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PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Ramnagar The Nainital district administration and Forest Department are set to launch a major anti-encroachment drive in Ramnagar’s Poohri area this Saturday. Authorities have finalised preparations to demolish 83 illegal houses built on forest land. To ensure security and maintain order, the operation will deploy over 1,200 police and forestry personnel …
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun Chief secretary Anand Bardhan chaired a meeting of the State Steering Committee (SSC) held at the State secretariat on Friday. In the meeting, Spectrum Talent Management Limited gave a presentation on developing self-employment opportunities in Uttarakhand and providing overseas employment opportunities to the local youngsters. The CS directed the company …
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Haridwar A proposal to form the Sanatan Shastra Shuddhikaran Samiti (SSSS) was unanimously agreed upon by the saints and scholars on the second day of the Akhil Bharatiya Prachhya Mahasammelan being held at Patanjali University, Haridwar. As part of this initiative, a Vidvat Parishad was formed within the committee. The SSSS …
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun A Youth Dialogue programme was organised at the Government Institute of Technology, Gopeshwar, under the aegis of Mera Yuva Bharat, Chamoli. Around 200 students of the institute enthusiastically participated in the programme. A volunteer of Mera Yuva Bharat, Parvati informed about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) under the ‘Your Vote, …
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Nainital The Uttarakhand High Court in Nainital took up the case involving Uttarakhand cabinet minister Rekha Arya and her husband Girdhari Lal Shahu for hearing on Friday. Shahu’s lawyer, Mahendra Pal, stated that Arya had filed an FIR against her husband, alleging fraudulent marriage, harassment and misappropriation of property and shares. …
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar said that a total 26 cases were heard at the programme ‘NCW, at your doorstep – Women’s Public Hearing’ on Friday at the Police Line auditorium, Dehradun. She informed about this while addressing the media on Friday after the said programme. She informed …
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mahila Morcha termed Congress’s alleged indecent and objectionable content against Rashtra Sevika Samiti women from its official social media handle as an insult to Matrushakti of State and demanded a public apology from Congress top leadership. Addressing the media on Friday, BJP State general secretary Dipti Rawat …
ANJALI YADAV/Dehradun Despite a state ban on gutka and pan masala, these products remain widely available at standard prices across Dehradun due to weak enforcement. A follow-up visit to local markets revealed numerous shops openly stocking the restricted items. Retailers note that both consumers’ demand and manufacturers’ supply chains remain entirely uninterrupted. “We continue to …
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun The Union ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has given its clearance to the 72 MG Tyuni- Plasu hydropower project. The approval paves the way for the construction of the proposed project on the Tons River in Tyuni tehsil of Dehradun district. The project is expected to generate approximately 298.51 …
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun The National Council for Cooperative Training (NCCT) secretary Meenu Shukla Pathak reviewed the progress of various cooperative schemes in Uttarakhand during a meeting with Cooperation department officials here on Friday. She directed officials to expedite the strengthening of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) and ensure timely expansion of cooperative services. The progress …
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun The mother of a Class XI student at Summer Valley School has criticized the police investigation into her daughter’s sexual harassment case, noting that no arrests have been made a week after the FIR was filed. Speaking to the media at the Uttaranchal Press Club on Friday, Beena Sharma demanded the …
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun The Central Bureau of Communication (CBC) Dehradun honoured 10 sanitation workers of Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) on Friday for their contribution to maintaining cleanliness in the city under the nationwide Swachhata Abhiyan 6.0. The workers were presented with certificates of appreciation and mementoes by Dehradun municipal commissioner Alok Kumar Pandey during a …
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun Passengers faced inconvenience on Friday after employees of Uttarakhand Transport Corporation, including roadways bus drivers, conductors and other staff boycotted work and commenced an indefinite strike across the State in view of their longstanding demands, though some buses kept plying as they were already in route and hill area buses were …
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Nainital The general manager, Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN), Vineet Tomar informed on Friday that the Uttarakhand government would participate in the World Travel Market to be held in London from November 3 to 5. “This aims at giving a new identity to the tourism potential of Uttarakhand at the international …
PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Jyotirmath All the six people, including the pilot, on board a Trans Bharat Aviation Pvt Ltd helicopter (call sign VT-HCX) were killed as the chopper crashed near Jyotirmath in Chamoli district on Friday. The helicopter took off from Badrinath at approximately 1:12 PM and lost contact while flying over the Jyotirmath …
