Rajeev Khanna Tribune News Service Nainital, March 27 One of the most seasoned politicians in the state, Munna Singh Chauhan has started making moves for his return to the centre stage of state politics.After hobnobbing with various political outfits in the state, this politician from…
PTI | 05:03 PM,Mar 06,2011 Dehra Dun, Mar 6 (PTI) The Uttarakhand Assembly has failed to conduct even 30 sittings a year against the required 60 sittings as stated in the house’s rule book, a report said.Since formation of the state in 2000, the Vidhan…
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehradun Business Standard, March 05, 2011 A series of alleged scams have returned to haunt the Uttarakhand government with the Supreme Court today calling for compliance of the High Court order on the Rishikesh housing project. As a follow-up to…
Tribune News Service Dehradun, March 1, 2011 Several public welfare organisations will lay a siege to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister’s residence on March 23 in protest against usurping of the rights of people over land and water by hydro-project companies. These organisations have got a…
Tribune News Service Pitthoragarh, March 1 The tireless efforts of Shauka historian and anthropologist Sher Singh Pangti have finally borne fruit as he has been named by the Pauri Garhwal-based Umesh Dobhal Trust for this year’s award for his contribution to literature and cultural promotion,…
Dehra Dun, Feb 20 (PTI) Women activists and NGOs have slammed the BJP government in Uttarakhand for expelling three women district panchayat heads on charges of embezzlement of funds. A host of women activists and their organisations have condemned the government”s action, saying the removal…
Lack of development belies state government’s tall claims Tribune News Service Nainital, February 18 Losing their patience over the failure of the administration to provide them with the basic amenities, the women from the rural areas of Bageshwar have threatened to launch a massive agitation…
Activists Arrested Protesting against Singoli-Bhatwadi and Phata-Bhyung Hydroelectric Projects Mandakini River is boiling Release from Matu People’s Organization Citizens familiar with the situation in Uttarakhand would know of the demonstrations and protests against the Singoli-Bhatwadi and Phata-Bhyung projects that have been going on for many…
In what is amounting to be another egregious if subtle abuse of power and insult to the Uttarakhand people and culture by the current state government, the chief minister and his cabinet have been hurrying to name as many institutions after BJP standard bearers and…
Shishir Prashant / Business Standard New Delhi/ Dehradun February 03, 2011, 0:58 IST The strong industrialisation owing to hill-based tax incentives during the past few years may be a feel good factor in Uttarakhand. But all that glitters is not gold. The Uttarakhand Environment Protection…