New Delhi: At least 37 incursions of Chinese forces have been reported during the last five years in Uttarakhand, which has a 350 kilometer long border with China, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Monday said. Speaking at the chief ministers' conference on Internal Security, the newly-elected chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Bahuguna said Chinese are disputing Indian territorial claims regarding Barahoti in Chamoli district. "There have been several reported incursions by...
03:44 PM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: A day after Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi discussed the party's poll debacle with party leaders from Uttar Pradesh, the buzz now is how will he revamp the party organisation within the state. Party MLAs have blamed central leaders and their comments for the Congress' poll debacle. But will Rahul Gandhi now restructure the organisation to ensure a different result for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls? Two days...
08:59 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Dehra Dun: After days of dithering in the wake of pressure from several quarters for plum departments, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Sunday allocated porfolios to his ministers keeping 20 departments including vital Home, Power and Industries with himself. Bahuguna, who took oath on March 13 and expanded his ministry seven days later, will also be in charge of other important departments like Information, Excise, Forest and Environment, Eradication...
05:46 PM, Apr 01, 2012
Dehra Dun: The Vijay Bahuguna government on Thursday won a trust vote in the Uttarakhand Assembly amid a walkout by the opposition BJP members. Thirty nine members voted in favour of the trust motion tabled by Bahuguna, Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal informed the House. 31 members of the main opposition BJP staged a noisy walk-out demanding that secret ballot system should have been used for voting on the motion. "This...
12:47 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Dehra Dun: Hitting back at the opposition, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday said the BJP should not fear about any poaching attempt from his side and asked the party to put its own house in order first. "Let them (BJP) feel safe. I am not going to poach upon them," Bahuguna said when asked whether he is in touch with some BJP MLAs for getting a seat vacated...
01:30 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Dehra Dun: The Congress government in Uttarakhand on Monday cleared a major hurdle with the election of its candidate Govind Songh Kunjwal as the Speaker of the Assembly by a good margin of eight votes over BJP nominee Harbans Kapoor ahead of Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna's trust vote. Kunjwal, 67, who scored a hat-trick in the recent state elections, got 39 votes and Kapoor bagged 31 votes in the 70-member...
05:18 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Dehra Dun: With BJP fielding its nominee for the Uttarkhand Speaker's election, the stage was today set for the Congress government to face its first trial of strength in the Assembly on Monday. Congress MLA Govind Singh Kunjwal, a close confidant of Union Minister Harish Rawat, and BJP MLA Harbans Kapoor on Sunday morning filed their nominations for the post of Speaker in the Assembly. It will be the first...
03:58 AM, Mar 26, 2012
Dehra Dun: After a prolonged crisis in the ruling Congress in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna faces his first acid test on Monday when the election of Speaker will take place in the Assembly ahead of the trust vote. After acquiescing to the demands of union minister Harish Rawat, Congress on Sunday fielded his close confidant Govind Singh Kunjwal for the post of speaker by filing nomination papers. And to...
01:52 PM, Mar 25, 2012
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Friday continued his talks for the third day with senior Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, in New Delhi to resolve various issues confronting his government. "The meeting between Rahul Gandhi and Vijay Bahuguna was very positive and the two leaders discussed issues related to Uttarakhand," said a senior Congress leader, who refused to divulge details. According to Congress sources, Bahuguna is expected to...
05:42 PM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: Sulking Congress leader Harish Rawat on Wednesday said the crisis in the party in Uttarakhand was over and it was for state Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna to take some initiative. "The crisis is over from our end, now the Chief Minister has to take some initiative," the Minister of State for Agriculture and Parliamentary Affairs said on the sidelines of a realty conference when asked whether the crisis...
12:27 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Dehra Dun: A day after expanding his cabinet, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday held talks with senior Congress leaders in New Delhi to resolve various issues confronting his government. "We can only say that Bahuguna has held talks with some top leaders in New Delhi," a senior Congress leader in Dehra Dun said. Following the expansion, Bahuguna's first task would be to nominate a new Speaker of the...
06:00 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday reached out to Uttarakhand leader Harish Rawat, saying that he will be "given his due". Rawat was the frontrunner in the race to be Uttarakhand CM. However, the post, in the end, went to Vijay Bahuguna. Rawat too indicated that a compromise might be reached soon. He said, "From day one I have made clear that we are looking for the solution under the...
04:45 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Uttarkhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Sunday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence. ...
03:46 PM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi/Dehra Dun: With a solution to the crisis in Uttarkhand continuing to elude the party, Congress on Saturday said rebel leader and Union Minister Harish Rawat will be given "his due" but ruled out changing Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna. The name of Rawat's wife is being considered for Rajya Sabha nomination for the lone vacant seat from the hill state, AICC general secretary Chaudhary Birender Singh told reporters in...
01:39 AM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader Harish Rawat on Saturday said that it was up to the Congress party to decide on solution for the Uttarakhand chief ministerial post. Rawat said, "I am not in race for CM but hard work must be rewarded." He added, "It is up to the Congress party to decide how far they can stretch to find a solution." An embittered Rawat had sent in his...
08:01 PM, Mar 17, 2012
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