Uttarakhand Election

Pushkar Singh Dhami's appointment as Uttarakhand CM yielded positive results, he will lead BJP in polls, say party leaders

The BJP is confident of retaining power in the hill state as the party central leaders feel Dhami as chief minister helped it counter the negative publicity of changing chief minister twice within a few months.

Amit Shah sounds poll bugle in Uttarakhand, seeks another term for BJP

Addressing a rally in Dehradun, Shah said Modi brought development projects worth Rs 85,000 crore to the state and challenged the Congress to show what it had done during its tenure

Uttarakhand Gram Panchayat election 2019: HC allows candidates with more than two children to contest, but with rider

The BJP-led state government earlier in July had inserted a provision in the Uttarakhand Panchayat Raj Amendment Act, 2019, that said parents with more than two children will be disqualified from filing nomination and contesting the panchayat elections.

Trivendra Singh Rawat to be next chief minister of Uttarakhand; will be sworn-in on Saturday

Former state BJP chief Trivendra Singh Rawat will be sworn in as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand on Saturday, informed sources said on Friday.