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Uttarakhand to drop 'political' cases against BJP leaders

The most prominent case was against Ganesh Joshi, who allegedly injured police horse Shaktimaan

BJP must tread tight fiscal path to fulfill poll promises in Uttarakhand

Going into the Uttarakhand state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) manifesto made a bunch of promises. From road connectivity to all villages by 2019, to round-the-clock power supply to filling all government vacancies in the first six months of coming to power. A closer look at some of these main promises suggests that while some are doable, others might prove difficult to fulfill. Take rural roads. The BJP has promised constructing one to every village by 2019. From the record, a daunting task. In 2016-17, against a sanctioned road length of 1,664 km in the state under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), only 47 km have been completed. Since 2001, against a total road length sanctioned of 8,096 km, only 5,838 km has been built. According to the data put out by the rural works department of the state, of 91.9 km sanctioned in April 2015, only 4.1 km was completed; another 19.3 km was under construction. "Constructing roads in hilly areas is difficult. Permission ..

Uttarakhand verdict LIVE: Trivendra Singh Rawat takes oath as CM

BJP won a landslide majority in Uttarakhand Assembly elections, winning 57 of the 70 seats.

Growth inequality is emptying out villages in India's 6th richest state

Uttarakhand is the sixth richest state in India in terms of per capita income

Huge damage to crops in U'khand

In Himachal Pradesh, huge damage to the Kinnauri apple has been reported

BJP did nothing for Uttarakhand: Congress

Narendra Modi had made big promises to help the state to get back on its feet after the Kadarnath calamity, but did nothing after coming to the power

Virbhadra to guide party in 2017 Assembly polls

Only goal of Congress is to make Mission Repeat successful in the next Assembly polls under the leadership of Virbhadra Singh

Not responsible for remains still being found: Harish Rawat

1st round of combing operations was launched and concluded during the tenure of Rawat's predecessor Bahuguna, who is now in the BJP

Rays power launches 100 Mw Uttarakhand solar project

The project is spread over a sprawling area in Tehsil - Bhagwanpur in Roorkee district of the state

25,000 school teachers on strike in Uttarakhand

The stir is being carried out by secondary and higher secondary teachers from 2300 schools all over the state

Shishir Prashant: Court battles won, Rawat faces anti-incumbency woe

Reinstated as chief minister, he has to find a way to bring the Congress back to power in the Assembly elections in 2017

Harish Rawat orders probe into land allotments given to social Organisations in Uttarakhand

One mmember committee is being constituted to look after the allotments made to organistaion, since its formation in 2000

SC adjourns hearing on ex-Congress Uttarakhand MLAs petitions till October 19

The Uttarakhand High Court had earlier in May dismissed the petition of nine disqualified Congress MLAs

Heavy rains in Uttarakhand, rivers in spate

The Kali river at Dharchula was flowing at 888.54 metres, just two metres below the danger mark

U'khand tops in industry, service sectors growth: Assocham

Says, the state did much better than the national average growth of about 7% during the period

Cloud burst causes havoc in Uttarkashi

More than a dozen houses were flattened, forcing people to leave the Silkura village

Heavy rains in Uttarakhand, pilgrimage to Badrinath disrupted

Dehradun MeT office Director said an improvement in weather conditions is expected from July 18 onwards

India's first 'Women Entrepreneurs Park' to come up in Uttarakhand

Harish Rawat said a specific percentage of jobs will be reserved for women in the units located in the industrial park

Uttarakhand will grow at 18% by 2018: Harish Rawat

He also called for more freedom to states and said the Centre should realise that states are its partners

Uttarakhand will grow at 18% by 2018 : Harish Rawat

Rawat said the state is now leading in Ease of Doing Business