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The decision is being taken as part of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's plan to link madrasa-going children with mainstream education.

Three people were killed and at least six injured after a house collapsed in Haridwar district as heavy rain wreaked havoc in various parts of Uttarakhand on Wednesday evening.

At least three people, including two tourists from Maharashtra, were killed in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath in a landslide triggered by rains today, officials said.

The post is entitled for a pay of Rs 2,10,000 per month with special allowance of Rs 11,250 and other usual allowances.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took the centre and Uttarakhand government to task - asking searching questions over a lack of funding and the diversion of guards to election duties - as the state struggles to contain hundreds of active wildfires.

Pointing out that their percentage of marks will decrease due to this, the students demanded bonus marks of seven from the board.

A 'white' vs 'black' war dominated Indian politics Thursday with the government and the opposition releasing competing factsheets on the economy during the 10 years of the Congress-led UPA and the past decade, in which PM Modi's BJP was in power.

A day after Uniform Civil Code 2024 bill was passed in the state assembly, the Uttarakhand Waqf Board refuted reports that the bill was anti-Islamic and asserted that there was no issue with abiding by UCC since it does not tamper with Islamic faith.

The bag-free days will be introduced from the upcoming academic session starting April in Uttarakhand Schools.

The schools entrusted with the responsibility, will build day schools along with residential ones in different towns of Uttarakhand.

The 41 workers who had been trapped in the tunnel in Uttarkashi for over 400 hours only showed jetlag-like symptoms and were so healthy that none of them made use of the wheeled stretchers that were kept ready to pull them out.

The "softly, softly" approach to drilling escape holes was key to freeing the 41 men trapped beneath the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, tunnelling expert Arnold Dix told NDTV Wednesday.

A day after they were rescued from the tunnel where they had been trapped for 17 days, 41 construction workers have been airlifted in an Indian Air Force Chinook and are being taken to AIIMS in Rishikesh.

That figure was Gabbar Singh Negi - who was born 260 km away, in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district - and had the unfortunate distinction of having been in tunnel collapses thrice before.

Family and friends of the 41 workers, who were safely pulled out from the debris of the collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi after 17 days are jubiliant and have been celebrating by bursting firecrackers.

The decision is being taken as part of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's plan to link madrasa-going children with mainstream education.

Three people were killed and at least six injured after a house collapsed in Haridwar district as heavy rain wreaked havoc in various parts of Uttarakhand on Wednesday evening.

At least three people, including two tourists from Maharashtra, were killed in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath in a landslide triggered by rains today, officials said.

The post is entitled for a pay of Rs 2,10,000 per month with special allowance of Rs 11,250 and other usual allowances.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took the centre and Uttarakhand government to task - asking searching questions over a lack of funding and the diversion of guards to election duties - as the state struggles to contain hundreds of active wildfires.

Pointing out that their percentage of marks will decrease due to this, the students demanded bonus marks of seven from the board.

A 'white' vs 'black' war dominated Indian politics Thursday with the government and the opposition releasing competing factsheets on the economy during the 10 years of the Congress-led UPA and the past decade, in which PM Modi's BJP was in power.

A day after Uniform Civil Code 2024 bill was passed in the state assembly, the Uttarakhand Waqf Board refuted reports that the bill was anti-Islamic and asserted that there was no issue with abiding by UCC since it does not tamper with Islamic faith.

The bag-free days will be introduced from the upcoming academic session starting April in Uttarakhand Schools.

The schools entrusted with the responsibility, will build day schools along with residential ones in different towns of Uttarakhand.

The 41 workers who had been trapped in the tunnel in Uttarkashi for over 400 hours only showed jetlag-like symptoms and were so healthy that none of them made use of the wheeled stretchers that were kept ready to pull them out.

The "softly, softly" approach to drilling escape holes was key to freeing the 41 men trapped beneath the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, tunnelling expert Arnold Dix told NDTV Wednesday.

A day after they were rescued from the tunnel where they had been trapped for 17 days, 41 construction workers have been airlifted in an Indian Air Force Chinook and are being taken to AIIMS in Rishikesh.

That figure was Gabbar Singh Negi - who was born 260 km away, in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district - and had the unfortunate distinction of having been in tunnel collapses thrice before.

Family and friends of the 41 workers, who were safely pulled out from the debris of the collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi after 17 days are jubiliant and have been celebrating by bursting firecrackers.