The officials stated that the UCC 2024 Act would respect all religious and customary practices for solemnising marriages but for the violation of its basic conditions mentioned in the law like age, mental capacity and if the spouse is alive.
Uttarakhand Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday alleged that large number of madrasas are running illegally in the state including those displaced from Uttar Pradesh. He said district administrations are investigating illegal madarsas and their fund sources in the state following orders by the government.
The police, however, denied receiving a complaint about the rape and murder of the 35-year-old woman.
Pushkar Singh Dhami warned that those involved in love jehad, land jehad, and religious conversion would be dealt with a heavy hand.
The mortal remains of Uttarakhand's martyr, Sepoy Narayan Singh, will return to his village after 56 years, with no direct family members left to claim him. His wife, Basanti Devi, passed away 13 years ago, in 2011. Narayan Singh is survived by his two stepsons and five stepdaughters.
The special train sanctioned by the Centre, named Kedar Badri Kartik (Murugan) Koil Yathirai, will have its first run with 165 passengers from Madurai in Tamil Nadu to Rishikesh.
In the notice, Pradesh BJP president Ajay Bhatt threatened to initiate unilateral disciplinary action against Thukral if he did not offer an explanation for his Islamophobic statements within a week.
Three days after a cloudburst triggered a flash flood in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district, rescue operations are still underway, officials said…
