Harish Chandola
Mainstream, Vol XLVI, No 19, Sunday 27 April 2008
The Uttarakhand government is acquiring land all over the State for building, expanding and renewing 98 hydropower projects. With this large-scale activity it seeks to make the State a major powerhouse. Most of these will be, what is called, run-of-the-river projects, generating power from the flow [...]

By Rajiv Rawat
Garhwal Post, April 16, 2008
With Nepal all set to become a democratic republic, Indians may be looking on with trepidation as a radical force comes to power in the Himalayan kingdom. They should not, as India played a central role in bringing the parliamentary parties and Maoists together in a successful peace [...]

Hindustan Times, Sat, Apr 12 01:00 AM
HUNDREDS OF teachers of the Kumaon University will stay away from work on April 17 in protest against the B.C Khanduri-led BJP government’s controversial decision to enact the Uttarakhand State Universities’ Bill 2008.
“Teachers of both Nainital and Almora campuses will go on a mass casual leave on that [...]

uttarakhand.net urges the state government to halt its persecution of respected journalist Prashant Rahi and others who are only reporting the plight of the people in the state. It’s also interesting how India will now deal with the Republic of Nepal with the Maoist party emerging as the largest party in the Nepal constituent assembly [...]

The following article is a must read for anyone attempting to grapple with the current political scene in Uttarakhand state. Under the phantom Maoist threat, the situation of civil liberties is growing worrisome in Uttarakhand. As the fire sale of the state’s natural assets dispossess more and more people, the possibility of even peaceful protest [...]