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Topic: Uttarakhand

As Ayodhya row rages, theft allegations at Badrinath as BJP-ruled Uttarakhand heads for polls

The Badrinath temple committee has ordered an inquiry after a Hindu outfit accused an employee of stealing devotees' offerings. The BJP says the issue is being politicised. 

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.

On Camera

Modi govt has finally learned that common sense works better than arrogance

Nobody in power was smart enough to see that if the student protests are about your arrogance, the worst way to respond is with even more arrogance.

The fading nation-State and the twilight of national investing

As nation-State's power to tax, regulate technology & oversee work erodes, its role as default provider of public goods—and case for home-biased investing—comes under growing pressure. 

Netra Mk2 to get 100-plus radars & sensors, aircraft to undergo modifications in Spain & India

Airbus will carry out major structural modifications on the six A321s before DRDO & its partners integrate the indigenous mission systems, with first aircraft expected by 2031-32.

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.