Pithoragarh, (Uttarakhand), Nov 17 (ANI): The birth of the new state of Uttarakhand in November 2000 symbolized hope for development in the resource-rich but impoverished hills of Kumaon and Garhwal in the Himalayan region. Eleven years later, that dream is yet to be realized. And…
Read more »So much for a state government that listens to its people Environmentalists and locals who are in the forefront of the anti-dam agitation in Agustmuni continue to be harassed by the government machinery, members of the Uttarakhand Nadi Bachao Andolan (UNBA) have charged. “As if…
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 »The results of the wide-ranging RTI-Lok Seva survey that gathered the population’s impressions of each of Uttarakhand’s past chief ministers, have been released ahead of the 11 anniversary of statehood. Over 300,000 residents in all 13 districts were surveyed in partnership with 31 participating NGOs…
Read more »In an initiative to address the concerns of the people residing in the Himalayan areas of the country, the Planning Commission has constituted an 18-member Working Group on “Mountain eco-systems and challenges faced by the people living in the hilly areas” for the formulation of…
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 »With hardly six months left for the Uttarakhand Assembly elections, the ruling BJP has replaced the State’s Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ with BC Khanduri. When the BJP came to power in 2007, Khanduri was made CM. When BJP lost all five seats of the…
Read more »The sad fate of the four parks at the centre of Dehradun, is the fate of all of Uttarakhand Jagdish Bhatt Hill Post, September 26, 2011 Dehra Dun: There were four huge fields in the heart of the state capital of Uttarakhand, which not only…
Read more »Tribune News Service Dehradun, September 29 The Panchayati Raj Bill 2011 proposed by the BJP government has received flak from social organisations that have castigated the government for failing to draft a Bill that is in consonance with the 73rd amendment. “After spending Rs 8…
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