Another grim prognosis from Hill Post’s Jagdish Bhatt Dehradun : With no political leader of vision and parties only keen to come to power in the state and fill the coffers of corrupt bureaucrats, babus and politicians, the people of Uttarakhand feel cheated yet once…
Read more »The story of the UKD is the story of the Uttarakhand movement which has collapsed due to its on unsurmountable factionalism and contradictions. Will new entities like URM and UPP pick up the slack, while old stalwarts like the CPI return to the fore in…
Read more »They are the success stories like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Goa. Then there are underachievers like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and the north-eastern states, with the possible exception of Sikkim. But perhaps the prospects for the four proposed UP disaggregates could best be seen in the…
Read more »The growth registered by Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh in the 11 years since their birth has not translated into human development. [more]
Read more »The statehood day was observed as Vishwasghat Divas by the cadres and supporters of the Uttarakhand Parivartan Party (UPP). Members of the party went on to burn an effigy of all those political forces who had ‘plundered’ the state during the last 11 years of…
Read more »Dehra Dun : As the state gears up to celebrate its statehood day on Wednesday, for the common man in general and those families in particular whose members struggled day in and day night and also gave their lives in the struggle for the statehood…
Read more »Dehra Dun: The tiny mountain state of Uttarakhand came into existence just over a decade back. The movement for separating the hills from the plains of Uttar Pradesh and making it a separate state is still fresh in the minds of the people. [more]
Read more »Seeks better opportunities for ‘sons of the soil’ SMA Kazmi Tribune News Service Dehradun, April 26 The Uttarakhand Janmanch, a newly formed socio-political organisation of the state, has demanded better opportunities for the “sons of the soil” or warned of an Assam-like situation in the…
Read more »How many rallies would you have had to attend to avail yourself of these substantial benefits? Tribune News Service Dehradun, April 26 Convener of the Uttarakhand Andolankari Sanyukt Manch Manoj Dhayani at a press conference demanded the status of “state formation soldier” for statehood agitators…
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The Rub of Delimitation
Over the past few years, the 2006 delimitation exercise that redrew the electoral map of Uttarakhand for the 2012 state elections has provoked major controversy. Tracking the shifting population of the state, the hills districts (Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Garhwal, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi)…
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