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Khanduri faces tough task ahead

Jagdish Bhatt Hill Post, September 11, 2011 Dehra Dun: Maj Gen (retd) Bhuvan Chand Khanduri, who is to be sworn in as the 6th chief minister of this tiny mountain state later today, (twice in a period of less than five years) after his unceremonious…

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Creation of New Districts Financial constraints ‘overlooked’

Neena Sharma Tribune New Service Dehradun, August 19 After declaring Didihat, Almora,Yamnotri and Kotdwar as separate districts, the Nishank government has opened a Pandora’s box causing unrest and dissatisfaction. The tremors can be felt in several tehsils that have been left out, while a tussle…

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Uttarakhand excels in health, GDP

Shishir Prashant Business Standard / New Delhi/ Dehradun August 12, 2011 After excelling in the gross domestic product (GDP) growth, Uttarakhand is yet again on the top of the chart according to the annual health survey (AHS). Bageshwar, the hilly district of Uttarakhand, has reported…

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Pindar’s last gush: Will it vanish into history?

Dam proposed on the Alaknanda’s last unrestricted tributary stirs locals. Bharat Lal Seth / July 21, 2011 Business Standard The people of Chepdu village in the Pindar valley treasure the fair held every June in memory of an army man from the region who was…

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Ganga fights for survival: Probe report exposes Uttarakhand minister

The mighty Ganga faces perhaps its greatest battle ever – that too against the government of Uttarakhand. Headlines Today has unmasked those hell-bent on destroying India’s most sacred river. Ishan Russell | Haridwar, July 18, 2011 India Today Illegal mining in and around Haridwar is…

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Pithoragarh and Beed new culprits in vanishing girl child story

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, June 23, 2011 Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand and Beed in Maharashtra are among several districts in India where vanishing girl child is a new phenomenon. As per 2011 census, child ratio in zero to six age group was 914, lowest…

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Support for Nigmanand’s stir

Social organisations join hands to take forward the agitation of Matra Sadan against the illegal quarrying on Ganga riverbed Tribune News Service Haridwar, June 15 Swami Nigmanand’s death has sparked another agitation against the illegal quarrying being done on the Ganga riverbed in Haridwar. Now,…

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Baba’s black sheep and the golden fleece

Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna seem to have spun an unholy empire using all kinds of means. Brijesh Pandey and Manoj Rawat reports from Haridwar [more]

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Pay the rich, for the rich

Ashish Kothari Hindustan Times June 16, 2011 The starkly disproportionate response of the government, media and the public to the two babas on fast over the last few days is symptomatic of a deep malaise in our democratic set-up. Capturing the headlines was Baba Ramdev,…

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Exposing the illegal mining in Haridwar

NDTV Correspondent, Updated: June 16, 2011 Haridwar: While politicians trade charges over the death of swami Nigamanand in Haridwar, his death has once again brought into focus the rampant illegal mining around the river. Swami Nigamanand had gone on a fast to protest illegal mining…

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