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After missing out in Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat gets Cabinet rank

New Delhi: Union Minister Harish Rawat, after being denied chief ministership of Uttarakhand, was all smiles today as celebrations broke out at his residence over his elevation to the cabinet rank. Mr Rawat, who had a trail of sweet and sour relationship with the party…

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The reality of climate change in our hills

The trends of the past three years in Uttarakhand are proof of a significant alteration in the micro-climate irrespective of whether climate change is real or not, it is not a risk worth taking [more]

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Ganga shifts at Gangotri, lake formed posing danger to downstream areas

The mystic Ganga has baffled the religious gurus and scientists once again. Its traditional mouth, Gaumukh on Gangotri glacier has dried up and a new source has emerged around 20 meters away with a formation of a glacial lake threatening to burst. [more]

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Sitarganj Bye-Election Analysis

As expected, Vijay Bahuguna easily won the state assembly bye-election from Sitarganj in a landslide, entering the Vidhan Sabha with the largest margin since Uttarakhand’s formation. As Sitarganj was originally occupied by BJP legislator Kiran Mandal whom the Congress had successfully lurred away on promises…

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Saving Ganga hurts government’s economic agenda

The governments of the day at the Centre or in states (Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal) are not interested in saving India’s national river but harnessing its economic potential. Around 60 % of India’s 1.2 billion people live in the Ganga river basin…

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Ganga hydro-electric projects take political overtones

Much to the chagrin of the people of Uttarakhand, the issue of hydro-electric projects on the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers have come rom the purview of the sages and sants and pro-hydro project loyalists and now have taken political hues. [more]

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Uttarakhand’s hills were ablaze this summer. Literally

Small fires ignited by villagers to clear dry grass and scare leopards blew into infernos. [more]

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Supreme Court takes notice of construction in Corbett Park

Even as concern is being expressed the world over to save the dwindling number of tiger population in the country, the forest and wild life departments of Uttarakhand government in general and the Corbett Park authorities in particular are throwing the ball in each other’s…

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A fiery summer in Uttarakhand

After a couple of years of relative calm, fires have again ravaged the forests of Uttarakhand this summer. More blazes were reported and more forest area affected this season than the past two years put together, as an unusually hot and dry summer turned the…

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His love for environment only growing stronger

Popularly known as ‘Vriksha Manav’, 91-year-old Vishweshwar Dutt Saklani planted his first sapling six decades ago. And his love is only growing stronger with age [more]

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