Rishikesh, Jan 21 (IANS) Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Wednesday lauded the century-long legacy of Gita Press and its monthly magazine “Kalyan”, describing it as a cornerstone of India’s cultural and spiritual resurgence. Addressing the release ceremony of the centenary edition of Kalyan at Gita Bhawan in Rishikesh, HM Shah emphasised that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, Indian culture is now being placed at the heart of national policies — a …
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Leh (Ladakh), Jan 21 (IANS) The first gold medal of Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG) 2026 was decided at the Nawang Dorjan Stobdan (NDS) Stadium in Leh, Ladakh, on Wednesday. Of the four decided, all in figure skating, Haryana bagged two gold medals, while Uttarakhand and Kerala bagged one each. Haryana is on top of the standings with five medals overall, including 1 silver and two bronze.Figure skating made its debut in the Ladakh leg of the Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG) 2026. An Olympic event…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will on Wednesday participate in the party’s ongoing Sangathan Srijan (organisational creation) training camp in Kurukshetra, aimed at strengthening the party at the grassroots level. The programme, being held at the Punjabi Dharamshala near Brahma Sarovar, has been underway for the past nine days and involves district-level leadership from Haryana and Uttarakhand.During his visit, Rahul Gandhi will add…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will be on a two-day visit to Uttarakhand starting Wednesday, during which he will participate in several important religious, cultural, and social programmes in Haridwar and Rishikesh. The visit is being seen as significant for the state, as it focuses on areas such as healthcare, spirituality, Indian culture, and social service, reflecting the government’s emphasis on holistic development rooted in tradition.HM Shah will …
Chamoli, Jan 20 (IANS) PM SVANidhi (PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi) scheme is bringing a significant turnaround in the lives of the people, particularly street vendors, by enabling them to become self-dependent. In Uttarakhand’s Chamoli, a border district of the hill state, hundreds and thousands of people have subscribed to the scheme, started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and are today harnessing their potential to lead their lives on their own.Having gained monetary assistance under …
Dehradun, Jan 19 (IANS) The Uniform Civil Code (UCC), implemented in Uttarakhand a year ago, has achieved considerable success particularly in the registration of marriages under the new law. Nearly five lakh marriages have been registered in the hill state in one year alone, highlighting the successful launch of ‘one nation, one law’ scheme and also its penetration among the people.Online procedure is seen as the key reason behind ‘astronomical’ figures in marriage registrations in the state, w…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formally initiated the election process for its next national president, with senior leaders filing nomination papers for Nitin Nabin, the 45-year-old national working president, at the party headquarters here on Monday.BJP President J.P. Nadda and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh submitted the first set of nomination papers to Returning Officer K. Laxman, in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and othe…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) achieved its highest-ever outlay of Rs 16,690 crore in FY 2024-25 on the construction and maintenance of strategic roads, bridges, tunnels and airfields of the country and will continue this upward trajectory, with a target of Rs 17,900 crore fixed for FY 2025–26, according to an official statement issued on Monday.BRO, which builds and maintains infrastructure in border and inaccessible regions to meet both military and civilian nee…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday that people from Uttarakhand are continuously making significant contributions to Delhi’s development through social service, business, art and culture.Speaking at an event to mark Uttarayan Kautik 2026, Chief Minister Gupta said that Uttarakhand is the motherland and Delhi is the workplace; this unity is our collective strength.Such cultural events are a powerful and meaningful means of connecting every hill family livin…
Agartala, Jan 14 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Wednesday that he would again raise the issue of the killing of Tripura student Angel Chakma with his Uttarakhand counterpart Pushkar Singh Dhami during a meeting in New Delhi to expedite the investigation in the murder.Angel Chakma was killed in Dehradun in an alleged racially-motivated attack.On Wednesday, the Chief Minister visited Angel’s family at their residence in Nandan Nagar, on the outskirts of Agartala, and assured th…