Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) of retired senior civil servants has urged authorities to act fast to curb rising communal tension in BJP-ruled Uttarakhand. The 101 signatories to the letter to Union home minister Amit Shah include former Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung; former chief economic adviser Nitin Desai; former secretary…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau Diwali 2024: The festival of lights is right around the corner. Diwali, also known as Deepawali, is the time of the festive season when we deep clean our homes, gear up to deck every surface with flowers, lights and rangolis, and buy new clothes for attending parties and gatherings with loved…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. Rudrapur: The Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT) Pantnagar in district Udham Singh Nagar has been granted a patent for developing an innovative Finger Millet Dehuller-cum-Pearler, designed to improve the edibility and value of finger millet. Spearheaded by scientists Navin Chandra Shahi, former scientists Anupama Singh, Khan Chand,…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. Dineshpur police in Udham Singh Nagar district arrested a man with 30 protected turtles during a late-night patrol on Saturday. Sub-Inspector Lokesh Kumar, leading the patrol on Sundarpur Road, spotted a man riding a bike, UK 06-M3942, from Sundarpur. “Upon seeing us, he appeared nervous and lost control, falling from his…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. A leopard, which had instilled fear in residents around the Govishan mound and Drona Sagar complex, has finally been captured. The big cat was trapped in the cage installed by the forest department. For nearly two years, two leopards and their two cubs resided within the mound area. Although the cubs…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. Under a special enforcement drive, the Excise Department of Uttarakhand, Area-02 Khatima, conducted a successful raid on an illegal liquor manufacturing base operating near a drain by Basgar village in Shakti Farm, Sitarganj. The operation was carried out following directives from Excise Commissioner Uttarakhand and instructions from District Excise Officer Rajiv…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) The Supreme Court has sought the Uttarakhand government’s response on a plea seeking the premature release of one of the convicts in the 2003 murder case of 26-year-old poet Madhumita Shukla. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih issued notice to the…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau A case has been filed with the Doon Police alleging kidnapping, raping and forced nikah of a minor girl in Dehradun. The girl is stated to be 17 years old and a Class 11 student. According to the complaint, accused Suhail Qureshi not only kidnapped the minor girl but also raped…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau The Pushkar Singh Dhami government in Uttarakhand, it seems, is in no rush to declare the reports of the sweet and laddoo samples it had collected after the Tirupati Balaji prasad fiasco. In response to the controversy surrounding the purity of prasads, the Dhami government had in September asked the food…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. Indian envoy Sanjay Kumar Verma, who was recalled after Canada said senior diplomats were “persons of interest” in the Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder probe, on Thursday said that there are pro-Khalistan elements in every Canadian law and order vertical, including their defence forces and even the Parliament. “Today, almost every Canadian…
