Deccan Herald, August 31, 2004 Mr Vipin Chandra Tripathi, a prominent activist of the Uttarakhand statehood movement of 1990s, died on Monday at his hometown Dwarahaat in Uttaranchal at the age of 56. A first-time sitting MLA from Dwarahaat in Almora district, Mr Tripathi experienced…
Read more »KHATIMA (UTTARANCHAL), AUG 26 (PTI): At least six persons were missing in flash floods in Kailashu and other rivers in Uttaranchal today even as 36 people who were feared to have been washed away escaped by clinging to trees. Kumaon Inspector General Vijay Raghav pant…
Read more »People’s Democracy, August 22, 2004 A WAVE of spontaneous actions, bandhs, rasta roko, chakka jam followed the death of Baba Mohan Uttarakhandi while in the custody of the government, he had been picked up from Beni-Tal Udiyar where the legendary Baba had gone on a…
Read more »Shekhar Pathak has aptly been named `Encyclopaedia of the Himalaya’, so staggering is his knowledge of his region. By Ramachandra Guha The Hindu, Sunday, Aug 15, 2004 ON this, the 57th anniversary of Indian independence, I wish to write about the Indian of my acquaintance who…
Read more »Central Chronicle, August 13, 2004 DEHRA DUN: The Uttarakhand Sanyukt Sangharsh Morcha has decided to gherao the Uttaranchal Vidhan Sabha on Thursday to press its demand for establishment of the State’s permanent Capital at Gairsen in Chamoli district. The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal along with the…
Read more »Swati Vashishtha Tribune News Service, Dehradun, August 10 The death of Baba Uttarakhandi on the 39the day of his fast has caused the issue of shifting the capital from Dehradun to Gairsain to resurface in the state. The opposition joined hands to make the statewide…
Read more »DEHRA DUN, AUG 10 (PTI): Normal life was paralysed in several parts of Uttaranchal today as a spontaneous bandh was observed following the death of social activist Baba Mohan Uttarakhandi, who passed away yesterday after observing a record 37-day fast. Meanwhile, the mortal remains of…
Read more »White elephant By Our Staff Correspondent, The Hindu, 10 August 2004 DEHRA DUN, AUG. 9. Uttaranchal boasts of being a hi-tech State and spends crores of rupees on disaster management and mitigation works. A good portion of this fund has gone into purchasing video conferencing…
Read more »By Our Staff Correspondent DEHRA DUN, AUG. 9. Uttarakhand activists today called for a state-wide bandh tomorrow in protest against the death of Baba Mohan Uttarakhandi this morning, on the 38th day of his fast seeking establishment of a new Capital for Uttaranchal at Gairsen…
Read more »TEHRI (UTTARANCHAL), AUG 3 (PTI) At least 17 workers of a private company were buried alive and 11 injured when a portion of an underground tunnel of Tehri hydel project caved in after heavy lanslides in the area. Nearly 50 to 60 workers, mostly laborers…
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