The Times of India News Service, Sunday 5 April 1998 LUCKNOW: Battling for life, 22-year-old Nirmal Pandit from Pithoragarh district, now admitted with over 70 per cent burn injuries in the King George’s Medical College hospital here, has not given up hope to relaunch his…
Read more »December 8, 1997 (UNI) DEHRA DUN: The fascinating story of forest regeneration begun by Mr Visheswar Dutt Saklani 50 years ago in Tehri district of Garhwal has been given the pride of place in a recent book on the Himalayan forests. Written by Switzerland-based forester…
Read more »Date: 28-11-1997 :: Pg: 09 :: Col: c By Our Staff Reporter (The Hindu) UTTARKASHI, Nov. 27: The District Magistrate, Mr L Venkateshwarlu, has passed a Conditional Order under Section 133 Cr. PC (Public nuisance and inconvience caused to the public) seeking objections from concerned…
Read more »Thursday, November 27 1997 (UNI) DEHRA DUN: Lime stone crushers working day and night in the once serene and unpolluted Jakhan area of the Doon valley are ruining the environment of the valley beside threatening the health and peace of residents. Located just 300 metres…
Read more »The Times of India News Service, November 10, 1997 ALIGARH: Organised groups of poachers are wreaking havoc on wildlife in the Kumaon hills of Uttar Pradesh. According to a report prepared by the Wildlife Society of India and researchers from Aligarh Muslim University, apart from…
Read more »The Times of India News Service November 3, 1997 DEHRA DUN: A 24-day-long yatra (journey) from Gangotri to Delhi has begun on Sunday morning as part of the current “save water movement” going on in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. The yatra is being spearheaded…
Read more »Special Report, September 19, 1997 (Times of India) By COLLEEN GANTZER ON the 2nd of September, Mussoorie shut down. Three years ago, the police had shot Uttarakhand activists who had assembled off the Mall. The building from which the police had fired has been painted…
Read more »By R.P. Nailwal, Times of India, September 2, 1997 DEHRA DUN: Among the unsung heroes in the ecologically fragile Garhwal sub-Himalayan region is Jagat Singh, who has been working silently for over two decades to preserve the environment. The efforts of this man, who is…
Read more »By R.P. Nailwal The Times of India News Service August 25, 1997 DEHRA DUN: The Uttarakhand Sangarsh Samiti has launched an agitation against the state government’s alleged move to appoint “outsiders” in vacant class three and class four posts in the nine hill districts despite…
Read more »NEW DELHI, Aug. 21 (HT Legal Correspondent) The Supreme Court today held that the residents of Uttarakhand and hill regions in Uttar Pradesh must be treated as socially and educationally backward classes of citizens. They were, therefore, entitled to be considered for reservation of seats…
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