Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. The Udham Singh Nagar district police arrested a man involved in a recent armed attack on a forest department patrol team in the Gadarpur area. The accused has been identified as Gurmeet Singh alias Geji, a resident of Bazpur in the district. The police recovered a 12-bore rifle and four live…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. The Gadarpur police in district Udham Singh Nagar have booked 12 persons, five named and others unidentified, after an encounter between timber smugglers and forest personnel took place in the Pipal Parao range of the Terai Central Forest Division on Friday evening, resulting in injuries to four forest officials, including a…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau Kolkata doctor rape and murder: Sandip Ghosh, the ex-principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, had ordered renovation near the seminar hall, where a doctor was found raped and murdered, alleged Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Mazumdar on Thursday. He also shared a purported letter, allegedly signed by Sandip Ghosh, which…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. BJP MLAs from Uttarakhand have distanced themselves from the alleged controversial remarks made by Munna Singh Chauhan, BJP MLA from Vikas Nagar of Dehradun, regarding the Bengali community during an Assembly session held in Gairsain. The remarks, made while discussing reservation issues in the Garhwal Mandal, sparked outrage among the Bengali…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau Roorkee (Uttarakhand): A NEET aspirant has accused her mother and relatives of forcing her into prostitution while complaining that she was allegedly raped thrice in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district, police said. The girl, a resident of Roorkee, has lodged a complaint at Ganganahar Kotwali police station. Based on which, a case was registered…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. In a significant fraud, approximately Rs 17.92 crore was siphoned off from the Rudrapur branch of IndusInd Bank using counterfeit cheques from the government accounts of the Special Land Acquisition Officer (SLAO) in district Udham Singh Nagar of Uttarakhand, and district Baghpat of Uttar Pradesh. The fraudulent transactions took place between…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. A shocking incident in Sarkada village of Sitarganj in district Udham Singh Nagar, has taken a turn as an attempted rape case involving a four-year-old girl, allegedly sexually assaulted by three minors aged eight, ten and eleven, has now been upgraded to rape. This development comes after a medical report confirmed…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. The state’s first Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP) in US Nagar district headquarters, Rudrapur has become a significant source of income for the Rudrapur Municipal Corporation (RMC), generating over Rs 3 lakh in just three and a half months through septage management fees. The government is now planning to transfer the…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. Hundreds of women in Sardar Nagar village, Gadarpur, are now financially independent, thanks to a grassroots initiative led by a local entrepreneur. Rekha Narula, a resident of the village, has empowered nearly 200 women by training them in various skills, providing them with a sustainable livelihood. Five years ago, Rekha Narula…
Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau. In a significant development in the nurse brutality case in US Nagar district headquarters, Rudrapur, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) has recovered the mobile phone of the deceased, which could serve as crucial evidence in the case and have arrested the man who…