Dehradun | September 29, 2005 5:52:32 PM IST
Protesting against the aquittal of five accused in the Ramtiraha Muzaffarnagar episode by Muzaffarnagar court, various organisations today burnt the effigy of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and pelted stones at the Samajwadi Party office here today.
Members of Kaushalya Dabral Sangharsh Vahini pelted stones at the [...]

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 tobacco — the two vices that Gandhi stood against. The Gandhian code [...]

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 in front of the Uttaranchal Assembly.
Rawat alleged that local youth were [...]

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 the Himalayan Institute Hospital was burning its bio-medical waste in the open, [...]

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 playing second fiddle in local leadership, women in this state now occupy [...]

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 5,000 adult male deer are slaughtered annually in its Himalayan habitat.
The animals are [...]

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.
The local primary health centres that are meant to take care the [...]