Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. The Udham Singh Nagar police arrested Charu Chandra Joshi, 32, a resident of Friends Colony in Do Nahariya of Haldwani in district Nainital, for allegedly duping multiple women of lakhs of rupees. Joshi, a habitual offender, targeted women through matrimonial sites and dating apps, promising marriage and government jobs to defraud…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. In a crackdown on unutilized land purchases by outside investors, the district administration of Udham Singh Nagar have filed a case against Videocon Industries Ltd. for failing to use land acquired for industrial purposes in Kashipur. This high-profile case is part of a larger investigation ordered by the government to identify…
Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Police, under its ongoing campaign to apprehend rewarded criminals, achieved a significant breakthrough with the arrest of Jagmohan Singh, a fraudster carrying a bounty of ₹25,000. Jagmohan was apprehended from the Amritsar region of Punjab through a joint operation by the state’s Special Task Force (STF) and Lohaghat…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. The paddy procurement figures in Udham Singh Nagar district have raised serious questions about possible irregularities. The region’s procurement centers have reported a substantial rise in purchases, contrasting sharply with the earlier reports of chaos and low farmer turnout. This discrepancy has led to suspicions of a potential scam within the…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau Roorkee: At least four people were killed and four others seriously injured in a road accident on the Delhi-Haridwar highway near Mangalore in Haridwar district on Thursday evening. The victims, all members of a wedding procession, coming from Meerut to Roorkee were travelling in a high-speed SUV that collided with a…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. Jain Global School, Rudrapur celebrated its annual Sports Day with great enthusiasm on Children’s Day. The event commenced with a grand march past, as students saluted the chief guest, Shri Nagendra Prasad Sharma, Sports Officer, Kumaon University, Nainital. The inauguration was marked by the ceremonial lighting of the torch by Shri…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. In support of the ongoing strike and hunger strike of Dolphin Company workers in SIDCUL of Pantnagar industrial area in district US Nagar, several social organizations held a sit-in outside the Labor Office in Haldwani of district Nainital on Thursday. The organizations submitted a memorandum to the administration, demanding immediate intervention…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. A senior professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at Pantnagar University, Satya Kumar, was dismissed on Wednesday following allegations of molestation made by female students. Dr. Kumar was found guilty after an investigation by the university’s Sexual Harassment and Gender Justice Committee, leading the Management Council to expel him with…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. In a proactive move to mitigate human-wildlife conflict, the Terai Eastern Forest Division in Haldwani launched the “30 Days, 30 Workshops” program on Wednesday. The initiative, aimed at raising awareness among locals, will hold workshops across 30 days in primary schools, maternal health centers, and other sensitive areas within the Kilpura,…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau Extreme weather events in Uttarakhand could potentially destroy or seriously delay hydroelectric power plants worth Rs 70,150 crore, suggests a report released on Wednesday by the think tank Climate Risk Horizons. The report, Assessing the Vulnerability of Hydroelectric Power Plants in Uttarakhand, notes that the state is highly susceptible to extreme…