The Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2025 introduces tougher jail terms, fines, property seizure, and victim protection in cases of illegal religious conversions.
The government has sealed over 50 ‘illegal’ madrasas in a span of 2 weeks. Experts say it is using communal politics to take the focus away from crucial issues.
Sources said draft report also recommends curtailing rights of DMs to allocate land, capping land size for industrial purposes in select areas of Uttarakhand, and doing away with the 2018 amendment.
Former Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Rawat says PM Modi 'appreciated' how his govt handled Kedarpuri reconstruction, says he's opposed to review of Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board.
Rawat is heading the state election campaign committee for 2022 polls while his loyalists are in key party panels. Rivals led by Pritam Singh say change in PCC leadership was ‘untimely and a wrong decision’ by high command.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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