Amidst recent defections from the Congress party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Karan Mahara, the Uttarakhand Congress President, accused the BJP of using coercive tactics and offering personal incentives to lure leaders away.
The central government's push for millet crop has increased the yearly income of 75 per cent of the millet farmers between 10 per cent to 20 per cent in Uttarakhand, revealed a study conducted on over 2,100 farmers by the Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur.
According to ED, the property attached belongs to the Vardhman Educational Society which runs the Institute of Management Studies, Roorkee and IMS Institute of Technology, Roorkee against the proceeds of crime of Rs 1 crore (approx) in the case of SC/ST Scholarship Scam.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Uttarakhand Chief Electoral Officer Dr BVRCC Purushottam on Sunday said that the Model Code of Conduct has come into effect in the state, given which expenditure monitoring of all political parties has also been started.
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Speaking to ANI, Rawat said, "I took the blessings of Ma Ganga. Congress is in a state of confusion. Only they can tell this (whether they have candidates or not) but, yes, they have been unable to announce the candidates."
Ahead of Lok Sabha elections in the country, Uttarakhand Chief Electoral Officer Dr BVRCC Purushottam held a meeting with District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police of all districts in the Secretariat on Sunday regarding preparations for the elections through video conferencing.
The 60-year-old MLA from the Badrinath assembly seat in Uttarakhand joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Union Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi.
Instructions have been given to study the reasons for migration in the mountainous areas in depth, organise rural entrepreneurship development workshops to create awareness among the youth about self-employment and review the effective implementation of public welfare schemes at the district
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami distributed appointment letters to a total of 27 candidates for various departments under the state government on Friday.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday gave financial approval of Rs 579.11 lakh for the protective work plan to protect the main mound of Garjia Devi temple located in Ramnagar development block of Nainital district from the flood of Kosi river under disaster management,
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday formally inaugurated the air service of Alliance Air starting from Delhi to Pithoragarh at the Camp Office, Dehradun.
Retired IAS officer Gyanesh Kumar (1988-batch IAS) from Kerala retired as secretary of the cooperation ministry in February. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, former Chief Secretary, Government of Uttarakhand, will be the Election Commissioner, sources said.