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A 1985 batch Indian Forest Service officer has become the first woman officer to take over as the director of the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun.   Dr Savita who had joined as Deputy Director General of Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education in October last year has been holding the additional charge of Director since June after the repatriation of the earlier Director, and was officially appointed to the post. (Hide)

Chief minister Harish Rawat on 29th March laid the foundation stone of the Rs 32 crore multi-level parking lot at Kincraig in Mussoorie, expected to accommodate about 400 cars at a time. The parking lot will be about two km from town and tourists can either hire taxis or walk the rest of the way into town.Umakant Panwar, secretary in the department of tourism told TOI, \"We have identified PWD as the agency to undertake construction, expected to begin in a month. Lack of parking space has been a big worry for the town, and we hope that will soon be resolved.\" (Hide)

Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University (SDSUV) will be launching a book titled Uttarakhand Disaster on last years flashfloods that led to unprecedented devastation in the state. The book will be a compilation of about 40 selective research papers submitted by 220 delegates from premier universities and paramilitary services in a national seminar in Tehri last year.The much awaited book will be launched in the state capital of DehraDun on Tuesday, 16th Dec, 2014. (Hide)

A leading outdoor advertising businessman Jai Singh and three other members of his family were allegedly murdered by his son Harmeet in Dehradun on Friday. It is suspected that a property dispute was behind the gruesome murders.Besides killing his father and step-mother Kulwant, the young man also killed their adopted daughter Harpeet Kaur and their three-year old granddaughter at their residence in Adarsh Vihar area. Harmeet reportedly killed all the family members except for Harpreet’s six-year-old son, Kanwal,The multiple murders have shocked the town, which was busy with festivities when the crime took place. The accused has been arrested reportedly in a mentally-unstable condition.Sixty-two-year-old Singh used to run the Colorarts Advertising Agency in Dehradun. His son Harmeet, 22, was living with him and rest of the family. Harmeet had been running a hosiery shop in the city. (Hide)

Bird lovers in Uttarakhand are in for a treat when a festival showcasing hundreds of bird species found in the hill state gets underway in Dehradun in February next. Named ‘Pakshi Utsav’, the event will be held at Assan Barrage between February 7 and 9. The festival will showcase about 600 bird species found in the hill state, he said. Uttarakhand is home to 50 per cent of a total of 1200 bird species in the entire country, Bhartari said. Apart from offering people a chance to watch a wide variety of birds, the event will hold a workshop on scientific and technical aspects of avian conservation. (Hide)

The portals of Kedarnath will be ceremonially closed for winter on October 25.A statue of the of deity of Kedarnath temple will be taken to Ukhimath, where it will be worshipped. Ganesh Gondiyal, a member of the Badri Kedar samiti said the prayers will be conducted by the Kedarnath rawal (priest). In this way, the pilgrims will be able to come for darshan and offer prayers even in winter. (Hide)

Dehradun is all set to get a new zoo, which would be the second such facility for the state after the one at Nainital. The Central Zoo Authority of India has approved the proposal to set up the zoo at the Malsi Deer Park, which is located on the Dehradun-Mussoorie route.The place will have animals such as leopards, cheetal, sambhars, raptors (prey birds), beer, raptile , turtles and different variety of birds. (Hide)

Train movement between old Delhi and Shahadara railway stations will remain temporarily suspended from 6.45 AM to 8.30 AM on August 15 on account of the Independence Day ceremony at the Red Fort.As a result of the temporary suspension of services, many trains will be regulated, rescheduled and diverted to different stations on this day.Dehradun-Sarai Rohilla Mussoorie Express will be diverted towards Sahibabad and Tilak Bridge. (Hide)

Uttarakhand Government saw a blanket ban on the use of polythene bags on July 17, and violators have to cough up fine of upto Rs 5000.This was city municipal commissioner Harak Singh Rawat\'s first project to clean up DehraDun. (Hide)

Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat was discharged from AIIMS in New Delhi on Wednesday (16th July, 2014) morning. Rawat was hospitalized in AIIMS on June 13, after he injured the vertebrae in his neck during a helicopter ride. A team of specialists finalized Rawat\'s discharge at 11:30am, hours after a series of medical tests found him fit. (Hide)