Politics over hydro projects on tributaries of river Ganga is heating up with former Indian Institute of Technology professor G D Aggarwal sitting on a fast-unto-death demanding scrapping of eight projects on these rivers. [more]
NEW DELHI: In three of the five states about to hold elections, more women vote than men. Women thus hold the key to assembly elections in Uttarakhand , Manipur and Goa. In the 2007 assembly elections, half of Uttarakhand’s 70 constituencies saw more women cast…
New Delhi: In poll-bound Uttarakhand, migration of youth has always been a major issue but these elections, even the top state leadership seems to be migrating away from the hills. They’re contesting elections from the more comfortable Tarai region. [more]
Just as the BJP was pitching the judicious and decisive leadership of their chief ministerial candidate as its single point platform, the party released a manifesto full of fantastical economic projections and claims in an all out attempt to woo voters. Already delayed by the…
Kolaveri di, the song that has become an anthem of sorts particularly among the youth, has assumed political overtones during the poll season in the state. Some youngsters have come up with their own version of the song that went viral on the net immediately…
In a court case stemming back to 2005, labour abuses were an issue at Baba Ramdev’s pharmaceutical company. While the yog guru is on an anti-corruption poll-bound states yatra, at his home state in Uttarakhand he has been found to be violating the agreement between…
The 2012 state election sees the crumbling BJP deploying their last and strongest card by replacing their floundering chief minister with one they unceremoniously dumped in 2009. While Khanduri has perhaps saved the party from an ignominious thumping at the polls, will it be enough…
As the 2012 state elections enter their final two weeks, the various parties have been releasing their manifestos: The CPI(ML) was first off the bat with their promise to “take on touts, contractors, NGOs and the land mafia that are ruling the roost in the…
As the state goes to the third Assembly polls on January 30, the most controversial and most important issue for the state remains the development of its hydroelectric potential. Although most of the political parties talk of building the hydroelectric potential keeping in view the…
Karl Marx may have called religion opium of the masses, but the left parties are thriving in the most holy of constituencies in Uttarakhand. The United Regional Front, an alliance between the UKD (P) and the left parties, has given the three seats of Gangotri,…
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Just as the BJP was pitching the judicious and decisive leadership of their chief ministerial candidate as its single point platform, the party released a manifesto full of fantastical economic projections and claims in an all out attempt to woo voters. Already delayed by the…
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