Harish Rawat
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16 people dead as bus falls into gorge in Uttarakhand
India | Sep 13, 2014, 05:07 PM ISTDehradun: Sixteeen people were killed and seventeen injured today when a bus in which they were travelling fell into a gorge in Tehri district of Uttarakhand.A total of 33 persons were on board the bus
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Centre will soften, redefine environmental norms: Javadekar
India | Aug 30, 2014, 10:17 PM ISTDehradun: Stressing that environment and progress can supplement each other, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today spoke of softening and redefining of parameters to allow quarrying in rivers.Javadekar, after meeting with Uttrakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat
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Country remembers Rajiv Gandhi on 70th birth anniversary
National | Aug 20, 2014, 02:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: The country today fondly remembered former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President Hamid Ansari leading the nation in paying tributes to the departed leader.Mukherjee,
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Three CMs occupying govt bungalows in capital
National | Jul 31, 2014, 04:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: Three Chief Ministers are occupying government bungalows in the capital, Rajya Sabha was informed today.Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan, Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh and Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat are occupying 11 Race Course
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Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat wins assembly bypoll
National | Jul 25, 2014, 01:04 PM ISTDehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat today won the bypoll to Dharchula Assembly seat by around 19000 votes, ensuring his entry into the state assembly as an MLA.The chief minister won Dharchula seat by defeating
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Resumption of yatra a calculated risk to revive tourism: Rawat
India | Jul 19, 2014, 05:43 PM ISTDehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat today said resumption of the char dham yatra was a calculated risk which he took deliberately to revive the state's economy much of which depends on religious tourism.Facing criticism
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Harish Rawat not likely to be discharged from AIIMS before July 15
India | Jul 05, 2014, 08:35 PM ISTDehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, being treated for a neck injury at AIIMS in Delhi, is not likely to be discharged from the hospital before July 15 and doctors have advised him to let
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Harish Rawat congratulates people for Food Security Scheme
National | Jul 02, 2014, 05:43 PM ISTDehradun: Congratulating people on the implementation of Food Security Scheme in the state, Chief Minister Harish Rawat said Uttarakhand is one of the first states in the country where the scheme has been implemented. The
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Harish Rawat condition improves, wants to visit Uttarakhand to file nominations
India | Jun 30, 2014, 08:37 PM ISTDehradun: The condition of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who is recuperating from a neck injury at AIIMS in Delhi, has improved and he is keen to come to Dharchula to file his nominations for
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Harish Rawat seeks additional funds of Rs 4000 cr from Centre
National | Jun 30, 2014, 04:36 PM ISTDehradun: Seeking liberal funding from the Centre to address the situation in calamity-ravaged areas of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has demanded an additional assistance of Rs 4,000 crore for carrying out the third phase
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BJP leader from Someshwar joins Congress ahead of bypoll
National | Jun 25, 2014, 04:15 PM ISTDehradun: Ahead of assembly bypoll to three seats in Uttarakhand slated for July 21, the BJP leader from meshwar, Rekha Arya, switched over to the Congress. Arya joined the party in the presence of PCC
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Special task force to search for bodies near Kedarnath
India | Jun 14, 2014, 06:07 PM ISTDehradun: With human skeletal remains still being found in Kedar valley, the Uttarakhand government today constituted a special task force to conduct intensive combing operations in the forests adjoining Kedarnath in search of bodies.The task
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Uttarakhand CM to spend 2 more days at AIIMS after rough flight
India | Jun 14, 2014, 05:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: The condition of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat is now stable after he was admitted to AIIMS last evening with pain in his neck and back following a rough helicopter ride.However, officials at
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat admitted to AIIMS with backache
National | Jun 14, 2014, 06:54 AM ISTNew Delhi: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat was admitted to AIIMS last evening after he complained of backache and pain in the neck apparently caused after an emergency landing of his helicopter. “He had come
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Gangotri of Uttarakhand's future development to flow from Gairsain: Rawat
National | Jun 08, 2014, 12:43 PM ISTDehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat today hit out at the BJP for suggesting that the ruling Congress was using the issue of Gairsain for electoral gains, asserting the Gangotri of the hill state's future
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2nd phase of restoration works at Kedarnath begins: Rawat
India | Jun 07, 2014, 11:55 PM ISTDehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat today said second phase of restoration works at Kedarnath, which had suffered huge destruction due to the last year's floods, has begun.Chairing a meeting with National Disaster Management Authority
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All our MLAs are with us: Rawat
National | Mar 23, 2014, 05:02 PM ISTDehradun: Amid rumours that his government was facing the crisis of being reduced to a minority with Congress MLAs loyal to Satpal Maharaj likely to follow their leader and quit the party, Uttarakhand Chief Minister
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Satpal Maharaj quits Congress, joins BJP
National | Mar 21, 2014, 10:31 PM ISTDehradun/New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Satpal Maharaj Friday resigned from the Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of its national president Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.The Paudhi Garhwal MP said he was
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BJP demands action against Uttarakhand CM for violating model code
India | Mar 13, 2014, 05:45 PM ISTDehradun: Main opposition BJP in Uttarakhand today lodged a complaint with the Election Commission seeking action against Chief Minister Harish Rawat for alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct.In a letter to the Chief
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Change of guard hasn't helped in changing realities: BJP
National | Mar 08, 2014, 04:41 PM ISTDehradun: Accusing Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat of making only announcements, Opposition BJP today said the change of guard in the calamity-hit state has not led to any change in the ground realities. “A new