The Hindu, 19 October 2006 DEHRA DUN: Eleven Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) activists were arrested and security around the Virasat festival venue was strengthened after they climbed up the stage and tried to obstruct the ongoing cultural programme on Tuesday evening. Raising slogans against the…
Dehra Dun, October 12 The Uttaranchal Assembly today passed a Bill with majority changing the name of the hill state to Uttarakhand. Participating in the discussion, Uttaranchal BJP chief Bhagat Singh Koshiyari expressed satisfaction that the bill found widespread support cutting across party lines. Earlier,…
By Mark Sappenfield | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor …Occasionally, however, Indians themselves can’t agree on which name and whose version of history to use. In 2000, the people of the hill country northeast of Delhi celebrated the creation of their new state…
DEHRA DUN: The Union Cabinet’s decision to rename Uttaranchal as Uttarakhand has been widely welcomed in this hill State while putting the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on the defensive as the move might have far-reaching consequences in the upcoming Assembly elections due early next year.The…
Congress ran and won the state assembly elections in 2002 on the platform of changing the name of Uttaranchal back to Uttarakhand. It has taken four years, and the nearing end of their mandate to effect the name change. But better late than never. As…
A prayer meeting in memory of Smt Suman Lata Bhadola will be held on June 23, 2006 at Garhwal Bhawan in New Delhi at 11:00 AM. First Woman leader to be arrested for Uttarakhand movement and former Chair of UP Social Welfare Board Smt Suman…
DEEPTI SAXENA DEHRADUN, APR 14 (PTI) What’s in a name? In the hilly terrains of Uttaranchal, politics over change of name of the state to Uttarakhand is not just for namesake. It is much more. Despite being a highly emotive issue, politics of changing of…
By Raja Bahuguna Liberation, December 2005 On November 9, Uttaranchal completed five years as a State. How has the five-year long journey been for the new State? The new State, from its very birth, bore the marks which foretold betrayal of the aspirations that had…
S M A KAZMI Posted online: Thursday, November 10, 2005 at 0019 hours IST DEHRA DUN, NOVEMBER 9: The waters of the Bhagirathi and Bhilangana rivers have gradually risen following the closure of all tunnels of the Tehri dam, submerging one village after another. In…
DEHRA DUN, OCT 5 (PTI) Uttaranchal Assembly today passed a resolution to rename the state as Uttarakhand amid a noisy walkout by the opposition parties. Tabling the resolution, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Indira Hridayesh said Uttarakhand was synonymous with the people’s struggle during the separate statehood…