DHNS,Dehra Dun: The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD), a key regional party, has embarked upon a novel campaign targeting “corrupt” government officials in Uttaranchal. The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD), a key regional party, has embarked upon a novel campaign targeting “corrupt” government officials in Uttaranchal. As…
Read more »Tania Saili, Saturday, January 21, 2006 (Bakhroti) Bakhroti in Uttranchal’s Tehri Garhwal, which was considered an ‘ideal village’ way back in 1975, is on the brink of extinction. Perched atop a hillock, the village was once bustling with four generations of one family for the…
Read more »Dehra Dun: The Dehradun bandh called by the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) seeking unconditional release of their party workers arrested while demonstrating in the tehsil a few days back evoked mixed response today as most of the business houses in the city area remained closed…
Read more »Down to Earth January 15, 2006 As the old Tehri town drowns in the water impounded by the Tehri dam, some way upstream another hydroelectric power project is making an unwelcome appearance. Work on a hydel project, located on the Bhilangana river, a tributary of…
Read more »By Ashok Misra, Garhwal Post, January 15 – 21, 2006 There is no doubt that globalisation of the economy has drawn Indians towards a Western lifestyle and higher levels of consumption. This has meant a rise in the cost of living and level of aspirations.…
Read more »The CPI(M)-affiliated Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) today demanded the intervention of both the Central and Uttaranchal governments to ensure that those responsible for violation of labour laws and the Drugs and Cosmetic Act in the Divya Pharmacy at Haridwar were brought to book.…
Read more »This is interesting, as Badal is known to owns enormous tracts of illegal land in the Terai. Wealthy Punjabi farmers have also largely evade land ceiling laws through illegal Benami transactions. Calling the Kashipur incident akin to 1984 riots is gross irresponsibility. Amritsar, UNI: The…
Read more »“My objection was only to violation of labour laws and Drugs and Cosmetics Act” Human and animal bones were used to prepare medicines, say some workers of Baba Ramdev’s Divya Pharmacy Sealed samples I gave to the Health Ministry were bought from the pharmacy, says…
Read more »DEHRA DUN, JAN 4: The mysterious death of over 70 eagles in the past three days in Ghinghalikhal area near Ranikhet has forced the Uttaranchal wildlife authorities to put up a cordon around the site and send the carcasses for lab tests. According to the…
Read more »Udham Singh Nagar (Uttaranchal): District administration in Uttaranchal started a demolition drive against buildings constructed on government land in Udham Singh Nagar on Monday. Following a recent order by the Supreme Court, authorities recovered farms of over 1050 acres, which were illegally occupied by some…
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