Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), Mar 19 : The Pantnagar plant of Tata Motors in Uttarakhand is all set to roll out the Nano, the 4-seater, 100,000-rupee price tag super-cheap car for the masses.

In a recent announcement, vehicle maker Tata Motors said that it would launch its Nano on March 23 and accept bookings from the second week of April.

The car, expected to be priced around 100,000 rupees, was unveiled in January 2008. It was scheduled to go on sale last October, but problems with the main plant location delayed the launch.

Ramnagar (Uttarakhand), Mar 19 : The body of a tigress suspected to have died in a fight with another tiger was found in Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand.

The officials found the badly mauled body of the ten-year-old tiger in Dhenla range of the park, close to Hathidangar village.

"It is a result of fighting between two tigers. The female tiger that was elderly died in the fight. The tiger has killed it and mauled her back portion," said V. K. Singhal, director of the park.

Situated at the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand, the park is well-known for its tigers, leopards and elephants.

Haldwani (Uttarakhand), Mar 11 : The Chief Conservator of Forests in Uttarakhand has equipped local rangers and other field staff with night vision cameras and other hi-tech security-cum-communication gadgets to save animals from poachers.

There has been a sharp increase in the number of incidents of poaching in recent times.

This has prompted the Government to protect priceless flora and fauna in the state.

Nainital, Mar. 8 : Benefiting from Central Government's poverty eradication scheme, many women belonging to lower income group have become self reliant in Uttarakhand.

The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY) provides self-employment through small industries. Under this scheme, assistance is given to women living below the poverty line to become self-employment.

At present, there are around 216 self-help groups in Haldwani Block in Nainital. 156 of them are rated as first grade functional, and getting certain extra facilities. Some of the women members have also been nominated as Gram Pradhans (village heads).

Nainital, Mar 2 : A World Bank team visited Jim Corbett Park to explore way to conserve the fast depleting population of tigers.

The four-member team visited the park under the Global Tiger Initiative Programme.

Dehradun, Feb 23 : Uttarakhand Chief Minister B. C. Khanduri on Monday ordered authorities to resume work on the 120 MW Vyasi hydel power project after a lapse of
16 years.

This project is to come up over the Tons Rriver, and is to be completed by December 2011.

The project cost is Rs. 758.59 crore and it would earn the revenue of Rs. 105.29 crore for the state.

On the occasion, Khanduri said the government is committed to formulating a rehabilitation policy for locals.