Tag: Harish Rawat

Day after Rahul Gandhi quits, Congress General Secretary Harish Rawat resigns

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday went public with a formal assertion that he has resigned as the Congress president, taking responsibility for the party’s decimation in the recent Lok Sabha elections.

July 4, 2019

Uttarakhand Congress in crisis

Infighting in the Uttarakhand Congress is likely to intensify in the hill state.

May 27, 2019

How Harish Rawat and his experiment failed in Uttarakhand LS polls

The defeat has dealt a severe blow to the political career of Harish Rawat. What he will do to revive his political fortune remains to be seen.

May 24, 2019

Rawat v Rawat | Trivendra, Harish start social media spat

Congress national general secretary Harish Rawat attacked the BJP by claiming that though the result of the Lok Sabha election is yet to be declared but BJP workers are taking law and order in their hands and have manhandled a Congress worker at Kiccha.

April 23, 2019

Crucial election for Congress, Harish Rawat in Uttarakhand

The entire Harish Rawat group is presently busy in campaigning in Nainital seat.

April 9, 2019

Thousands bid adieu to Major Vibhuti Dhaundiyal

Vibhuti was keen on making a career in the army right from his childhood and he made every possible attempt to realize his goal.

February 19, 2019

Dehradun bids emotional adieu to Major Chitresh Bisht

The mortal remains of Major Chitresh Bisht moved in an Army vehicle from Dehradun to Haridwar.

February 18, 2019

Congress starts second phase of ‘Parivartan Yatra’ in Uttarakhand

The first leg of the Yatra kicked off from Hanol in district Dehradun on 21 January.

January 29, 2019

Modi government announces 10 percent reservation for economically backward upper castes

The existing 50 per cent reservation would be up to 60 per cent which is 10 per cent more than the cap placed by the Supreme Court.

January 7, 2019

Uttarakhand in 2018: Year of high political drama and record pilgrims in hill state

The Char Dham pilgrimage to Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri witnessed record footfall by registering 27.69 lakh visitors in 2018.

December 30, 2018

Trivendra Rawat govt distributes red beacon posts to 14 party workers

Every time the Chief Minister toured the national capital the murmur about providing 'Lal Battis' used to start in the hill state.

December 23, 2018

Uttarakhand Congress infighting escalates with expulsion of Harish Rawat supporters

After facing a humiliating defeat in the state assembly elections last year and loss in the recently concluded local body elections, many were expecting the Congress to unite for fighting a strong BJP in the forthcoming polls.

December 12, 2018

Uttarakhand cabinet ratifies renaming Jolly Grant airport after Vajpayee

The proposal will now be sent to the Airports Authority of India and the Union Civil Aviation Ministry for approval.

November 25, 2018

Umesh Kumar, owner of Samachar Plus, arrested on charges of extortion, blackmailing

Umesh Kumar was arrested on charges of conducting sting operation by deliberately creating scenes to cause damage to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and senior bureaucrat Om Prakash.

October 29, 2018

Narayan Dutt Tiwari: Freedom fighter, four- time CM, governor, and people’s leader

Many senior Congress leaders were fearful of the talent of Tiwari and tried to keep him at bay. In 2007, ND was appointed as Andhra Pradesh Governor, where he remained in office for two years. Many political experts term it a "Punishment posting."

October 18, 2018

Uttarakhand PCC meet exposes party infighting

Congress infighting robbed much sheen of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) meeting in Dehradun on Tuesday. The differences in party leaders were a major highlight of the meeting. The situation turned embracing with former Uttarakhand assembly speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal admitting groupism in Congress from the stage and also accusing state Congress president Pritam Singh …

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July 25, 2018

Elevated or sidelined? Harish Rawat made AICC general secretary

Struggling after suffering defeat from two seats in last state assembly elections, senior Congress leader and ex-Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat received a boost after finding a place in the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Harish Rawat has been appointed as general secretary of the CWC. Ashok Gehlot, general secretary of All India Congress Committee, informed …

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July 19, 2018