Cm Harish Rawat

Harish Rawat, one of the Congress's top trouble-shooters, has hinted at new trouble for the party in tweets that appear to be a very public takedown of the Gandhis.

For Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, the last day of nominations brought with it a historic 'first'. After filing his nomination from Kichcha on Tuesday, the Chief Minister on Friday filed his nomination from Haridwar Rural, one of the 11 assembly seats in Haridwar district, where he won the Lok Sabha polls in 2009.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has accepted opposition BJP's "challenge" for an open debate on the sting operation case in which he has been purportedly shown negotiating a deal to buy support of disgruntled party legislators at the time of the recent political crisis in Uttarakhand.

CBI will question Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat tomorrow for the second time in connection with a preliminary inquiry into a sting operation to get information on some specific issues on which it said his responses were not satisfactory.

Meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time after weathering a month-long political crisis in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat today said the former has a "friendly attitude" towards all CMs, including him, and hoped it remains the same in future.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat was today examined by CBI for nearly five hours in connection with a preliminary inquiry into a sting operation involving him with the agency claiming he did not fully answer some questions during the session.

"Sometimes even an ant can trouble an elephant," Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat said today, targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, hours after appearing before the CBI in the sting CD case involving him.

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat, who had so far been insisting the sting CD of him was "fake", today virtually accepted his presence in the video.

In a sudden curtailment of inter-cadre deputation, the Centre has ordered the transfer of former Personal Secretary to Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Mohammad Shahid to the place of his immediate previous posting, after a sting video purportedly showing him negotiating a bribery deal went public.

After winning the crucial trust vote earlier this week, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna held a meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday to discuss portfolio allocation for ministers of the newly-sworn in government in the state where the party had faced a revolt by Union Minister Harish Rawat's loyalists.

The Congress' Uttarakhand crisis refused to die down on Sunday with sulking Union Minister Harish Rawat saying he has not received any 'concrete' proposals from the central leadership to compensate him. Mr Rawat, who was ignored by the party for the Chief Minister's post in the state, indicated his unhappiness, saying though he's not in the race fo...

Vijay Bahuguna has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. It was a short ceremony on Tuesday evening, with only Mr Bahuguna taking oath. Getting his government together is likely to be less simple - in resolutely appointing Mr Bahuguna the Congress has ignored the loud rebellion of veteran leader Harish Rawat, who says he should be...

Harish Rawat, one of the Congress's top trouble-shooters, has hinted at new trouble for the party in tweets that appear to be a very public takedown of the Gandhis.

For Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, the last day of nominations brought with it a historic 'first'. After filing his nomination from Kichcha on Tuesday, the Chief Minister on Friday filed his nomination from Haridwar Rural, one of the 11 assembly seats in Haridwar district, where he won the Lok Sabha polls in 2009.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has accepted opposition BJP's "challenge" for an open debate on the sting operation case in which he has been purportedly shown negotiating a deal to buy support of disgruntled party legislators at the time of the recent political crisis in Uttarakhand.

CBI will question Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat tomorrow for the second time in connection with a preliminary inquiry into a sting operation to get information on some specific issues on which it said his responses were not satisfactory.

Meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time after weathering a month-long political crisis in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat today said the former has a "friendly attitude" towards all CMs, including him, and hoped it remains the same in future.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat was today examined by CBI for nearly five hours in connection with a preliminary inquiry into a sting operation involving him with the agency claiming he did not fully answer some questions during the session.

"Sometimes even an ant can trouble an elephant," Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat said today, targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, hours after appearing before the CBI in the sting CD case involving him.

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat, who had so far been insisting the sting CD of him was "fake", today virtually accepted his presence in the video.

In a sudden curtailment of inter-cadre deputation, the Centre has ordered the transfer of former Personal Secretary to Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Mohammad Shahid to the place of his immediate previous posting, after a sting video purportedly showing him negotiating a bribery deal went public.

After winning the crucial trust vote earlier this week, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna held a meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday to discuss portfolio allocation for ministers of the newly-sworn in government in the state where the party had faced a revolt by Union Minister Harish Rawat's loyalists.

The Congress' Uttarakhand crisis refused to die down on Sunday with sulking Union Minister Harish Rawat saying he has not received any 'concrete' proposals from the central leadership to compensate him. Mr Rawat, who was ignored by the party for the Chief Minister's post in the state, indicated his unhappiness, saying though he's not in the race fo...

Vijay Bahuguna has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. It was a short ceremony on Tuesday evening, with only Mr Bahuguna taking oath. Getting his government together is likely to be less simple - in resolutely appointing Mr Bahuguna the Congress has ignored the loud rebellion of veteran leader Harish Rawat, who says he should be...