KOTDWAR-GARHWAL, SEP 22 (PTI) At a time when practising the path preached by Gandhi is considered out of vogue, a small village in Uttaranchal still lives by the principles of the Mahatma. Not a soul in Bakhroti village in Tehri district consumes alcohol or smokes…
Read more »Indian Express, Posted online: Friday, September 16, 2005 at 0154 hours IST DEHRA DUN: Uttaranchal Congress president Harish Rawat on Thursday held a dharna against his own party government on the issue of employment to local youth in the private industries. The dharna was held…
Read more »Jolly Grant | September 11, 2005 8:22:32 PM IST The improper disposal of bio-medical waste in the open has made the people of this tiny hamlet protest against the state government. Residents of Jolly Grant, about 27 kilometres from state capital Dehradun, have complained that…
Read more »By Nitin Jugran Bahuguna DEHRADUN, India, Sep 10 (IPS) – The picturesque Himalayan state of Uttaranchal is leading the rest of the country in taking advantage of legislation that reserves a third of all elected seats in local bodies for women. No longer satisfied with…
Read more »ANJALI NAURIYAL TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2005 01:16:40 AM ] DEHRA DUN: After tigers, the price of human greed is being paid by yet another animal species — the innocent musk deer. A study by zoologists some time back stated that over…
Read more »Uttaranchal September 08, 2005 3:29:35 PM IST Health services in many of the hill districts of Uttaranchal are in poor condition. With no medicines or proper treatment facilities available in public health centers despite government’s proclaimed policy initiatives, the situation is far from being satisfactory.…
Read more »GARHWAL: As the first phase of a controversial dam in Uttaranchal nears completion, displaced villagers have accused the state authorities of not giving them enough compensation. The Tehri Dam project, which has entered its 28th year, has displaced about 100,000 people, many of whom say…
Read more »By Shekhar Pathak Economic and Political Weekly 13th August 2005, p. 3637 Despite local protests over two decades, the Tehri dam was finally built. There were people in the area who supported it because of the seemingly attractive compensation that was offered. The completion of…
Read more »Staff Correspondent, Wednesday, Jul 27, 2005 DEHRA DUN: The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (Airi) has given an “Uttarakhand bandh” call for August 8 to protest against fresh delimitation of constituencies in the State. Announcing this after the party’s “Maha Sammelan”, UKD leaders said that the idea…
Read more »Radhakrishna Rao finds the Van Gujjar community in danger of losing its identity to the cause of conservation. Deccan Herald, Sunday, July 24, 2005 The culturally vibrant and socially dynamic community of Van Gujjars, a nomadic, pastoral Muslim tribal group inhabiting the rapidly balding stretches…
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