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IANS: Women to share environment concerns with Nobel laureate

[India News]: New Delhi, Oct 10 : Two Indian women activists will share the platform with Wangari Maathai, this year’s Nobel Peace Price winner, at a United Nations environment meet in Nairobi Monday to highlight women’s struggle for livelihood. Bali Devi, who was part of…

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Deccan Herald (2004.8.31): Uttarakhand activist VC Tripathi dead

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…

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Hindu: A man to match his mountains

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…

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Furore over Baba Uttarakhandi’s death

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…

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Bandh in Uttaranchal over Baba Mohan’s death

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…

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Uttarakhand bandh to protest Baba Mohan’s death

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…

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Tehri is empty now, Bahuguna leaves

OLD TEHRI (UTTARANCHAL), JUL 31 (PTI) Most of the people, including environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna, have been evacuated from this marooned town raising hope for an early settlement of the vexed rehabilitation process as well as the commissioning of the first phase of the 2400 MW…

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Himalayan activist takes on timber mafia

The multi-crore trade in illegal timber is being challenged by one man whose main objective is to save the hills of Uttaranchal from being denuded in the name of development   India Today, February 2, 2004 Jaya Prakash Dabral, a former corporate executive turned social…

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Emerging voices

C.S. LAKSHMI The Hindu, September 7, 2003 IT is amazing how many voices in India are still to be heard and how some people work quietly to allow these voices to emerge. From Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh come the voices from the mountains gathered by…

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A Gandhian in Garhwal

Twenty years ago this June, RAMACHANDRA GUHA began a secular pilgrimage to the Alakananda Valley. His destination was Gopeshwar and his mission was to pay tribute to Chandi Prasad Bhatt, founder of the Chipko Movement. On the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5,…

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