Nainital: Uttarakhand High Court has ordered the state forest department to remove the Rishikesh ashram of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu. A bench of Justice Manoj Tiwari gave the green signal for vacating the ashram located at Munni Ki Reti in Rishikesh. On Friday, the honorary court found out that the[Read More…]
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Is Congress planning to boycott general election 2019?
Congress along with other like-minded opposition parties in states are planning to call a stir to protest against the present mode of voting in India. According to a reliable source, all the non-BJP parties are coming together on one platform with a demand to switch back to the previous mode[Read More…]
Govt accepts MK Joseph’s elevation to Supreme Court
The early reports of Friday reveal that the Central government has finally accepted the collegium’s recommendation to elevate Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice KM Joseph to the Supreme Court. Seven months after the SC Collegium’s recommendation, Justice Joseph’s name has been cleared along with the names of Chief Justices Indira[Read More…]
SC stays Uttarakhand HC order to give ‘human status’ to Rivers Ganga, Yamuna
On Friday, the Supreme Court stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order to declare river Ganga and Yamuna as a juristic person and as a living entity. Earlier, the Uttarakhand government had moved the Supreme Court, challenging the High Court order to grant rivers Ganga, Yamuna and their tributaries, the status[Read More…]
Uttarakhand: Aide of top BJP leader predicted exact results a week before the counting
Raju Binjola, a close aide of Uttarakhand BJP spokesperson Munna Singh Chauhan had accurately predicted the vote share of both Congress and BJP in many key booths of the constituency more than a week before the results were announced, on Facebook. Now, questions are being raised over the accuracy of[Read More…]
Uttarakhand High Court issues notice to river Ganga
Days after the Uttarakhand High Court declared river Ganga as a living entity, a notice was issued upon the river by the court. This is the first time a river has been issued a legal notice, Hindustan Times reported. A two-judge bench led by VK Bisht and Alok Singh, while[Read More…]
EVM tampering: Uttarakhand HC issues notice to EC, state govt
The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission and the state government on a petition regarding the EVM tampering in Dehradun’s Vikasnagar constituency. The petition, filed by former cabinet minister Navprabhat, has alleged that there were tampering and manipulation of EVMs at the constituency during the[Read More…]