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Topic: Uttarakhand

NRI marriage registration & passport linkage within a week of wedding, BJP suggests for UCC

Making a submission to the Madhya Pradesh UCC committee, party says this will end problem of abandonment, also suggests strict measures against child marriage.

Uttarakhand, Gujarat, now Assam: How the 3 states’ UCC models compare, from marriage to succession

Assam is set to be the third state in India to implement UCC, marking a significant step in realisation of the constitutional vision under Article 44 as Directive Principle of State Policy.

India’s 1st criminal case under UCC: Uttarakhand Police charges man for forcing divorced wife into halala

Family booked for dowry harassment, but Mohammed Danish faces up to three years in jail for contravening state’s civil code on dissolution of marriage and conditions for remarriage.

How Uttarakhand’s weather changed from 1951 to 2025. ‘We get barely a month of grain’

In the hill states of North India, winter rainfall plays a critical role in agriculture. A shortfall can directly affect soil moisture, crop growth, and yields.

HC gags Uttarakhand gym owner ‘Mohammad’ Deepak, junks plea for counter-FIR & police protection

Kumar is named as accused in FIR over his confrontation with Right-wing group on 26 January. HC Thursday questioned him for seeking police protection, asking how an accused can seek it.

BJP plans ‘Sanatani’ bootcamp for turncoats, and a minister whose dogs found Insta fame

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty, and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

‘Mohammad’ Deepak and Prabhavathi Amma are India’s heroes. They shake us out of our cynicism

Kumar and Amma's actions matter. In a country where collective complacency has calcified into a survival strategy, watching someone say 'no' feels radical.

Global media on why Delhi is ‘invested’ in Bangladesh polls & ‘secular India’s icon Muhammed Deepak’

FT reports on Delhi looking at Dhaka closely, new AI rules; BBC interviews Uttarakhand gym owner; AP looks at farmers protesting India-US trade deal; The Guardian revisits Indian trains.

The idea of India rests on ‘traitors’ like Uttarakhand’s Mohammad Deepak

When I choose to be a dissenting voice within my community, or when I write about atrocities faced by minorities in Muslim-majority countries, people like Deepak become my strength.

‘This is not Kashmir’: Assault on teen shawl seller in Uttarakhand started with ‘where are you from’

Alarm bells are ringing after two brothers were assaulted in the Vikasnagar area of Dehradun Wednesday upon revealing their Kashmiri Muslim identity to a shopkeeper.

On Camera

Why Zendaya is the undisputed queen of method dressing

One of the early examples of method dressing is when Geena Davis arrived at the 1992 premiere of A League of Their Own in a white dress detailed with baseball-inspired stitching.

Will govt slash petrol, diesel prices just yet? What Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri said

Puri says govt will now focus on expanding India’s energy storage capacity but it should not be viewed only through lens of underground strategic petroleum reserves (SPRs).

Rollout of Gen Bipin Rawat’s Integrated Battle Groups begins with China-focused 17 Mountain Strike Corps

IBGs made their debut under a trial in 2019 and are meant to enable the Army to launch quick offensive ops in 204 hours through agile self-sufficient strike formations.

Publisher ban on Sacco’s brilliant Muzaffarnagar riot comic is a cynical joke on India’s freedoms

Sacco’s ‘reporting’ is incredibly granular but there are areas where he can be faulted. Don’t let this undermine where his true focus is, in showing how local disputes led to riots.