Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to implement the decision to allow foreign direct investment in the multi-brand retail sector.
Following strong opposition from its key allies like Trinamool...
July 19, 2012 12:09 am / no comments
The Planning Commission on Monday finalized Uttarakhand’s annual plan for 2012-13 at Rs 8,200 crore, a 5% increase over the state’s outlay last year. The plan size was finalized at a meeting between plan panel deputy chairman Montek...
July 17, 2012 10:32 pm / no comments
Campaigning for the July 8 by-election in Sitarganj from where Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna is making a bid to enter the state Assembly comes to an end tomorrow. Electioneering for the by-election would close at 1700 hours tomorrow,...
July 5, 2012 10:49 pm / no comments
Too much subsidised cooking gas (LPG) is being consumed by country’s VVIPs, according to the transparency portal launched on Friday by state-owned oil firms.
Vice-President Hamid Ansari’s official residence in New Delhi consumed 171 subsidised...
June 23, 2012 11:32 pm / no comments
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna today said organic zones would be established in the state with an aim to tap the vast potential in the field of agriculture and horticulture. In a meeting with representatives of National Institute...
June 21, 2012 11:58 pm / no comments
BJP today announced the candidature of Prakash Pant for contesting the Sitarganj bypoll against Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna.
BJP president Nitin Gadkari cleared Pant’s name after approving the recommendations of party’s...
June 19, 2012 11:09 pm / no comments
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna today filed his nomination papers from Sitarganj Assembly constituency for which by-election would be held on July 8, officials said.
Bahuguna was flanked by PCC Chief and Revenue Minister Yashpal Arya,...
June 13, 2012 11:11 pm / no comments
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna today urged Prime Minister Mamohan Singh to provide Central fund under National Rural Drinking Water Programme in 90:10 ratio.
He also requested the PM for simplification of forest clearance process...
June 4, 2012 11:10 pm / no comments
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Friday sanctioned an additional grant of Rs 8.24 lakh as compensation for the remaining 83 victims of last year’s Rudrapur riots.
The amount, sanctioned from the chief minister’s discretionary...
June 2, 2012 12:29 am / no comments
Police say a bus full of Hindu pilgrims plunged into the Ganges River, killing 26 people in northern India.
Rescuers worked more than four hours to pull the bodies from the river late Tuesday in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.
Local Tehri...
May 23, 2012 11:38 pm / no comments