The viral video depicting a girl pleading against eviction in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, is misleadingly portrayed as recent, despite being from January 2023. Amidst the unrest in Haldwani, triggered by demolition activities and resulting in fatalities, the emotional plea captured online attention.
Six people were killed in the February 8 violence that erupted in Uttarakhand's Haldwani during the demolition of an illegal madrassa.
A violence broke out after the illegally-built madrassa was razed by the authorities in an anti-enchroachment drive in Haldwani. The Uttarakhand DGP said that stringent National Security Act will be invoked against those who rioted and attacked the police personnel.
Four people have been arrested for allegedly being involved in the attack on the police station and police personnel and three FIRs registered, the SSP said.
Most of the people hospitalised after the violence at Malik ka Bagicha in the city's Banbhoolpura area were police personnel. The remaining were municipal workers involved in the demolition of the local madrasa and a mosque in its complex, they said.
Haldwani violence: Tension prevailed in Haldwani on Thursday after several establishments, including a mosque and a madrasa, which were illegally constructed on government land, were demolished.
UCC Bill: Coming just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the 192-page Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024 bill ticks off an important item on the BJP’s ideological agenda -- a common law on marriage, divorce, land, property and inheritance for all citizens, irrespective of their religion.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami presented the bill in the House. In a symbolic gesture, he entered the Assembly with an original copy of the Constitution.
Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill: UCC seeks to establish a unified legal framework applicable to all religious communities in India, covering aspects like marriage, divorce, inheritance, and more. Rooted in Article 44 of the Indian Constitution, it aims to eliminate the influence of religion on law.
If UCC is implemented, BJP-ruled Uttarakhand will become the first state in the country after Independence to adopt it. A UCC has been operational in Goa since the days of the Portuguese rule.
Uttarakhand Cabinet approved the Uniform Civil Code report submitted to the state government by the UCC panel. The Bill on the same will now be presented in the Assembly for passage as the session begins on February 5.
Uttarakhand had constituted a panel on the Uniform Civil Code under Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai on May 27, 2022. The UCC was promised to the people of the state in the run-up to the 2022 assembly polls in Uttarakhand.
Congress leader and former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat said the UCC issue is being hyped because the BJP government in the state has no concrete achievements to talk about.
The BJP had vowed to implement Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttarakhand in the run-up to the Assembly polls in 2022. The UCC Bill will be presented in the Assembly session, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced.
The BJP had vowed to implement Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand in the run up to the state Assembly polls in 2022. The final report of the UCC Committee will be presented to the government on February 2.
Recognising the overwhelming response of devotees, the temple administration has extended the time for darshan. The timing for darshan now is from 6 am to 10 pm so that a maximum number of devotees can be accommodated.
Uttarakhand government has banned large-scale sale of land to outsiders until a detailed public hearing on the matter after protests by social organisations in the state.
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the draft on Uniform Civil Code will be submitted to the Uttarakhand government soon by the expert committee.
Today, the Government of India is making unprecedented investments in Uttarakhand related to connectivity, the Prime Minister said at the Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit in Dehradun.
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