The sad fate of the four parks at the centre of Dehradun, is the fate of all of Uttarakhand Jagdish Bhatt Hill Post, September 26, 2011 Dehra Dun: There were four huge fields in the heart of the state capital of Uttarakhand, which not only…
Tribune News Service Dehradun, September 29 The Panchayati Raj Bill 2011 proposed by the BJP government has received flak from social organisations that have castigated the government for failing to draft a Bill that is in consonance with the 73rd amendment. “After spending Rs 8…
Can this flawed measure of growth be reversed? At a time when courts hog headlines, this was a conspicuous slip. About two months ago, the Uttarakhand High Court admitted a public interest petition on making gross environmental productivity a co-indicator of the state of the…
Rajeev Khanna Tribune News Service Nainital, September 23 The regional parties of the state, the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) and the Uttarakhand Parivartan Party (UPP), are unhappy with the High Court’s decision allowing any citizen of India to purchase 12.5 acres of agricultural land in…
Jagdish Bhatt Hill Post, September 23, 2011 Dehra Dun : In what could have long term ramifications for the people of the state, a division bench of the Uttarakhand High Court comprising Chief Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice U C Dhyani today held as unconstitutional…
Distant Dehradun-based administration has been failing the hills of Kumaon for some time, raising the spectre of regionalism. Tribune News Service Nainital, September 20 Protests have erupted across Kumaon over the past couple of days against the alleged failure of the administration to do anything…
By Jagdish Bhatt | September 13, 2011 Hill Post Dehra Dun : – Though newly sworn-in chief minister Maj Gen (retd) B C Khanduri may have made an effort to convince the masses that he is sincere in eradicating corruption that has become all-prevalent in…
Dehradun Diary The Tribune, September 12, 2011 MAJ-Gen BC Khanduri (retd) today took over as the sixth Chief Minister of Uttarakhand that came into being a decade ago on November 9, 2000. Out of these six Chief Ministers, during the past 10 years, five of…
Solid article, but as the reporter himself notes, Nishank was able to buy off his critics in the media to hide the disintegration of the state government. Only a few reporters were intrepid and dedicated enough to consistently expose the regime. Rajeev Khanna The Tribune…
Subodh Ghildiyal, Times of India Sep 12, 2011 NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal may have got the boot on corruption issues but the state ironically appears to be ruled by the cleanest political class in the country. The state Lokayukta has not received…