var app = angular.module('plunker', ['ui.bootstrap', 'ui.bootstrap.tpls', 'ui.router'])
.run(['$rootScope', '$state', '$stateParams',
      function ($rootScope, $state, $stateParams) {
      // It's very handy to add references to $state and $stateParams to the $rootScope
      // so that you can access them from any scope within your applications.For example,
      // <li ng-class="{ active: $state.includes('contacts.list') }"> will set the <li>
      // to active whenever 'contacts.list' or one of its decendents is active.
        $rootScope.$state = $state;
        $rootScope.$stateParams = $stateParams;
      }]);
app.config(function($stateProvider,$locationProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {
  $urlRouterProvider.otherwise("/");
  $locationProvider.html5Mode(false).hashPrefix('!');
  $stateProvider
    .state('left', {
      url: "/",
      views: {
        "viewA": {
          template: '<h1>Left Tab, index.viewA</h1><br><div class="well col-xs-2">' +
                    '<a ui-sref=".link1">Link1</a><br>' +
                    '<a ui-sref=".link2">Link2</a></div>' +
                    '<div class="col-xs-6">' +
                    '<div ui-view="viewA.link1"></div>' +
                    '<div ui-view="viewA.link2"></div></div>'
        },
        "viewC": {
          template: 'Left Tab, viewC <div ui-view="viewC.link1"></div>' +
                    '<div ui-view="viewC.link2"></div>'
        }
      }
    })
    .state('left.link1', {
      url: 'link1',
      onExit: function() {
        console.log('I will explode your router');
      },
      views: {
        "viewA.link1": {
          template: '<h2>viewA Nest Link1</h2><ul>' +
                    '<li ng-repeat="thing in link1things">{{thing}}</li></ul>',
          controller: 'Tab1Link1Ctrl',
          data: {}
        },
        "viewC.link1": {
          template: 'Link1'
        }
      }
    })
    .state('left.link2', {
      url: 'link2',
      views: {
        "viewA.link2": {
          template: '<h2>viewA Nest Link2</h2><ul>' +
                    '<li ng-repeat="thing in link2things">{{thing}}</li></ul>',
          controller: 'Tab1Link2Ctrl',
          data: {}
        },
        "viewC.link2": {
          template: 'Link2'
        }
      }
    })
    .state('right', {
      url: "/right",
      onEnter: ['$state', function($state) {
        console.log('goodbye, router');
      }],
      views: {
        "viewA": {
          template: '<h1>Right Tab, viewA</h1>',
          controller: '2ndTabCtrl',
          data: {}
        },
        "viewC": {
          template: 'Right Tab, viewC <div ui-view="viewC.list"></div>'
        }
      }
    });
});

app.controller('Tabs', ['$scope', '$stateParams', '$state',
  function($scope, $stateParams, $state) {}
]);

app.controller('2ndTabCtrl', ['$scope', '$stateParams', '$state',
  function($scope, $stateParams, $state) {}
]);

app.controller('Tab1Link1Ctrl', ['$scope', '$stateParams', '$state',
  function($scope, $stateParams, $state) {
    $scope.link1things = ["A", "Set", "Of", "Things", "link1", "viewA"];
  }
]);

app.controller('Tab1Link2Ctrl', ['$scope', '$stateParams', '$state',
  function($scope, $stateParams, $state) {
    $scope.link2things = ["A", "Set", "Of", "Things", "link2", "viewA"];
  }
]);
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="plunker">

<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
  <link data-require="bootstrap-css@*" data-semver="3.0.3" rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
  <link data-require="font-awesome@*" data-semver="4.0.3" rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.0.3/css/font-awesome.css" />
  <script>
    document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');
  </script>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
  <script data-require="angular.js@1.2.x" src="http://code.angularjs.org/1.2.9/angular.js" data-semver="1.2.9"></script>
  <script data-require="ui-bootstrap@*" data-semver="0.10.0" src="http://angular-ui.github.io/bootstrap/ui-bootstrap-tpls-0.10.0.min.js"></script>
  <script data-require="angular-animate@*" data-semver="1.2.9" src="http://code.angularjs.org/1.2.9/angular-animate.js"></script>
  <script src="http://angular-ui.github.io/ui-router/release/angular-ui-router.min.js"></script>
  <script src="app.js"></script>
  <!--<script src="ui-bootstrap-tpls-0.10.0.js"></script>-->
</head>

<body ng-controller="Tabs">

  <div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">
    <div class="navbar-header">
        <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" ng-click="collapsed = !collapsed" ng-model="collapsed" ng-init="collapsed = true">
            <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
        </button>
        <a class="navbar-brand navbar-right" href="#">
          <i class="icon-home"></i><div ui-view="viewC"></div>
        </a>
    </div>
  </div>
  <br><br>

  <h3>angularJS 1.2.* + ui.bootstrap.tabs + ui-router</h3>
  <h4>Tabs & Multiple Named Views example (plus nests)</h4>
  
  <span>$state = <b>{{$state.current.name}}</b></span><br>
  <span>$state url = <b>{{$state.$current.url.source}}</b></span>
  
    <tabset>
      <tab>
        <tab-heading>
          <a ui-sref="left" ui-sref-active="active">Left</a>
        </tab-heading>
      </tab>
      <tab>
        <tab-heading>
          <a ui-sref="right" ui-sref-active="active">Right</a>
        </tab-heading>
      </tab>
    </tabset>
    <div class="row">
      <br>
        <div ui-view="viewA">
          <!--Here is the A content-->
        </div>
    </div>

</body>

</html>
/* Put your css in here */