Sunday, October 07, 2018.(PTI Photo)
Updated on Oct 08, 2018 03:12 PM IST
Dehradun | By

Uttarakhand cabinet nod to new electric vehicle manufacturing policy to combat pollution

Under the electric vehicle manufacturing and battery charging infrastructure promotion policy, a number of exemptions and incentives would be provided to entrepreneurs to set up electric manufacturing units.

Term loans ranging from Rs 10 crore to Rs 50 crore would be provided to MSMEs interested in manufacturing electric vehicles.(HT/Picture for representation)
Published on Sep 28, 2018 12:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

Tourism sector in Uttarakhand to get industry status

In an effort to boost tourism, the Uttarakhand cabinet on Thursday gave nod to a policy that accords industry status to the sector, besides listing a series of benefits and exemptions for some 28 related commercial activities.

Entrepreneurs who set up hotels, motels, floating resorts, heritage hotels and health resorts or initiate activities in sectors such as yoga, ayurveda, rural tourism and ethnic cuisines would benefit.(HT File Photo)
Published on Sep 28, 2018 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun

Will study Act before taking call on Lokayukta appointment: Pant

The statement was made on the last day of the assembly session amid Congress members shouting slogans in the well of the House in favour of their demand

Congress MLA Pritam Singh (R) at the assembly in Dehradun on Monday.(HT Photo)
Published on Sep 25, 2018 06:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun

CAG report reveals gaps in water plan execution

Passes strictures against govt for financial mismanagement

The Indian Audit and Account Department in Dehradun. A report by the CAG has pulled up the government for mismanagement of a centrally-funded drinking water project.(Vinay Santosh Kumar/HT)
Published on Sep 22, 2018 11:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun

Uttarakhand assembly’s monsoon session from Tuesday

The Congress said that the state government’s failure to check the deteriorating law and order situation would also be prominently raised in the House.

The monsoon session of the Uttarakhand assembly began on Tuesday, September 18, 2018.(HT File)
Updated on Sep 18, 2018 02:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun

Destroyed in 2013 floods, Kedarpuri revamp on course, work may be over by October end

Work is in full swing with BJP insiders claiming that the official machinery is under pressure from the Centre to complete the project before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls

A view of the devastated Kedarpuri township in the vicinity of Kedarnath shrine after 2013 disaster.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Sep 17, 2018 05:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kedarnath | By, Kedarnath

Uttarakhand may lease out empty land to foreign investors to boost farm production

Plans are on to lease out abandoned land in Uttarakhand to foreign investors to grow crops, which would boost hill farmers’ income and check forced migration.

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is on record saying that plans were afoot to “lease out the agricultural land in the hills lying fallow and abandoned as their owners have migrated”.(PTI/File Photo)
Published on Sep 15, 2018 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun

Former PM Vajpayee to be spirit of Uttarakhand BJP’s 2019 campaign

The Uttarakhand BJP will initiate the campaign with ‘Kavyanjali’ on September 16 — a poetic tribute to former PM Vajpayee. This will be followed by ‘Karyanjali’, a nine-day plan under which medical camps would be organised from September 17 — PM Modi’s birthday.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was instrumental in the formation of Uttarakhand.(File Photo)
Published on Sep 14, 2018 12:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun

Two IAS officers suspended in Uttarakhand in NH-74 scam

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat suspended IAS officers Pankaj Kumar Pandey and Chandresh Yadav on the basis of a report the Special Investigation Team recently submitted to the government.

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had ordered an SIT probe into the <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>500-crore NH-74 scam just days after he took over, following the BJP’s landslide win in the 2017 assembly polls.(PTI/File Photo)
Published on Sep 12, 2018 01:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun

Lok Sabha polls a challenge for Congress, warns former CM Harish Rawat

The Congress heavyweight, however, denied allegations that he had weakened the party organisationally by promoting his supporters during his three-year tenure.

Former chief minister Harish Rawat at a recent event. (HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 08, 2018 12:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

Uttarakhand to get India’s first integrated cooperative development project

The scheme aims to drastically improve the rural economy by giving a boost to the co-operative, farm and allied sectors.

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat addresses a press conference in Dehradun. (Vinay Kumar/HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 07, 2018 12:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun

Uttarakhand govt may lift import ban on exotic sheep to boost farmers’ income, check migration

A government official said the capacity of the indigenous varieties of sheep to yield meat and fine-quality wool has been affected owing to inbreeding caused by the ban on the import of exotic varieties.

A shepherd with his flock at the green pastures of Aali Bugyal in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand.(HT File Photo)
Published on Aug 31, 2018 01:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By

RSS reprimands Uttarakhand BJP govt for dealing arrogantly with public, asks it to check migration

The BJP government was also directed to adopt “an innovative approach” to development and marshal all its resources to implement the party’s “vision for development”, which was unveiled in the run-up to the 2017 assembly elections, party insiders said.

At a closed-door “coordination meeting” held on the outskirts of Dehradun, the RSS, the ideological mentor of the BJP, also directed the state government to be “watchful” of frequent military intrusions into Indian territory from China and civilian infiltrations from Nepal, a Sangh insider said.(AFP/Picture for representation)
Published on Aug 24, 2018 01:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By, Dehradun
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