[India News]: Dehra Dun, Jan 10 : Activists of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) today clashed with police, which used water canons to disperse them as they tried to gherao the assembly house on the opening day of the winter session demanding that Gairsain be made…
Tribune News Service, Dehra Dun, December 21 With the basic issue of a permanent capital remaining unaddressed, Uttaranchal is seeing demonstrations intensifying like never before. Backed by the most prominent regional party in the hill state, the UKD (Uttarakhand Kranti Dal), hundreds of activists trekked…
Dehra Dun, Dec 13 : Senior Congress leader and Union Minister Oscar Fernandes today assured Congress workers that the Central Goverment would consider bringing a bill in parliament to change the name of Uttaranchal to Uttarakhand The assurance came during Fernandes’ meeting with the Congress…
[India News]: Gairsain (Uttaranchal), Nov 9 : For two days, Uttaranchal has been ablaze with effigies of Chief Minister N.D. Tiwari protesting his suggestion that citizens “forget” the killing of 12 people during an agitation for creating the state. On the fourth anniversary of the…
The movement for Gairsain as the permanent capital of Uttarakhand has continued into its second month. However, the new month brings new dangers as a section of media and a set of mean-minded opportunistic political agents (I do not call them leaders, because they do…
[India News]: Dehra Dun, Nov 7 : A memorial in honour of the martyrs of the Uttarakhand statehood movement was today dedicated by Uttaranchal Chief Minister N D Tiwari at Rampur Tiraha in Muzaffarnagar district, the scene of the October 2, 1994 massacre. Speaking on…
TIMES NEWS NETWORK [SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2004 06:10:22 AM] DEHRA DUN: Pushpesh Tripathi, oldest son of senior Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) leader late Vipin Tripathi, on Saturday won the Dwarahat byelection. [more] Also, please read Imperative Of An Alternative Platform from People’s Democracy for background…
Please sign the petition at www.petitiononline.com/gairsain The text is provided below: October 2004 To the Chief Minister, members of the Uttaranchal State Assembly, members of the Lok Sabha for Uttaranchal, Secretaries, etc. Whereas this October 2 marked the tenth anniversary of the darkest moments of…
Chandan Dangi, October 11, 2004 Gairsain was in the TV News Channels captions since Oct. 02, 2004. The print media did follow its coverage subsequently, following the deteriorating health conditions of two fasting activists of Uttarakhand Mahila Manch – Dr. Uma Bhatt and Smt. Dhooma…
Rajiv Rawat, October 6, 2004 This past weekend marked the 10th anniversary of Kali Raat — the rape and massacre of rallyists by police that proved to be the turning point of the Uttarakhand separate state movement. However, in the region, commemorations of that awful…
Renewing the Uttarakhand Movement
Rajiv Rawat, October 6, 2004 This past weekend marked the 10th anniversary of Kali Raat — the rape and massacre of rallyists by police that proved to be the turning point of the Uttarakhand separate state movement. However, in the region, commemorations of that awful…
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