Other members of panel are former Sikkim HC Chief Justice Permod Kohli, former Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Shatrughna Singh, Doon University V-C Surekha Dangwal and social activist Manu Gaur.
At a media enclave organised by two RSS magazines, Dhami said UCC was a priority. He also said the deaths of Char Dham Yatra devotees were not because of 'administrative disorder'.
CM contesting Champawat seat, which goes to polls on 31 May. Officials in Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital & Haridwar district are preparing to launch drive after the voting.
Swami Anand Swaroop, one of the main speakers at Dharma Sansad in Haridwar last year, claims non-Hindus could attack the shrines. CM says 'seers' views will be honoured'.
Uttarakhand minister Satpal Maharaj says writing & revising ACRs of civil servants is a ‘minister’s right’. CM asks chief secretary to assess system in states where ministers are involved in process.
Dr Nidhi Uniyal of Government Doon Medical College and Hospital resigned, alleging the health secretary’s wife resorted to 'unpleasant language'. Health secretary says transfer routine.
Customary laws should be respected, unfair practices should be weeded out first, say RSS leaders. Sangh faces dilemma with tribal communities, who may not want to give up personal laws.
At the first state cabinet committee meeting headed by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Thursday, a decision was taken to set up a panel to draft a UCC for Uttarakhand.
Dhami, despite losing his seat in the recently-concluded assembly polls, took oath in the presence of PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and other Union ministers.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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