Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 5 (ANI): Uttrakhand Legislative Assembly Speaker Ritu Khanduri Bhushan on Sunday congratulated Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for winning the Champawat by-election with a record number of votes.

Dehradun Mar 26 PTI BJP MLA Ritu Khanduri the daughter of former chief minister B C Khanduri was elected unopposed as the first woman speaker of the Uttarakhand Assembly on Saturday The announcement about her election was made by pro-tem speaker Banshidhar Bhagat Her election to the post was a foregone conclusion as the main opposition Congress chose to stay out of contest Ritu Khanduri won from Kotdwar by defeating former minister S S Negi by more than 3000 votes She had won her maiden assembly election from the Yamkeshwar constituency in 2017 Before taking a plunge into politics she taught at a private university in Noida for several years In her maiden address to MLAs soon after her election Khanduri exhorted first-time legislators to utilise five years of their tenure in learning about legislative procedures and participate enthusiastically in debates in the House on matters of public interest Congratulating her Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami dwelt on her academic achievements and said her assumption of office as the first woman speaker of the state was an acknowledgement of the valuable contribution made by women in Uttarakhands movement for statehood It is a historic day for us We got our first woman speaker in you today It is an honour for the entire women population of the state who played a stellar role in the formation of Uttarakhand Dhami said Opposition members Pritam Singh and Yashpal Arya also congratulated her saying they were confident she would carry forward her fathers legacy of probity in public life and lay the foundations of healthy legislative practices Singh also expressed hope that under her stewardship the House will pass a resolution granting 33 per cent reservation to women in the state legislature PTI ALM SMN

Pauri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) [India], March 10 (ANI): Daughter of former Uttarakhand chief minister Bhuvanchandra Khanduri, Ritu Khanduri Bhushan won the state Assembly elections from the Kotdwar seat as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.

Dehradun Feb 28 PTI A medical student from Uttarakhand who returned from Ukraine on Monday appealed to the Indian government to help the stranded students inside the strife-torn country where food supplies are fast running outThe final year medical student Payal Panwar from Kotdwar said the stranded studentsneed help of the Indian government and embassy morewhile they are still insidethe war-torn country rather than when they have moved out of it The problems end when you cross the borders but while you are inside Ukraine itis really difficult with food supplies running out and no cash in ATMs The stranded students need the help of Indian authorities while they are still inside Ukrainian borders Payal who studies in Ivano-Frankivsk city in western Ukraine said Recounting her ordeal she said around 60-70 Indian students had to book a bus and also walk a distance of 8-10 km in freezing cold to reach the Romanian border to get out of Ukraine Many ATMs could not dispense cash and long queues of men and women waiting for their turn for food supplies are seen at several points she saidThough happy and relieved to be reunited with her parents Payal and her parents are worried about her brother who is still stuck in KharkivAround 22 students from Uttarakhand studying in Ukrainian cities have so far returned home since the crisis broke out there forcing students and professionals to take shelter inside bunkers PTI ALM SRY

Kotdwar (Uttarakhand) [India], February 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party chief Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday slammed the Congress party for its dynastic rule and said that Congress has shrunk down to a mere "brother-sister party'"

Kotdwar (Uttarakhand) [India], February 7 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday hit out at the Opposition parties for criticizing the public welfare policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 1 (ANI): Daughters of two former chief ministers have been fielded in the Uttarakhand Assembly elections, apparently in an attempt to reclaim the legacy of their fathers.

New Delhi Jan 26 PTI The BJP on Wednesday named nine more candidates for the Uttarakhand assembly polls fielding former chief minister B S Khanduris daughter Ritu Bhushan Khanduri from Kotdwar constituency which was won in 2017 by Harak Singh Rawat now in the Congress Khanduris name was not in the first list of 59 candidates fuelling speculation that the BJP may not give her ticket as the party named another leader from Yamkeshwar the seat she had won in the last polls With the second list the party has named its candidates for 68 of the total 70 seats The two constituencies for which the BJP is yet to name candidates include Doiwala whose incumbent MLA and former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has expressed his unwillingness to fight these polls PTI KR ZMN

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 26 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released a list of nine candidates for Uttarakhand Assembly elections and fielded former chief minister BC Khanduri's daughter and wife of current Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan Reetu Bhushan Khanduri from Kotdwar.

DehradunJan 21 PTI Filing of nominations began in Uttarakhand on Friday with six candidates filing their papers on the first day across four districts for next months Assembly polls One candidate from a faction of the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal filed his nomination papers from Kotdwar in Pauri district Three candidates in Pithoragarh including two Independents one from Lalkuan in Champawat district and one BSP candidate from Ramnagar in Nainital district filed their papers JointChief Electoral Officer Pratap Singh Shah said The nominations for the February 14 Assembly elections in the state can be filed till January 28 Thescrutiny of nomination papers will take place on January 29 andJanuary 31 is the last date for the withdrawal of nominations PTI ALM RDK RDK