According to the local police, the minor girl on Tuesday went out to play in a nearby area as per her daily routine but did not return home till evening.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated the state’s first child friendly police station in Dehradun.

Over the last few years, the number of female cab drivers has been steadily rising in the country. While the concept was largely unheard of in Uttarakhand, an initiative by Shruti Kaushik has been a game changer for the region. The 28-year-old has started SheCab, introducing female cab drivers in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Saheli Trust, an NGO […]

Twenty six-year-old Gulista Ansari has become Dehradun’s first female e–rickshaw driver. She took up this profession a fortnight ago after buying an e-rickshaw for herself on December 21. The decision Prior to this, Gulista was working for a company that manufactured medicines.  But given the number of hours she had to put in and the […]

Kavita Bisht’s life is no short of an inspiration. An acid attack in 2008 left her with physical and emotional scars but she resolved to keep going and sensitize the masses on the same. Moved by her story, Jay Joshi, an 18-year-old boy from Haldwani, has written a book ‘Beauty Behind the Scars’. Uttarakhand governor KK […]

Bhumika Sharma, hailing from Dehradun, has won the Miss World title at the World Bodybuilding Championship held in Venice last week. With this, she has debunked the myth that bodybuilding is largely a male-dominated sport and only men can excel at it.

For Dehradun-based Shruti Kaushik, helping distressed women and children has become a way of life. Kaushik, who started an NGO — Saheli Trust — in 2013, is a certified engineer, but found her calling in social work. Inspiration behind Saheli Trust   Kaushik narrates how a very close childhood friend was sold by her own relatives. […]