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CBI registers horse-trading case against Harish Rawat

The Nainital High Court allowed the CBI to register a case against the former Uttarakhand chief minister in the 2016 sting operationIn 2016, Rawat was allegedly caught on camera negotiating a horse-trading deal with nine rebel legislators to bring them back into the Congress party

1 min read23 Oct 2019
Politics

Trouble for Harish Rawat, high court gives CBI nod to register case

The high court instructed the agency not to arrest the veteran leader until the court pronounces its final judgementIn 2016, Rawat was allegedly caught on camera allegedly negotiating a horse-trading deal with nine rebel legislators

1 min read30 Sep 2019
Politics

Uttarakhand election results: CM Harish Rawat's losses mirror Congress fortunes

In the Uttarakhand assembly elections, chief minister Harish Rawat has lost in both his constituenciesHaridwar rural and Kichha

2 min read11 Mar 2017
Politics

Uttarakhand election results: How Vijay Bahuguna chose the winning horse

Vijay Bahuguna's political judgement seems to be spot on and he seems to have chosen the winning horse with exit polls showing the BJP leading in Uttarakhand

2 min read12 Mar 2017
Politics

Akhilesh Yadav is the most talked about leader on Facebook for assembly polls

Navjot Singh Sidhu, L. Bashanta Singh, Harish Rawat and Elvis Gomes are the other most popular candidates for assembly polls, according to latest Facebook data

1 min read16 Feb 2017
Politics

Uttarakhand elections: A quick guide to what's at stake in today's voting

Voting is on for Uttarakhand's 69 assembly seats with a bipolar contest between the ruling Congress against the BJP. No party has won consecutive terms in the hill state

1 min read15 Feb 2017
Politics

As Uttarakhand goes to polls today, it's too close to call

Apart from issues of unemployment and migration, both BJP and Congress take on infighting and defection in the Uttarakhand assembly elections

5 min read15 Feb 2017
Opinion

Uttarakhand polls: A real kaleidoscope

Congress leaders until recently charged with corruption by the BJP are now part of the latter, and many BJP politicians have defected to the Congress

4 min read16 Feb 2017
Politics

Uttarakhand: Rahul Gandhi, Harish Rawat booked for model code violation

The case was registered against Rahul Gandhi and Harish Rawat as they had EC's permission to end their roadshow from Bhagwanpur to Haridwar by 7 pm, but it went on till midnight

1 min read15 Feb 2017
Politics

Uttarakhand elections: Congress woos ‘last person in the society'

Congress, BJP manifestos for the Uttarakhand elections focus on development, youth, migration and farmers

2 min read6 Feb 2017

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