The Indian Express June 07 1997 Gopeshwar : The hill people are exhausted. With the regular rallies and dharnas in favour of a separate Uttarakhand state having got them nowhere, the people’s disillusionment is evident more than ever before. “Even if we get a separate…
Read more »Hindustan Times, April 19, 1997 GOPESHWAR (Chamoli), April 18 (From Harish Chandola) The death anniversary of a murdered journalist, Umesh Doval, has provided the occasion to Uttarakhand activists to commemorate it with meetings to express their thoughts on the kind of a hill state they…
Read more »From C. K. Chandramohan (The Hindu) PAURI GARHWAL, Aug. 30, 1996 Now that the emergence of Uttarakhand as the 26th State in the near future seems a possibility following the Prime Minister, Mr. H. D. Deve Gowda’s announcement from the Red Fort on Independence Day,…
Read more »From Our Staff Reporter (The Hindu) PAURI GARHWAL, Aug. 30, 1996 Promotion of lesser known natural beauty spots and shrines for pilgrims, domestic and foreign tourists and adventure sports like skiing and river rafting, revival of the age old `chatti’ system, a broad based network…
Read more »By Rajeev Dhavan (Opinion, The Hindu, Aug. 30, 1996) Warnings that statehood for Uttarakhand will trigger a chain reaction resulting in India’s break-up are misconceived and mischievous. The case must be considered in its own right. INDIA’S Constitution works on a theory of un-equal federalism.…
Read more »From Our Staff Reporter (The Hindu) DEHRA DUN, Aug 21, 1996 The Uttarakhand Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti (USSS) has withdrawn its poll boycott call following the Prime Minister’s Independence Day announcement on Uttarakhand. Announcing this after a closed door meeting of the USSS at Rishikesh, Mr.…
Read more »Opinion (The Hindu) Aug. 13, 1996 THE DEMAND FOR the creation of Uttarkhand comprising the eight hill districts of Uttar Pradesh has once again come to the fore with the Congress(I) expressing its strong support to the proposal. There are authentic reports to the effect…
Read more »Story and photos by Sujatha Fernandes GreenLeft Weekly, Wednesday, July 3, 1996 We will make you account for your repressive activities, one day We will answer your sticks and bullets, one day Until that day comes Until this place is developed The flame of revolution…
Read more »Editorial (The Hindu) Feb. 14, 1996 MR. MULAYAM SINGH YADAV, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was as good as his word when he tendered a public apology in terms of the promise he had made that if the High Court held his Government guilty…
Read more »From Our Staff Correspondent (The Hindu) LUCKNOW, Feb. 9, 1996 In a judgment of far-reaching consequences, the Allahabad High Court today awarded a compensation of Rs. 10 lakhs each to the dependents of those killed during the agitation for creation of a separate hill State…
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