New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): With the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) party chief Chirag Paswan claiming humiliation over eviction from the 12, Janpath bungalow, the government has claimed that the action has been taken as per the rules while sufficient time was given to the occupants to vacate the place.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 23 (ANI): The newly sworn-in Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami has by all accounts a challenge on hand to ensure political stability in the state after the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) bagged a simple majority in the state Assembly, besides expediting the completion of key infrastructure projects.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 22 (ANI): BJP leader Pushkar Singh Dhami, who was elected leader of the legislature party in Uttarakhand on Monday, will take oath as Chief Minister of the state for a second term on Wednesday at 3:30 pm.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 21 (ANI): After days of speculation, Pushkar Singh Dhami was elected leader of BJP legislature party in Uttarakhand on Monday, paving the way for his taking over the reins of the state for a second time.

Dehradun Mar 21 PTI All eyes are set on the BJPs legislature party meeting here on Monday to decide the next chief minister of Uttarakhand where the party stormed back to power for an unprecedented second successive termThe meeting to be attended by BJPs central observers for Uttarakhand -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi -- is scheduled to start at the state party office here on Balbir Road at 5 pmThe meeting will end the 10-day long suspense over who will wear the crown in Uttarakhand where the BJP contested the elections in the name of a young chief minister in Pushkar Singh DhamiThough Dhami lost his own seat of Khatima he is the frontrunner for the top post among about half-a-dozen names doing the rounds Other probable names for the top job include those of Chaubattakhal MLA Satpal Maharaj Shrinagar MLA Dhan Singh Rawat former Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Union Minister of State for Defence Ajay BhattThe partys newly-elected MLAs will also gather at the BJP office here for the meeting to elect their leader The MLAs were earlier in the day sworn in as members of the state assembly by its protem speaker Banshidhar BhagatPTI ALM SRY

New Delhi Mar 20 PTI The newly elected BJP MLAs of Uttarakhand will meet in Dehradun on Monday to choose their leader who will be the next chief minister of the hill state where the party has stormed back to power for an unprecedented second successive termThe decision to convene a meeting of the MLAs was taken after state BJP leaders including caretaker chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Trivendra Singh Rawat both former CMs among others met the partys central leadership at Union Home Minister Amit Shahs residence here state party chief Madan Kaushik saidBesides Shah BJP president JP Nadda and general secretary organisation BL Santhosh were also present in the meeting that lasted more than an hourKaushik who also attended the meeting said the BJP legislative party will meet Monday evening after the MLAs have taken the oath as members of the state assemblyEarlier in the day Dhami said the process of government formation is underway and the BJPs central leadership will take a call on the next chief ministerThe party has appointed Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as the observer for government formation in the stateThe BJP despite its emphatic win has been in a bit of quandary over the new chief minister as Dhami who spearheaded its successful campaign lost his Khatami seat A section of the partys state unit still wants Dhami as the chief minister while some favour a change Dhami continues to be the frontrunner for the chief ministers post despite his defeat but other probable names for the top job doing the rounds include those of Chaubattakhal MLA Satpal Maharaj Shrinagar MLA Dhan Singh Rawat and Rajya Sabha member Anil Baluni Union Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt and former chief minister and union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank are also being talked about as probable candidates for the top jobThe BJP clinched 47 seats in the 70-member Assembly PTI JTRALM SK SK

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday tasked party workers and election candidates with responsibilities for the March 10 counting of votes in the state.

Dehradun Jan 25 PTI With Covid curbs in place and less than a month to go for the February 14 Assembly polls both the BJP and the Congress in Uttarakhand are making the optimum use of social media to reach out to voters Amid the ban on poll rallies the BJP has already held 18 virtual meetings through its two studios set up in Dehradun and Haldwani partys IT head Himanshu Sangtani told PTI The meetings have been addressed by a host of party leaders including Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami state BJP president Madan Kaushik Union Minister of State Ajay Bhatt former Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Vijay Bahuguna he said The chief speaker and the candidate join the electorate through these studios at these virtual meetings and we stream the address live through Facebook Twitter and YouTube he said Each of the virtual meetings held so far got around one lakh views on an average Sangtani said With Covid curbs likely to be eased from February 1 more virtual rallies to be addressed by the partys star campaigners like Prime Minister Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda will be held he said The schedule of the programme of the partys star campaigners is being worked out in Delhi he said Social media platforms like Facebook are also being used by the party to connect with the electorate party functionaries here said There are around 35 lakh Facebook users in Uttarakhand and we have reached out to about 20 lakh of them BJPs internet media cell head Shekhar Verma said When asked whether candidates have a disadvantage due to the restrictions on actual poll rallies Verma said though there can be no substitute to actual meetings that help the candidates connect directly with voters with the smartphone in almost all hands the option of social media outreach has also become hassle-free The Congress has also deployed its team of 400 social media volunteers to spread the partys message via around 1500 party workers using Facebook Twitter Instagram and around 150 of its official WhatsApp groups partys media cell coordinator Amarjeet Singh told PTI A team of 50 content creators conceives and designs the matter to be floated in the form of audio-video clips or cartoons to take the failures of BJP government and the achievements of previous Congress governments to the masses through social media platforms he said For example around 50000 users joined the partys campaign of Char Dham Char Kam which was trending across social media platforms on Monday Singh claimed The Congress launched the theme song of the partys election campaign Char Dham Char Kam in Dehradun on Monday making four promises to people if elected to power The promises included Rs 40000 per annum to five lakh families in the state and not letting the LPG cylinder price cross Rs 500 The party has not held many virtual meetings so far except the few addressed by Harish Rawat from Delhi for Almora and Didihat constituencies as most prominent party leaders were in the national capital until recently he said Now most of them are back and the process will pick up momentum in the coming days Easing of Covid curbs likely from February 1 will also bring some relief to us as larger rallies of around 500 people will be possible he said PTI ALM RDK RDK

Dehradun Oct 26 PTI Former Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday gifted a copy of his book written during his battle with COVID-19 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi according to an official statement The book titled Ek Jang Ladte Hue was written by Pokhriyal while he was battling COVID-19 at AIIMS in Delhi it said Gifting the book to the prime minister during a courtesy call in New Delhi Pokhriyal also thanked him for talking to him on the phonewhen he was hospitalised and boosting his morale the statement said PTI ALM ANB ANB

New Delhi Sep 29 PTI Over 470 students will be awarded their PhD degrees at the fifth convocation of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will be the chief guest at the convocation to be held Thursday in virtual mode owing to the pandemic Satish Garkoti Rector II of the university said 479 students have registered for the convocation All are PhD students Their names will be announced during the online ceremony and they will be able to collect the degrees and certificates later he said The first convocation of the university was held in 1972 when G Parthasarathi was the vice-chancellor The practice resumed in 2018 after a gap of almost 46 years with JNU chancellor Dr V K Saraswat as the chief guest Vice President Venkaiah Naidu was the chief guest at the third convocation in 2019 which saw protests by students over hostel fee hike forcing then HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank to stay inside the venue for over six hours Last year the convocation was held online due to Covid with President Ram Nath Kovind gracing the occasion PTI SLB MGA MGA