Kanchi Kohli The Hindu, Sunday, Mar 28, 2004 Threatened by limestone quarrying, the people of Hemwalghati launched an agitation to safeguard their livelihood and rights. Kanchi Kohli comments. “Paharh ki haddi tootegi, desh ki dharti doobegi.” (If the backbone of the hills breaks, the plains…
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 15: A day after 30-year-old Gambhir Singh Kathait reportedly made a self-immolation bid in Tehri in north Uttaranchal, people accompanying him to Delhi are calling the incident an “accident”. Having suffered 45 per cent burns, he was said to be in a…
Date: 26-06-1998 :: Pg: 03 :: Col: a By Our Staff Reporter NEW DELHI, June 25. It was a women-dominated show at the National Gandhi Memorial Museum today to mark the 23rd anniversary of the declaration of Emergency where activists of the central Himalayan region…
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…