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The Telegraph, September 29, 2008
Lucknow, Sept. 28: A group representing farmers is planning a Chipko-like movement against the Uttarakhand government’s invitation to Tata Motors to set up a Nano plant in the state.
The company already runs a plant in Pantnagar, and chief minister B.C. Khanduri has offered it more land should it decide [...]

Shishir Prashant / Business Standard / Dehra Dun September 29, 2008, 0:08 IST
The Uttarakhand government’s move to allot 50 acres of agriculture land to Tata Motors for housing purposes has hit a rough patch with Agriculture Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat expressing opposition to the use of farm land for industrial or any other use.
“The agriculture [...]

Business Standard / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun November 21, 2007
Amid reports that a large chunk of agri land has fallen into the hands of land builders and industrialists in Uttarakhand, the state government is contemplating special agriculture zone (SAZ) to protect agriculture.
“We want to protect agriculture, for which we want to bring SAZ in Uttarakhand,” [...]

By HT
Monday October 15, 12:57 AM
The blocked waters of Bhagirathi for the 2400 MW Tehri Dam project has created a reservoir spanning nearly 42 square kilometres, making it one of the largest artificial lakes in Asia. The scenic beauty of the lake has increased Uttarakhand’s tourism potential immensely and demand for land in surrounding areas [...]

By Biju Negi
Garhwal Post, August 10, 2007
DEHRADUN, 9 August: On the 65th anniversary of August Kranti Day, the Uttarakhand Pradesh Sarvodaya Mandal addressed a press conference and organised a symbolic padyatra from the Press Club to the Gandhi Park, here, today.
On this very day, in 1942, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the countrymen started [...]

Dehra Dun, April. 22 (PTI): Noted Chipko leader Sunderlal Bahuguna, along with scores of farmers, today extended his support to environmentalist Anil P Joshi in his endeavour against the special economic zones. Joshi, who started his ‘1000-km Cycle Yatra’ from Parthal village in Jammu and Kashmir to Uttarakhand on Economic Independence of Rural India on [...]

Business Standard / Dehra Dun April 14, 2007
Declaring that it would not allow the repeat of any Nandigram-like episode in Uttarakhand, the state government today announced that it would shortly bring a separate agriculture policy with an aim to protect the rapidly shrinking agri-land and provide special sops to farmers.
Faced with an alarming rise in [...]

The New Kerala Times often carries PTI articles on Uttaranchal. Check with them for some of the latest news.
Kotdwar (Uttaranchal): Over 300 elected women representatives of local panchayats today pledged to fight corruption in the state and threatened to launch a mass campaign against bureaucrats and politicians creating obstacles in development projects.
Speaking at the concluding [...]

The pressures brought about by unbalanced development are stunning. If the Supreme Court ban is lifted, we can say goodbye to any remaining livability for the city. The city’s environment is already badly frayed and actually carrying capacity needs to be measured and respected, to prevent further difficulties and damage. And what of the people [...]

This is interesting, as Badal is known to owns enormous tracts of illegal land in the Terai. Wealthy Punjabi farmers have also largely evade land ceiling laws through illegal Benami transactions. Calling the Kashipur incident akin to 1984 riots is gross irresponsibility.
Amritsar, UNI:
The SAD president held the Uttaranchal CM responsible for the eviction of Punjabi [...]