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Business Standard (2005.5.19): Garhwal women launch textile brand

Our Regional Bureau / Dehra Dun May 19, 2005 For the first time, Garhwal, an economic backwater in Uttaranchal, will step into the world of fashion and textile designing by launching its own new brand. After a great deal of deliberation, local textile designers in…

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ANI: Dehradun police caught stealing power

Dehradun | May 16, 2005 7:35:57 PM IST In a shocking case of power theft, vigilance sleuths in the state have cracked down on a police station stealing po

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ANI (2005.4.23): NRSA report says 1200 villages in Uttaranchal prone to landslides

Dehradun | April 23, 2005 9:31:09 PM IST A recent report published by National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), has given sleepless nights to the residents and government of Uttaranchal government. The report says that about 1200 villages in the state are highly prone to the…

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ANI: Rajaji Park beefs up security to save its tiger population

India News, Rajaji Park (Uttaranchal), Apr.6 : Authorities of Rajaji National Park in Uttaranchal have beefed up security after more than two dozen tigers vanished from another wildlife sanctuary in less than two years. Concerned over the fast dwindling tiger population, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh…

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Unique movement to conserve traditional seeds

Raju Gusain Jardhargaon, March 24 The ‘Beej Bachao Andolan’ (BBA), begun here in the late 1980s, is fifteen years old. Led by farmer and social activist Vijay Jardhari, the ‘Andolan’ has made village Jardhargaon of district Tehri famous for its unique movement to save the…

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The Hindu (2005.3.15): Demand for a better deal for farmers

By Our Staff Correspondent DEHRA DUN, MARCH 15. Activists of the Uttarakhand Kisan Sabha today staged a demonstration near the Uttaranchal Chief Minister’s residence seeking a better deal for the poor, farmers and labourers. Addressing the activists, the Sabha president, Bachiram Kanswal wanted the Government…

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NDTV (2005.3.14): Uttaranchal women shoulder family burden

Monday, March 14, 2005 (Dehradun): In Uttaranchal after the father goes to work in a nearby school, 21-year-old Neelam and her sister set out to do what most women in the hills have done traditionally. Neelam is studying for her MA, but she and her…

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Plain Tales from the Hills

The delimitation process in Uttaranchal will mean a bigger share for the three districts in the plains. The change in power equation could divide the “hill” state S M A KAZMI Sunday, March 13, 2005 DEHRA DUN: IT’S a downhill trek that Uttaranchal is refusing…

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The Hindu (2005.3.10): Inequalities in job distribution

Our Staff Correspondent DEHRA DUN, MARCH 9. A large number of women from Uttaranchal, who crusaded for creation of the hill State and faced police brutalities, are sore with the Narain Dutt Tiwari Government for having neglected them and handing over all Government jobs to…

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The Hindu (2005.3.9): Education minister warns bureaucrats

By Our Staff Correspondent DEHRA DUN. MARCH.8.The Uttaranchal Education Minister, Narender Singh Bhandari, has warned bureaucrats of strict disciplinary action if they do not stop the practice of taking policy decisions without his consent. Addressing senior officials of the Education Department, Mr Bhandari expressed dismay…

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