[UNI] DEHRA DUN, AUG 6: `Pragati,’ a unique all women’s organisation in the Doon Valley, is making concerted efforts to enable newly elected women pradhans of panchayats in Uttaranchal region to function efficiently. A four-day intensive training programme was organised recently by `Pragati’ (Panchayati Rule…
Read more »The Times of India News Service August 4, 2000 ALLAHABAD: The state branch of the Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has stressed the need of people’s participation for `sustainable development of Uttarakhand’, the Bill for which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday…
Read more »By Purnima S. Tripathi The Hindu, New Delhi, Aug. 1 After a stormy start, and despite the controversy about Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar, the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2000, was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday by a voice vote without a hitch,…
Read more »Tribune News Service and UNI NEW DELHI, Aug 1 — A Bill seeking to create Uttaranchal as a separate state comprising 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar, was carried by vote in the Lok Sabha today. The Uttar Pradesh reorganisation…
Read more »Rajendra Bansal/Dehra Dun The Pioneer / August 2, 2000 Emerging from a long dark tunnel of pessimism and despair, the votaries of separate Uttarakhand state took out victory processions and indulged in festivities throughout the region on Wednesday to celebrate the passage of the Uttarakhand…
Read more »By R P Nailwal The Times of India News Service 17 July 2000 DEHRA DUN: Uttarakhand Jan Vikas Party declared here on Sunday that it would launch a stir in all the 12 hill districts if the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2000 is not introduced…
Read more »The Times of India News Service July 15, 2000 LUCKNOW: The inordinate delay in the construction of 260.5- metre-high Tehri dam might eventually push the cost of the project to approximately 30 times more than the estimated one. The project, which began at an estimated…
Read more »The Times of India News Service July 14, 2000 NEW DELHI: It’s not just a question of Ram teri Ganga maili ho gayi. If the construction of the Tehri Dam is not stopped, it’ll be a situation of Ram teri Ganga hi nahin rahi. On…
Read more »By R P Nailwal The Times of India News Service 14 July 2000 DEHRA DUN: Though at the end of the summer session of Parliament, the Centre had announced that the UP Reorganisation Bill, 2000, for the creation of a separate hill state, would be…
Read more »By R P Nailwal, Times of India News Service, May 25, 2000 DEHRA DUN: After the famous Chipko Movement, which called upon people to save trees, another environmental campaign is gaining momentum in the hills of western Uttar Pradesh. This time, seeking the protection of…
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