Our Regional Bureau / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun March 30, 2006
The controversial 304 Mw Maneri Bhali Hydel project II has run into trouble again with the Uttaranchal government announcing a CBI probe into the alleged financial irregularities and other corruption charges in connection with the construction of the power plant.
An announcement to this effect was [...]

The Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK) is a Dehra Dun-based NGO working with Van Gujjars and other hill communities for four decades. Avdesh Kaushal, founder of RLEK, speaks to V J Thomas: [more]

Women’s Day comes and goes every year with the right noises made for women’s rights at various forums. The bias and insensitive conditions against the fairer sex however remain a hard to put off reality, finds out Malavika Karlekar after a visit to the Kumaon region.
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The question is with so many dams coming up, how will the balance of supply affect residents of the state?
Dehra Dun: Fifty-six tehsils across 11 districts in Uttaranchal have been declared drought-hit areas. even as the state government asked the Centre to send a team to assess the situation.
“We have declared 56 tehsil as drought-affected [...]