Uttarakhand crisis News

The forests in Uttarakhand are once again in the grip of fire. The worrying thing is that even in the Wild Life Reserve area, the forest department is not able to control the fire. In the last 24 hours, incidents of arson have come to light in many places.

 The CBI today asked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat to appear before the agency on May 24 in connection with a probe into the sting operation involving him.

The opposition parties on Wednesday spared no time in ridiculing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP for what they called their Himalayan blunder in the hill state of Uttarakhand.

Alleging horse-trading by Congress, the BJP on Tuesday admitted defeat after the conclusion of two-hour long Supreme Court-monitored trust vote proceedings in the Uttarakhand Assembly. The official results of the trust vote will be announced by the apex court on Wednesday. However, going by the media reports, it is almost clear that former Congress chief minister Harish Rawat has survived the trust vote and proved majority in the 70-member House.

In a major development the Supreme Court on Monday gave no relief to nine disqualified rebel Congress MLAs and barred them from voting in the floor test in the Uttarakhand Assembly due on Tuesday.

In a major jolt to the BJP, the Uttarakhand High Court on Monday dismissed the plea of nine disqualified Congress MLAs who had challenged their disqualification by the Assembly Speaker.

Uttarakhand High Court will on Monday pronounce its judgement on the petition challenging disqualification of nine rebel Congress MLAs.

The Centre will on Friday clear its stand on holding a floor test in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly as suggested by the Supreme Court in the previous hearing.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted Centre time till May 6 to appraise it about the feasibility of holding floor test in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.

The Supreme Court will resume hearing on the Uttarakhand High Court verdict revoking President's rule in the state where a major power tussle is underway between the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre and the Congress.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to think about the possibility of holding a floor test in the Uttarakhand Assembly in order to resolve the political crisis in the state.

With the Supreme Court scheduled to hear the petition challenging Uttarakhand High Court's verdict quashing President's rule in the state on May 3, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat today said although had full faith in judiciary, he feels early delivery of verdict is better for the state.

The Supreme Court is set to hear on Wednesday Centre's plea challenging high court order that set aside the President's rule in Uttarakhand.

Pandemonium prevailed in Parliament as the main opposition party Congress continued to disrupt proceedings over the Srinagar NIT crisis and the Uttarakhand issue in both Houses on Tuesday.

Fireworks are expected in the Parliament as the main opposition party Congress is likely to raise the issue of imposition of President's Rule in Uttarakhand and the Srinagar NIT crisis in both Houses on Tuesday.

The Uttarakhand High Court will on Monday resume the hearing on nine rebel Congress MLAs' petition challenging their disqualification by state Assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal.

Uttrakhand Assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal on Saturday sought for dismissal of a plea of nine Congress MLAs in High Court against their disqualification from the Assembly.   

In a big setback to Congress, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Uttarakhand High Court's order quashing the President's Rule in the state.