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…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. In Uttarakhand, maintaining public safety is a growing challenge for the police as a personnel shortage stretches resources beyond standard limits. With one officer tasked with safeguarding 422 people—nearly double the United Nations-recommended ratio of 222 people per officer—the police face significant strain in fulfilling security demands. The state’s population of…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. A close associate of former Rudrapur MLA Rajkumar Thukral, 28-year-old Bunty Koli, died in an accident during a wedding procession on Monday night. The procession, en route from Rampur to Bilari in Uttar Pradesh, faced tragedy near Shahbad when Koli’s car collided with a stationary tractor trolley laden with sugarcane at…