Tue, Jun 18, 2019
Sixty-seven children who were earlier into beggary have been admitted to government schools under 'Operation Mukti,' a campaign of the state police. With the motto of 'Bhiksha Nahi, Shiksha,' the campaign attempts to motivate children and their families to choose education over begging. Attempts have also been made to improve the financial condition of the parents of these children. In the first phase of this campaign, which started on May 1, the focus was primarily on Dehradun district. In addition to Dehradun district, this campaign under 'Operation Mukti' is also ongoing in Haridwar, Nainital, and Udham Singh Nagar districts of the state. Speaking to ANI, Nodal officer Shekhar Suyal said, "It was observed that 292 children were not part of the mainstream in the city out of which 191 were involved in begging, we targeted such children."
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Tue, Apr 30, 2019
Dehradun-based businessman Amar Dhunanda has a collection of antique items that are rare to find. He has over 250 different types of cameras. He even owns a black coloured ‘shankha’ which is rare to find.
Tue, Feb 19, 2019
Thousands came to the Dehradun home of Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal on Tuesday to pay their last respects to the Army officer, who died fighting terrorists in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.
Mon, Feb 18, 2019
Dehradun: Major Chitresh Bisht who lost his life yesterday while defusing an IED which was planted by terrorists across the Line of Control in Rajouri's Naushera sector in Jammu & Kashmir was set to get married next month in Dehradun. Watch full video to know more.
Fri, Jun 23, 2017
Trivandrum has topped the government's new list of 30 Smart Cities announced on Friday while Naya Raipur in Chattigarh came in at second spot and Rajkit in Gujarat came in at third ranking in the new list of Smart Cities. Find out, which are other cities that have made their names to government's third round of Smart City list.
Mon, Dec 26, 2016
Government on Monday said it will try to implement projects worth over Rs 5 lakh crore under the ambitious Sagarmala initiative before completion of its tenure in May 2019.
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