The Congress Party on Tuesday appointed Ganesh Godiyal as the new President of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) with immediate effect, a press release said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint or chargesheet against former Uttarakhand Minister Harak Singh Rawat, his wife Deepti Rawat and three others in connection with a money laundering probe, the agency said on Friday.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed former Uttarakhand forest minister Harak Singh Rawat and said that the politician-bureaucrat nexus has resulted in heavy damage to the environment of Corbett National Park for some political and commercial gain.
Raids at multiple locations in Delhi, Chandigarh, and Uttarakhand are underway by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged forest scam case linked to former Uttarakhand Minister Harak Singh Rawat, sources said on Monday.
State Vigilance Chief V Murugesan said that after the team examined the documents at both places, it was found that both the properties belong to Congress leader and former Forest Minister Harak Singh Rawat.
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat is likely to contest from Ramnagar constituency for the upcoming state assembly polls, sources said.
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): Congress leader Harish Rawat on Saturday used a cricketing analogy to talk about the party, stating that its "form was down but not out" nationally, it is in "full form" in the poll-bound Uttarakhand.
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Uttarakhand's former chief minister Harish Rawat on Friday said that newly inducted Harak Singh Rawat should be welcomed by all in Congress.
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Congress is likely to field Anukriti Gusain, daughter-in-law of former Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat from Lansdowne assembly seat in the upcoming assembly polls, party sources said.
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Congress veteran and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat's son Virender Rawat on Friday welcomed the induction of expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Harak Singh Rawat and his daughter-in-law in to the Congress and hoped that both w