New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Monday administered the oath of office to Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala as Supreme Court judges.

New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Central government on Saturday notified the appointments of Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Gujarat High Court judge Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala, as the judges of the Supreme Court.

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court Collegium led by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has recommended Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Gujarat High Court judge, Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala, for appointment as top court judges.

Dehradun Mar 29 PTI The first session of Uttarakhands newly-elected Assembly began here on Tuesday with Governor Lieutenant General retired Gurmit Singhs address to the House summing up the steps taken for the states development during the current financial year and spelling out the development goals for the next fiscalDescribing the improvement of health facilities as the state governments top priority Singh spoke about the steps being taken to strengthen hospitals and increase the availability of doctorsA total of 403 doctors have been selected under the Provincial Medical Health Service cadre X-ray technicians have been deployed in remote areas and the process of filling vacancies for 40 dental hygienists is underway he said adding that an in-principle approval has also been given to upgrade the community health centres of Someshwar in Almora district and Raipur in Dehradun district into 100-bed hospitalsMaternal and child health services are also improving in the state as a result of the governments efforts Singh saidUnder the Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana 256 lakh children aged 3-6 years coming to the anganwadi centres are being provided milk for four days a week he addedThe governor also made a special mention of the Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana under which children who lost their parents or guardians to COVID-19 are to be paid a monthly allowance of Rs 3000 up to the age of 21Talking about the innovations and experiments being made in the field of education Singh said 189 Atal Utkrisht Government Secondary schools conceived as model schools have been made operational besides the establishment of 14 new government colleges and money distributed among the students of government colleges through direct benefit transfer for buying tablet computersVillages with over 50 per cent of Scheduled Caste SC population have been selected for re-development under the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram YojanaThe pension amount for former soldiers who fought in World War II and their widows has been increased from Rs 8000 per month to Rs 10000 and a martyrs memorial is being built at Guniyalgaon in Dehradun with the soil collected from the courtyards of soldiers who died fighting for the country the governor saidPraising the state government for its endeavours in the field of air connectivity he said the Uttarakhand civil aviation department was given an award under the Most Proactive State category for successfully conducting the Regional Connectivity Scheme under which heliports are being constructed at identified spots throughout the state for helicopter servicesThe governor highlighted the steps being taken to create better disaster management facilities in the state such as early warning systems and doppler radars being installed for floods and other disaster alertsThe doppler radar installed at Mukteshwar in Nainital district has begun operating successfully while work is underway for installing a doppler radar each in Surkanda and Lansdowne he saidI have tried to sum up the development initiatives taken by our government in the last financial year and the ones in the pipeline during the next The government is committed to work with dedication to achieve its goals We will make efforts to maintain social harmony so that all sections of the society live in peace with each other Singh said PTI ALM RC

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.

Dehradun Jan 28 PTI Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat and state Congress president Ganesh Godiyal were among a host of candidates who filed their nomination papers for next months state Assembly polls The polls are scheduled for February 14 in the state Rawat who is the Congress campaign head in Uttarakhand entered the fray from Lalkuan and Godiyal from Srinagar Soon after Rawat filed his nominations from Lalkuan former Congress MLA from the seat Harish Chandra Durgapal said the party will fight unitedly to ensure his victory Other prominent candidates who filed their nominations were Kishore Upadhyay BJP from Tehri Ritu Bhushan Khanduri BJP from Kotdwar Anukriti Gusain Congress from Lansdowne and Brijbhushan Gairola BJP from Doiwala Friday was the last date for the filing of nominations in Uttarakhand PTI ALM RDK RDK

Dehradun Jan 28 PTI With all parties having announced their candidates for the February 14 Uttarakhand election former cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat has emerged as the most prominent face to have been left out of the poll fray It is for the first time in the two-decade old electoral history of Uttarakhand that Rawat -- the veteran of many a poll battle is not contesting The Kotdwar MLA who was recently expelled from the BJP for allegedly insisting on a ticket for both himself and his daughter-in-law had rejoined the Congress on January 22 Despite returning to the Congress fold he could not get a ticket for himself while his reinduction too was not smooth However the four-time MLAs daughter-in-law and former Femina Miss India contestant Anukriti Gusain did get a Congress ticket from Lansdowne Harak Singh Rawat has been saying that he is not keen to contest but would do so if asked by the party There was speculation about the Congress fielding him from Chaubattakhal constituency against BJP heavyweight and sitting MLA from the seat Satpal Maharaj but things appear to have not fallen into place eventually Harak Singh Rawat was a candidate in all the four elections held in the state since its creation in November 2000 and emerged victorious in all of them He won from Lansdowne in 2002 and 2007 He won from Rudraprayag in 2012 and from Kotdwar in 2017 Meanwhile Harak Singh Rawat is likely to throw all his might and political clout into the battle to ensure the victory of his daughter-in-law from Lansdowne Another prominent leader missing from the poll fray this time is former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat who opted out saying he did not want to contest so he could focus on working for the BJPs second consecutive victory in the polls Made chief minister after the party got a huge mandate of 57 out of a total of 70 seats in the state in 2017 Trivendra Singh Rawat was removed rather unceremoniously in March last year just a few days ahead of completing four years in office PTI ALM RHL

Dehradun Jan 26 PTI Former Miss India contestant Anukriti Gusain who has been fielded by the Congress from Lansdowne for the February 14 Uttarakhand assembly polls on Wednesday said she wants to serve her constituency as a daughter and not as a politicianLansdowne is my home I was born and brought up here As I make my political debut I want to serve my home as a daughter rather than as a politician Gusain who is the daughter-in-law of former cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat told PTI in an interviewRawat was recently dismissed from the state cabinet and expelled from the BJP He later joined the Congress along with his daughter-in-lawOn her apolitical background the software engineer said she considers herself lucky that she hasthe experience of different fields which have only helped educate her and build her personality My participation in the Femina Miss India beauty pageant as its youngest contestant at 18 years has given me confidence and the ability for public speaking - qualities that make me betterequipped fora career in politics she saidAsked about the roadmap of development she has for her constituency she said creating better health facilities and connectivity are the two segments she plans to focus on if electedI have been active in Lansdowne and have a first-hand knowledge of the problems plaguing the area includingpoor healthcare facilities lack of proper roads and mobile connectivity network At a time when we are talking about things like digital India it isappalling to see thecondition of basic facilities like mobile towers hospitals roads and schools in Lansdowne Women are dying in labour I want to change all that she said The software engineer-turned-politicianwho runs an NGO named Mahila Utthan Bal Kalyan Sansthan in Lansdowne said she wants to help the daughters of Uttarakhand by imparting them new skills and equipping them to avail self-employment opportunitiesPeople in Lansdowne are looking for change as the present MLA has done nothing for the constituency for the last ten years she said She said she feels proud and privileged to be the daughter-in-law of a seasoned politician like Harak Singh Rawat who keeps guiding her and motivating her for public serviceOn the protest against her candidature from within the party by disappointed ticket aspirants Gusain said it is the sole prerogative of the party high command to decide candidates for seats The disappointment of potential contenders from the seat is only natural But the ticket has to go to one person only If I was in their place my reaction too would perhaps have been similar But now that the decision has been taken by the party high command we should respect it and unitedly work to keep the party flag flying she said Reports said her father-in-law was expelled from the BJP when he allegedly insisted on a ticket for both himself and Gusain a charge denied by the leaderRawat was one of the 10 MLAs who left the Congress to join the BJP in 2016 which led to the toppling of the Harish Rawat-led government in the statePTI ALM SRY

New Delhi Jan 24 PTI The Congress on Monday released its second list of 11 candidates for Uttarakhand assembly elections and fielded former chief minister Harish Rawat from the Ramnagar constituencyHarish Rawat who is the partys campaign head in the state had unsuccessfully contested from the Haridwar-Rural and Kichcha assembly seats in the 2017 pollsThe Congress also fielded Anukriti Gusain Rawat from the Lansdowne assembly seat She is the daughter-in-law of Harak Singh Rawat who returned to the Congress fold from the BJP on FridayThe party has so far not decided on the candidature of Harak Singh Rawat and is yet to announce candidates for six more seatsWith this the Congress has so far released its candidates for 64 candidates after the first list of 53 candidates was released on Saturday night Harak Singh Rawats insistence on a ticket for Anukriti from Lansdowne was said to have been the reason behind his estrangement with the BJP which finally led to his return to the Congress which he had quit in 2016 Other candidates to figure in the list are Suryakant Dhasmana from Dehradun Cantt seat Mohit Uniyal from Doiwala Jayendra Chand Ramola from Rishikesh Barkha Rani and Virendra Kumar Jati from reserved SC seats of Jwalapur and Jhabreda respectively Subhash Chaudhry from Khanpur Antriksh Saini from Laksar Sandhya Dalakoti from Lalkuan and Mahender Pal Singh from Kaladhungi Uttarakhand goes to polls in a single phase on February 14 to elect its 70-member assembly The results will be out on March 10 In its first list the party has fielded Uttarakhand Congress president Ganesh Godiyal from the Srinagar seat and Leader of Opposition in the outgoing assembly Pritam Singh from the Chakrata ST constituency Yashpal Arya a former Speaker in the state assembly who had recently joined the Congress after quitting the BJP has been fielded from his Bajpur-SC constituency Aryas son Sanjeev Arya has also been fielded from the Nainital SC assembly seat which he quit after resigning from the BJP along with his father Sumit Hridayesh the son of senior Congress leader Indira Hridayesh who died in June last year has been fielded from Haldwani assembly seat The Congress has also retained most of its sitting MLAs in its two lists announced so far PTI SKC ALM SMN SMN

New Delhi Jan 24 PTI The Congress on Monday released its second list of 11 candidates for Uttarakhand assembly elections and fielded former chief minister Harish Rawat from the Ramnagar assembly constituencyHarish Rawat who is the partys campaign head in the state had unsuccessfully contested the Haridwar-Rural and Kichcha assembly seats in the 2017 assembly pollsThe Congress also fielded Anukriti Gusain Rawat from the Lansdowne assembly seat She is the daughter-in-law of Harak Singh Rawat who returned to the Congress fold from the BJP on FridayThe party has so far not decided on the candidature of Harak Singh Rawat and is yet to announce candidates for six more seatsWith this the Congress has so far released its candidates for 64 candidates after the first list of 53 candidates was released on Saturday nightUttarakhand goes to polls in a single phase on February 14 to elect its 70-member assembly The results will be out on March 10In its first list the party has fielded Uttarakhand Congress president Ganesh Godiyal from the Srinagar seat and Leader of Opposition in the outgoing assembly Pritam Singh from the Chakrata ST constituencyYashpal Arya a former Speaker in the state assembly who had recently joined the Congress after quitting the BJP has been fielded from his Bajpur-SC constituencyAryas son Sanjeev Arya has also been fielded from the Nainital SC assembly seat which he quit after resigning from the BJP along with his fatherSumit Hridayesh the son of senior Congress leader Indira Hridayesh who died in June last year has been fielded from Haldwani assembly seatThe Congress has also retained most of its sitting MLAs in its two lists announced so far PTI SKC RT RT