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Topic: Uttarakhand

Rains trigger landslides in Uttarakhand; Ganga breaches danger mark, alert issued in Haridwar

Officials said the Ganga crossed the warning level of 293 metres and reached 293.15 metres in Haridwar Sunday evening.

Raising marriageable age for women, ban on polygamy — what’s in Uttarakhand’s draft UCC

Constituted last year by Pushkar Singh Dhami govt, expert panel has also looked at live-in relationships & inheritance laws. Draft likely to be submitted to govt mid-July.

Dope to hope—India is seeing unprecedented boom in CBD. With AYUSH blessing

Indians are turning to CBD to treat pain and anxiety. Private players like BOHECO, trade associations like PIMCHA, and shop owners are breaking cannabis stereotypes.

‘Love jihad to land jihad’ — how a small Uttarakhand town became epicentre of polarisation politics

Uttarkashi district administration cancels 'mahapanchayat' planned by right-wing groups in Purola to discuss 'rising cases of love jihad'. Muslims are fleeing homes & shops due to 'hate'.

Go to high court: SC on plea to stop Uttarakhand mahapanchayat over hate speech concerns

On Tuesday, 52 former civil servants wrote to the state administration, expressing deep concern about recent communal and anti-Muslim programmes in the state.

Uttarkashi case shows how every Muslim becomes ‘love jihadi’. Time to break the stereotype

Forced conversion cases may exist but they are exceptions rather than the norm. And Muslim intellectuals have made few mitigation efforts to fight such attitudes.

Cricketers ‘fight’ sleepless nights over wrestlers’ stir & NCP workers on Sharad Pawar’s exit

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Char Dham yatra begins with opening of Yamunotri & Gangotri Dhams. 1st puja performed in name of PM Modi

The other two — Kedarnath and Shri Badrinath — will be open for devotees on 25 April and 27 April, respectively. At Dev Bhoomi, devotees were showered with flowers from helicopters.

Anti-social elements emerge from unauthorised mazars, Uttarakhand CM Dhami tells Hindu Right press

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the last couple of weeks.

Migration in Amrit Kaal creating inclusive metros. But it has clear political consequences

More than 37 per cent of people in India are internal migrants. This figure may increase when granular data is collected in the next census.

On Camera

Who is an Indian woman? Laapataa Ladies Oscar entry shows she must be submissive too

The sweeping statements by Film Federation of India Oscar jury dismiss the urban Indian woman’s life, and struggles, as foreign.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?