Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Saturday shot off a letter to Union minister Harish Rawat, assuring him that steps are being taken to expedite development projects in his constituency, Haridwar.
Rawat had recently written...
April 8, 2013 5:08 am / no comments
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna on Monday announced a slew of sops for Van Gujjars like monthly pensions, medical facilities at par with government servants, and scholarships to their children studying in government and...
April 2, 2013 5:45 pm / no comments
The Uttarakhand BJP on Monday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission seeking to cancel the nomination of Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna from Sitarganj assembly seat alleging that the ruling Congress had rigged the entire election process.
“In...
July 9, 2012 11:42 pm / no comments
Uttarakhand’s Sitarganj constituency is set for a face-off between Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and BJP candidate Prakash Pant in the July 8 byelection. The assembly seat considered to be traditionally a BJP stronghold accounts for about...
June 28, 2012 11:27 pm / no comments
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Tuesday allocated agriculture portfolio to a loyalist of Harish Rawat and entrusted responsibilities to six other MLAs, in an apparent move to placate dissidents ahead of contesting Sitarganj bypolls.
Apart...
June 12, 2012 11:03 pm / no comments
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna Joshi today met Congress President Sonia Gandhi a day after the Election Commission announced the date for bye-election to Sitarganj Assembly constituency in the state from where he is likely to contest...
June 9, 2012 11:26 pm / no comments
The Uttarakhand government is committed to industrialisation in the hill state, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna today said. “Our government is committed to the industrialisation in Uttarakhand,” Bahuguna said. He was speaking after...
May 27, 2012 11:28 pm / no comments
The BJP will raise in the budget session of Uttarakhand assembly beginning here on Monday the issue of its Sitarganj MLA, Kiran Mandal, resigning from his seat apparently to pave way for chief minister Vijay Bahuguna to become an MLA.
“We...
May 27, 2012 11:27 pm / no comments
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said though the state’s treasury was empty and non plan staggering at Rs. 14, 000 crore the state government would not leave any stone unturned for the development of the state.
Addressing the public...
May 26, 2012 11:42 pm / no comments
A teenaged girl died after remaining in police custody amidst allegations that she might have been tortured in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district, after which angry locals clashed with police and indulged in arson today protesting her death.
Preliminary...
May 25, 2012 11:18 pm / no comments