Before the forthcoming Assembly elections, the much awaited musical album (video) of renowned Uttarakhandi folk singer Narender Negi, which highlighted corruption in higher places and political satire, was released here today. Music lovers in the hill state were anxiously waiting for Negi,s “Ab Kathga Khailo”…
Read more »The Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the CPI (ML) have joined together to fight the ensuing Assembly elections from one platform with a joint appeal and election campaign. [more]
Read more »Succumbing to the indefinite hunger strike undertaken by Shivanand Saraswati, founder head of the Matrisadan Ashram in the holy city of Hardwar, which continued till the 11th day, the Uttarakhand government Tuesday banned quarrying in the Bhogpur and Bishanpur ghats of the river Ganga. [more]
Read more »The Himalayan State of Uttarakhand is experiencing changes like steady recession of glaciers, shifting vegetation line, increasing temperature and reduction in annual rainfall, to name a few, due to climate change. The Gangotri and other glaciers have continued to retreat at different rates with climate…
Read more »They are the success stories like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Goa. Then there are underachievers like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and the north-eastern states, with the possible exception of Sikkim. But perhaps the prospects for the four proposed UP disaggregates could best be seen in the…
Read more »The growth registered by Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh in the 11 years since their birth has not translated into human development. [more]
Read more »Dehradun, November 25 The Uttarakhand United Regional Front held its third meeting, where the constituent parties had an agreement on a common minimum programme (CMP) and submitted lists of their candidates to the Coordination Committee. [more]
Read more »Nainital, November 17 A study carried out by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch (NEW) on Uttarakhand revealed that over the five years between 2005-06 and 2009-10, the budget projections for the revenue deficit and fiscal deficit had not been…
Read more »Nainital, November 17 The Uttarakhand Parivartan Party (UPP) has come out against the recently passed Lokayukta Act in the state, describing it as ‘a paper tiger that is incapable of curbing corruption’. Party President PC Tewari has underlined that the government had very cleverly saved…
Read more »Now what does the general do to lift the sagging morale of his forces and also that of the people? He sends his chief secretary for three clandestine meetings with Anna Hazare’s associates (so much for transparency and wider consultations). After making bare minimum changes,…
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