Delhi’s air quality remains ‘very poor’; min temp marginally up

Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau Delhi’s air quality remained “very poor” on Thursday, a day after the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) revoked Stage 3 restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap), even as the minimum temperature of 8.3°C was marginally up from a season’s lowest of 8°C a day earlier. On Tuesday, Delhi…

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Indian Parliament serves as example for many democracies : President Murmu

Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said the Indian Parliament, which expresses public aspirations in the world’s largest democracy, today serves as an example for many democracies around the world. Referring to the Constitution as the document of our “national pride”, she said it is the “text of our national identity……

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A Vet’s Battle, A District’s Silence, Denied by Apathy, Rudrapur Vet’s Long Fight for an Ultrasound Licence

Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. In Rudrapur, a veterinarian who has treated thousands of strays for free is fighting a lonely battle — not against disease, but against the administration. Dr Sarpreet Singh Thind, owner of Thind Dog Hospital, has submitted every document, every affidavit, every certification mandated under the PC-PNDT Act. Yet, months later, he…

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Grand Inauguration of AIU Research Convention ‘Anveshan’ – North Zone 2025 at Pantnagar University

Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau. The prestigious AIU Anveshan–North Zone Student Research Convention 2025 was inaugurated today at Pantnagar University, jointly organized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology. Hosting this significant academic event is a matter of great pride for Pantnagar Agricultural University. The inaugural ceremony…

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Indian man visiting grandchild in Canada harasses school girls, to be deported permanently

Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau A 51-year-old Indian man on a six-month visitor visa has been convicted in Canada for criminally harassing two teenage girls outside a high school in Sarnia, Ontario, and will be deported with a permanent ban on re-entry. Jagjit Singh, who arrived in Canada in July to visit his newborn grandchild, began…

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Alert sounded in Uttarakhand’s Almora: 161 gelignite sticks, over 20 kg of highly explosive material recovered

Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau BAGESHWAR: A major security alert was sounded in Almora district after 161 gelignite sticks, over 20 kg of highly explosive material, were recovered from bushes near two schools in the Salt area. As the recovery came days after nearly 2,900 kg of explosive materials allegedly part of the terror plot behind…

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Stagnant air keeps Delhi’s AQI in ‘very poor’ zone despite sunny morning

Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau New Delhi: The national capital saw a relatively clear and sunny Saturday morning, even as stagnant air kept its air quality firmly in the “very poor” category. The minimum temperature at Safdarjung around 10am on Saturday was 11.8°C, 0.5 degrees above normal and 0.6 degrees higher than a day ago. According…

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Jaipur girl approached teacher 5 times for help ‘in last 45 minutes’ before jumping to death: CBSE probe panel

Himalaya Harbinger, Uttarakhand Bureau Weeks after a Class 4 student died after jumping from the fourth floor of a private school in Rajasthan’s Jaipur, the two-member committee formed by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to probe the incident has submitted its report. Among other revelations, the committee found that the nine-year-old girl had…

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