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Topic: Uttarakhand

11 killed as vehicle carrying wedding guests falls into gorge in Uttarakhand’s Champawat

Two people including the driver have sustained serious injuries and have been admitted to the hospital. The deceased belonged to Danda & Kathoti villages of Kakanai in Uttarakhand.

2 decades after state formed, party which ‘fought for Uttarakhand’ hopes to make poll comeback

Set up in 1979, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, state's oldest regional party recalls fighting for creation of separate hill state. But in the past few years its vote share has been on decline.

Forget drugs & potholes, Dharma Sansad-host Haridwar’s seers say ‘Muslim appeasement’ poll issue

Seers in Haridwar claim their interests are being ignored due to alleged appeasement. Their allegations play into the narrative being pursued by BJP in Uttarakhand.

In pix: BJP chants ‘Ayodhya-Kashi’ as Nadda arrives in Uttarakhand, Priyanka Gandhi gets chunri

ThePrint's Suraj Singh Bisht brings you snapshots of leaders meeting people in Uttarakhand, holding events and covering ground less than a week before polls.

Row over Congress leader’s ‘Muslim univ promise’ claim snowballs despite Harish Rawat’s denial

BJP claims Muslim university controversy a ‘ploy’ by Congress to influence the community in 10-12 assembly segments. Congress says ruling party’s ‘divisive politics’ won’t work.

EC issues notice to Uttarakhand BJP for tweeting morphed image of Congress’ Harish Rawat

The Election Commission's action came after the Congress lodged a formal complaint Friday accusing BJP's Uttarakhand unit of falsely depicting its state Congress chief Harish Rawat as a Muslim cleric.

Modi, Kedarnath, Ganga arti — what BJP’s campaign push in Uttarakhand says about its message

It’s a no-brainer that Modi is the face of BJP’s campaign in Uttarakhand, with CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, who took over last July as third CM since 2017 election, taking the backseat.

Both BJP & Congress face rebels headache in Uttarakhand, make efforts to get them to give up

Congress is facing rebel resistance in 9 seats, BJP in at least 12. Parties have persuaded some rebel candidates to withdraw nominations, but now date for that is over.

Rahul Gandhi’s nation-vs-union of states speech was unnecessary. It got lost in translation

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

In Agra, ‘Dalit ki beti’ Baby Rani Maurya is looking to draw Mayawati’s core voters to BJP

In interview with ThePrint in her constituency, Baby Rani Maurya says she was inspired to join politics partly by her childhood days growing up in a Dalit neighbourhood in Agra.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?