Dehra Dun, Dec 13 : Senior Congress leader and Union Minister Oscar Fernandes today assured Congress workers that the Central Goverment would consider bringing a bill in parliament to change the name of Uttaranchal to Uttarakhand The assurance came during Fernandes’ meeting with the Congress…
Read more »[India News]: Dehradun, Dec 13 : Thousands of angry and disillusioned forest guards in Uttaranchal today organised a protest march till the State Assembly demanding protection from poachers, timber mafia and a salary hike, which, according to them, has remained unchanged for over 20 years.…
Read more »Veteran Indian Express journalist for Uttarakhand, SMA Kazmi, covers the following issues in this Dec. 9 article: State Government makes bid to assume responsibility for Char Dhams. Vidhan Sabha left largely vacant by truant MLAs Push to rename the state Tax exemptions for film industry…
Read more »[India News]: Tehri (Dehradun), Dec 7 : Despite tall promises by the Uttaranchal government, residents of New Tehri, the township built for resettlement of Tehri Dam evacuees, are facing a severe water shortage as winter sets in.The state government is unable to provide water even…
Read more »DEHRA DUN: The Uttarakhand Mahila Manch and Uttarakhand Sanyukt Sangharsh Morcha activists have begun assembling at Gairsen in the hills of Uttaranchal Pradesh to undertake a protest march to Dehra Dun from December 5 to underline the urgent need to establish the permanent Capital of…
Read more »New Delhi, Nov. 21: With a little over two years to go before the Assembly elections, the Uttaranchal Congress felt it was time the high command effected a mid-course correction to salvage its waning prospects. As speculation continued whether chief minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari would…
Read more »DEHRA DUN, NOVEMBER 10: A citizens’ ratings on the performance of the Uttaranchal government has put a damper on celebrations of the fourth anniversary of the state’s creation. The ratings, the result of a survey conducted by an NGO, Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK),…
Read more »[India News]: Gairsain (Uttaranchal), Nov 9 : For two days, Uttaranchal has been ablaze with effigies of Chief Minister N.D. Tiwari protesting his suggestion that citizens “forget” the killing of 12 people during an agitation for creating the state. On the fourth anniversary of the…
Read more »The movement for Gairsain as the permanent capital of Uttarakhand has continued into its second month. However, the new month brings new dangers as a section of media and a set of mean-minded opportunistic political agents (I do not call them leaders, because they do…
Read more »Gopeshwar (Uttaranchal), Nov 8 : Cutting across party lines, Dalit leaders have jointly demanded the immediate transfer of two top officials in the Uttaranchal Secretariat for their alleged anti-Dalit policies. [more]
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