Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Yogpeeth has been given fertile tracts of land by the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttarakhand. Documents accessed by The Sunday Guardian show that in 2008, when Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri was Uttarakhand Chief Minister, the state government allotted 50 hectares…
How Uttarakhand Govt gave Baba 644 acres at throwaway prices By Man Mohan, Our Roving Editor, The Tribune New Delhi/Dehradun, June 6 Yoga guru Baba Ramdev currently hitting headlines for his crusade against corruption and billions of dollars Indian black money stashed in Swiss and…
Tribune News Service Pitthoragarh, March 1 The tireless efforts of Shauka historian and anthropologist Sher Singh Pangti have finally borne fruit as he has been named by the Pauri Garhwal-based Umesh Dobhal Trust for this year’s award for his contribution to literature and cultural promotion,…
In 40 years, 87-year-old Narain Singh Negi has sprouted eight forests in 27 hectares Neena Sharma Tribune News Service Dehradun, November 13 Nestled between large barren mountains at San Kot village in Chamoli is a man-made community forest – a labour of love – created…
At 68, the winner of the Tenzing Norgay lifetime achievement award 2010 is still climbing mountains Yana Banerjee-Bey LiveMint, August 27, 2010 More than her 38 years into mountaineering, during which she and two others became the only women in the world to ascend Nanda…
Tribune News Service Nainital, August 23 The man of the masses, Girish Tewari, who was fondly known as Girda, was bid adieu by his relatives, friends and followers coming from all across the state and all walks of life this morning. Having lived a selfless…
Rajeev Khanna Tribune News Service, Nainital, August 22 The voice that moved the conscience of the masses of Uttarakhand has fallen silent. A man with multiple facets of being a social activist, a poet, a cinema artiste, a theatre personality and above all a lovable…
Claude Arpi and Abha Tewari Rediff, August 9, 2010 Munsyari in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand is the last small town before the Nepal-Tibet border. It is here that Malika Virdi, a well-known mountaineer, social worker and sarpanch till January 2010, has chosen to live…
A recuperating Girda holds marathon session of poetry recitation Neena Sharma Tribune News Service, May 31, 2010 Dehradun, May 30: Frail in body, but not in spirit, people’s poet Girda, though still recuperating from a long spell of illness, held a marathon session of poetry…
S M A Kazmi, Indian Express Tue Apr 15 2008 DEHRADUN, APRIL 14: Rajni Rawat, the head eunuch of Dehradun, has turned the April 19 mayoral elections, into a colourful affair. A large number of eunuchs, particularly those who have won elections in various parts…