Garhwal Post, April 1, 2007 Dehradun, 31 March: The second Uttarakhandi film made on the statehood movement is all set for release in the third week of April. Garhwali film ‘Aaj do, Abhi do’ is a digital film and is likely to hit the silver…
Their status is much like that of a memorial — a fast fading memory of a distant past opines Prarthna Gahilote, reporting for IBN News. Prarthna Gahilote, CNN-IBN February 16, 2007 Dehradun: Women played an important role in Uttarakhand statehood movement. But on the eve…
NDTV has produced an important news item that speaks volumes about the current election season. It seems this time around, all parties have dropped any pretense of gender equality, and opted to elect the old boys’ networks from their ranks. That Sushila Baloni was denied…
Garhwal Post, February 3, 2007 Shamsher Singh Bisht, a veteran activist and social movement leader of Uttarakhand, has decided to stand for election from Almora, filing his nomination papers on Wednesday. He will represent the Uttarakhand Lok Vahini with the support of the UKD and…
MP Garg, Screen India Posted online: Friday, January 26, 2007 at 0000 hours IST For the first time ever, a feature film is being made in Dehra Dun which will chronicle the struggle for the formation of a separate hill state, which finally came into…
By Rajiv Rawat Garhwal Post January 18, 2007 With the second state assembly elections poised to descend into an alphabet soup free-for-all, the prescient words of veteran Dehradun-based activist, Biju Negi, remind me of the pivotal times ahead. Back in 2000, Negi made the observation…
Will jointly contest the Assembly polls Staff Correspondent The Hindu, January 6, 2007 DEHRA DUN: Some smaller parties having little or no say in Uttarakhand politics along with Uttarakhand Mahila Manch, Uttarakhand activist groups and Uttarakhand Kranti Dal have formed a “Pratham Shakti Morcha” to…
By Our Staff Reporter Garhwal Post, January 3, 2007 Dehradun, 2 Jan: The Uttarakhand Rajya Andolankari Manch today paid tribute to the martyrs of the statehood agitation at Shahid Sthal today and also expressed gratitude towards the Congress for changing the name of the state…
By Rajiv Rawat Garhwal Post, December 31, 2006 And so as the New Year dawns, Uttarakhand has finally come to be. Perhaps not in the way most expected or even would have wanted, but alas, nothing is predictable in politics. With the President’s assent to…
[bubbleshare 88125.9febecccf96]Garhwal Post, November 9, 2006 Dehradun, 8 Nov: The Uttarakhand Sanyukt Sangarsh Morcha (USSM) held a dharna at the gates of Gandhi Park today to press their demand for moving the capital of Uttaranchal to Gairsen. Various representatives of groups affiliated to the joint…
Wind that Shakes the Chaulai: Lessons for Uttarakhand from Ireland
By Rajiv Rawat Garhwal Post January 18, 2007 With the second state assembly elections poised to descend into an alphabet soup free-for-all, the prescient words of veteran Dehradun-based activist, Biju Negi, remind me of the pivotal times ahead. Back in 2000, Negi made the observation…
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