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Khanduri’s defeat spoils the BJP’s show

THE ruling BJP finds itself in a piquant situation following the results of the Assembly elections. The party under the leadership of Chief Minister BC Khanduri did very well than expected but was stunned by the defeat of Khanduri from the Kotdwar Assembly segment. [more]

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CLP Leader Choice Delayed by Factional Feud

Factional feud within Congress and certain conditions put up by Independents, who hold the key to government formation, have created hurdles in the CLP leader’s election in Uttarakhand. In the 70-member House, Congress has 32 MLAs – four short of majority – with three Independents…

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CPI Leader’s wife killed in accident

Kumkum Bhandari, wife of veteran CPI leader Samar Bhandari, passed away from internal injuries at Himalayan Institute on March 6. She had been injured the day before in Raipur and was transfered through two hospitals before succumbing to her wounds in Jolly Grant. Our deepest…

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Experts want govt to check pollution of Ganga

Citing the Central Pollution Control Board’s recent report which indicated that the bio-oxygen water-level in the Ganga river was close to 8 points, and in 100 ml of Ganga water, the bacteria had reached an alarming level, a group of experts from various fields have…

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People from Kedarghati region support movement

Editor’s Note: The positions of the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P), Uttarakhand Raksha Morcha, Uttarakhand Kranti Manch, and whoever is running under the banner of the Uttarakhand Sanyukt Sangarsh Samiti has demonstrated an callousness to those affected by these hydro dam development projects. It also speaks…

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Creating heaven on earth on Uttarakhand farm

Dehradun : Some spend a week, some a fortnight. And some like Germany’s Stephanie have spent more than 40 days away from their mainstream lives on an off-grid community farm in the Himalayan foothills of Uttarakhand. [more]

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Elections give a respite to illegal riverbed mining in Uttarakhand

Dehradun, Feb 18 (ANI): Corruption-free rule if voted to power again topped the agendas of leading political parties during the campaigning last month for the assembly elections on January 30th. Other promises included, predictably, uninterrupted power supply and employment for the local youth. The effect…

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Uttarakhand scholars pay tributes to Nautiyal

Hindi littérateur, communist ideologue and social activist Vidhyasagar Nautiyal was cremated at the Khadkhadi cremation ghat today. People from all walks of life attended the funeral. [more]

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Parties ignored employment, migration issues during poll

Even 11 years after the creation of Uttarakhand, the basic issues of the people have not been addressed. These issues are now even missing from the agendas of the mainstream political parties. This is what some of the leading social activists of the state think.…

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Sex ratio falling even in suburbs

With an aim to sensitise masses about the ill effects of female foeticide and to improve the sex ratio of Uttarakhand, a State-level conclave was held in Dehradun on Friday in which scholars expressed concern over the deteriorating sex ratio even in fringe areas of…

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