All seven people on board including the pilot were killed in the crash after the helicopter collided with a hill amid low visibility in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag.

SheThePeople brings you five leading women entrepreneurs from Uttarakhand who are bringing traditional art and culture into fashion again. Through their work, these entrepreneurs have adapted traditional knowledge for making diversified, aesthetic and competitive products.

The Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) had last taken a girl student as a “test case” in the 1990s. Starting this year, it will open its gates to five girls, with the number increasing gradually.

On the ocassion of Raksha Bandhan, the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami of Uttarakhand announced that women can travel free of cost.

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