DEHRA DUN, OCT 5 (PTI) Uttaranchal Assembly today passed a resolution to rename the state as Uttarakhand amid a noisy walkout by the opposition parties. Tabling the resolution, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Indira Hridayesh said Uttarakhand was synonymous with the people’s struggle during the separate statehood…
Liberation, October 2005 For the past several months, Utaranchal has been witnessing a movement against the Hydro Electric Power Project at Joshimath – one of the 93 projects planned by the State Government to tap the State’s rivers for power. We carry an interview with…
Staff Correspondent, Wednesday, Jul 27, 2005 DEHRA DUN: The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (Airi) has given an “Uttarakhand bandh” call for August 8 to protest against fresh delimitation of constituencies in the State. Announcing this after the party’s “Maha Sammelan”, UKD leaders said that the idea…
People’s Association for Himalayan Area Research (PAHAR) in association with Doodhatoli Lok Vikas Manch, Uffrainkhal will be organizing a three day long seminar at Uffrainkhal in Pauri district of Uttaranchal from June 10-12, 2005. Various issues concerning Uttaranchal and its existence as a separate hill…
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…
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…
The following segment from the Garhwal Post lead editorial for February 20-26, 2005 spells out clearly what is at stake if any fresh round of assembly seat delimitation is attempted. The already widening gap between the plains and hills would be further exacerbated, nullifying the…
Apart from the location of capital, Uttaranchal is facing a demographic quandary as a new delimitation process based on the 2001 census will shift the balance of power to the plains districts, defeating the very purpose of a hill state. This should cause grave concern…
[India News]: Dehradun, Jan 9 : The winter session of the Uttaranchal assembly, which begins tomorrow, is expected to be stormy with the opposition gearing up to corner the N D Tiwari government on the issue of increasing unemployment and development issues. Ahead of the…
Tribune News Service, Dehra Dun, January 1 Moved by the tsunami disaster, Governor of Uttaranchal, Sudershan Agarwal has decided to adopt 50 children from Tamil Nadu orphaned in the calamity. The Him Jyoti Foundation, a trust set up by the Governor to provide for the…