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Uttarakhand Governor Krishna Kant Paul appointed BJP Legislative Party leader Trivendra Singh Rawat as CM and invited him to form government. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

BJP leader Trivendra Rawat appointed U'khand CM, to be sworn in...

RSS man Trivendra Singh Rawat, who is close to Amit Shah, was on Friday elected the BJP Legislature Party leader.

17 March 2017 4:43 PM IST

Trivendra Singh Rawat has left behind other probables for the top post like Satpla Maharaj, who left Congress to join BJP in 2014, and Prakash Pant, the first Speaker of the state. (Photo: Facebook)

RSS man Trivendra Singh Rawat BJP's top pick for Uttarakhand CM:...

Rawat has worked closely with BJP President Amit Shah during the 2014 general elections.

17 March 2017 2:30 PM IST

BJP in-charge for Uttarakhand, Shyam Jaju with Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank celebrating the partys victory in Assembly elections in Dehradun. (Photo: PTI/File)

Uttarakhand BJP legislature party to meet tomorrow to pick CM...

The BJP scored a massive victory in the recently held Assembly elections winning 57 of the 70 seats.

16 March 2017 8:45 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo: PTI)

Arun Jaitley slips while boarding chopper in Haridwar, unhurt

TV visuals showed Jaitley being attended to by a medic as he sat near the chopper after the mishap, flanked by Ramdev.

12 March 2017 6:39 PM IST

Senior BJP leader Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank celebrates with party workers after the declaration of assembly election results in Dehradun on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Defection led to Congress' defeat in Uttrakhand

Uttrakhand CM Harish Rawat tenders resignation to governor.

12 March 2017 4:50 AM IST

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat (Photo: PTI)

Harish Rawat fails to raise Congress flag in Uttarakhand

Harish Rawat failed to rise to the expectations as the Congress was reduced to 11 seats in Uttarakhand.

12 March 2017 2:12 AM IST

Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat. (Photo: PTI)

Rawat fails to prove political soothsayers wrong

In a humiliating defeat, Rawat lost both the seats he contested from in the Assembly polls.

11 March 2017 8:10 PM IST

BJP workers play holi with a giant cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate the partys victory in the UP and Uttarakhand Assembly elections, at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday.

While BJP won, its state president Ajay Bhatt lost in U'Khand

The party went on to register a huge victory by securing a comfortable majority in the polls.

11 March 2017 7:49 PM IST

Harish Rawat tendered his resignation from post of Uttarakhand CM to Governor K. K. Paul, earlier on Saturday. (Photo: ANI)

Uttarakhand CM Rawat to resign at 3 pm

The congress leader had lost from both the seats he had contested from in the Assembly polls.

11 March 2017 2:31 PM IST

Congress Senior Leader Ambika Soni and Uttrakhand CM Harish Rawat with state Congress party delegation talking to media after meeting the Election Commission of India, in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Rawat's loss total rejection of his leadership: BJP

The party credited the land-slide victory to the Modi wave in the state.

11 March 2017 2:22 PM IST

BJP supporters celebrating the partys victory in UP and Uttarakhand Assembly polls in Surat. (Photo: PTI)

Uttarakhand election results 2017: BJP rides Modi wave, annihilates...

The party received a clear mandate and caused some serious damage to the outgoing Congress's seat toll.

10 March 2017 5:12 PM IST

Faisals mother Meenakshis statement pointed the needle of suspicion at Sangh Parivar organisations and their involvement in the murder which was reportedly in retaliation for Faisals and his familys recent conversion to Islam.

U'khand: Woman held for husband, father-in-law's murder

The police have also arrested the woman's paramour, who lived as tenant in the couple's house,

6 March 2017 11:34 AM IST