Uttarakhand bans mining in Ganga
byDehra Dun : Succumbing to the indefinite hunger strike undertaken by Shivanand Saraswati, founder head of the Matrisadan Ashram in the holy city of…
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Over confidence hurts Congress in Renuka, BJP banked on sympathy factor in Nalagarh
byShimla: Holding the win in Nalagarh and losing Renuka as a half victory, Congress president Kaul Singh Thakur said that it was because of…
1913-14 Shimla Convention – McMohan Line and the disputed India-China border
byShimla: Stalemate over the India-China border settlement persists, much like it did so almost a hundred years ago when British rulers were drawing up…
Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha countdown: If you can’t convince voters – befool them
byDehra Dun : If you cannot convince them, confuse them, is an old saying. Uttarakhand chief minister, B C Khanduri toeing the line has…
Loved or loathed, late Sheikh still relevant
bySrinagar : Even as the state government organised many functions to remember legendary leader Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah on his 106th birth anniversary Monday, the…
Growing US-Pakistan tension worries Kashmiris
bySrinagar : In the wake of the NATO attacks in Pakistan that killed 28 soldiers, the common man in the Kashmir Valley is worried…
Charges against Asha Kumari can’t be quashed: Supreme Court
byShimla : In an embarrassing development for the Congress, the Supreme Court has said cheating and criminal conspiracy charges against party secretary Asha Kumari…
Declaring election candidates: Cong, BJP play cat and mouse game in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : Though elections to Uttarakhand vidhan sabha, scheduled for February, are just over two months away, both the major political parties, the…
Khanduri says ‘No’ to FDI in retail in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : Taking a cue from the nationwide bandh and protests by the business community against FDI in retail and also the fact…
Secular diplomacy powers Tibetans’ global outreach
byThe Dalai Lama’s political successor and Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay has significantly stepped up his outreach as the Tibetan issue slides further into…