Thursday, October 30, 2008

Uttarakhand to be funded by Asian Development Bank

In an announcement, Uttarakhand government would sign an agreement with the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) for getting a loan of $350 million to boost up Uttarakhand infrastructure for travel and tourism. Under this infrastructure facilities like roads, bridges, water supply and sanitation system would be strengthened in 31 cities and towns of the state.

The agreement is expected to be signed early coming month. The cities where the government intends to strengthen infrastructure facilities include Dehra Dun, Nainital, Haridwar, Haldwani, Mussoorie, Rishikesh, New Tehri, Pauri and Almora.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

BJP sweeps Uttarakhand Panchayat Polls

In Uttarakhand Panchayat Polls BJP bagged 9 out of 12 District Panchayat president posts at various district headquarters on October 10. The districts on which BJP won are Pithoragarh, Champawat, Rudraprayag, Pauri, Almora, Tehri, Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Bageshwar. In the polls Congress managed to win only two seats of Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar, while a seat of Dehradun has gone to an independent.

- In Tehri, Shri Ratan Singh Gunsola of BJP won
- In Pauri, Shri Keshav Singh Negi of BJP won
- In Uttarkashi, Shri Narayan Singh Chauhan of BJP won
- In Chamoli, Smt Vijaya Rawat of BJP won
- In Rudraprayag, Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt of BJP won
- In Pithoragarh, Smt. Ranjana Devi of BJP won
- In Bageshwar, Shri Ram Singh Koranga of BJP won
- In Almora, Shri Mohan Ram of BJP won
- In Udham Singh Nagar, Smt. Sushila Gangwar of Congress won

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Sanjivani Paranteral buys plant in Uttarakhand

Sanjivani Paranteral Ltd. has bought a new pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Uttarakhand. The plant has a capacity to produce 1 billion units of tablets and 10 million units of dry syrups a year and is expected to add 250 million rupees year to revenue and 50 million rupees a year to net profit of the company

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Herakhan temple in Uttarakhand fascinates devotees from all across the world

Herakhan Temple, situated at the foothills of Mount Kailash and along the banks of River Gautama Ganga, now become a major attraction for devotees.

Tourists visiting Uttarakhand from different parts of the world attend the special Puja performed on the occasion of Dussera here at this famous temple. The place gained popularity after Herakhan Baba, who renovated it several decades ago. The temple has been named after him.

The temple is situated almost within a cave where Baba is said to have meditated after arriving from the Kailash Mountain. Devotees today remember him as an incarnation Lord Shiva. He passed away in 1984.

A special attraction is the convergence of a large number of religious-minded foreigners, who find this place irresistibly overwhelming. Many of these tourists also perform various Hindu rituals during the Puja at the temple.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Rock Climbing in Uttarakhand

North Zone Sports Climbing Committee of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation organized a three day north zone sports climbing competition in Nainital, Uttarakhand. lead climbing, speed climbing and bouldering were the main events. To participate in the competition peoplecame from Delhi, Jammu Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, ITBP, NSG, Airforce and Army.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Indian Railway in Uttarakhand

Now boosting up the aspects of travel and toursim in Uttarakhand, the Indian Railways is planning to start trains from Rishikesh to Karanprayag, and also to Kalsi area, bordering Himachal Pradesh from Dehra Dun city.

Around 60 to 70 per cent of the survey for the 126-km long Rishikesh-Karanprayag route in Garhwal region, has already been completed. the estimated cost for this entire project is Rs 1,372 crore. The remaining survey is expected to be completed in next two months. The expected rail route will be Rishikesh-Devprayag-Srinagar-Karanprayag, along the rivers Ganga and Alaknanda.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Hotels in Haridwar

Avail the list of hotels in Haridwar.

Hotel Suvidha
Address : Shravan Nath Nagar, (Behind Chitra Cinema), Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

Ginger Haridwar
Address : Khasara No. 48M/50M, Bopatwala Kalan, Doodhadhari Chowk, Haridwar - 249410, Uttarakhand, India
Tel : +91-1334-663333
Website : www.gingerhotels.com

Country Inn & Suites By Carlson
Address : Motichur, Haripur Kalan, Haridwar Rishikesh Highway, Haridwar Uttarakhand, India
Website : www.countryinns.com

Sun Hotel
Address : Opp. Railway Station, Niranjani Akhara Bagh, Sharvan Nath Nagar, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
Tel : +91-1334-266942/266943
Website : www.sunhotels.in

A detailed list of hotels in haridwar and other uttarakhand spots has been given at http://www.inuttarakhand.com/haridwar-hotels.html

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Uttarakhand in Online Business

Kalosoft Technologies introduces Galaxyretail.com, a new e-commerce domain, for SME's who wants to do online business.

Galaxyretail.com is an online marketplace where the companies or individuals who are interested in doing business with India, can get themselves registered to cater to the Indian buyers and get the trading leads, contacts in the Indian business economy.

According to one of its client "I really feel galaxyretail.com is a good market place for the company who wants to start their operations in India,".

The company is based in the capital Dehradun of Uttarakhand, India. The company is having the team of experienced engineers, involved in the development of customised software solutions for medium and small scale business.