Tag: Uttarakhand

CRICKET | My role is to take the game deep and finish things off: Smaran

November 26, 2025 admin

Karnataka’s Smaran in action during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy cricket match against Uttarakhand at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Format, opposition, conditions — nothing seems to matter to R. Smaran in his current vein of form. The Karnataka batter continued his prolific run…

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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma Rules Out Uniform Civil Code implementation

January 30, 2025 admin

Guwahati: Uttarakhand has become the first state in the country to implement UCC, but the Chief Minister of another hill state has ruled out a similar step. The implementation of Uniform Civil Code is neither practical nor appropriate, given the country’s diverse cultural and tribal communities, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said today. He, however,…

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PM Modi On Uniform Civil Code

January 28, 2025 admin

Underscoring that the Uniform Civil Code or UCC will strengthen the spirit of democracy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday hailed it as “Secular Civil Code”, a day after Uttarakhand became the first state to implement the law. “Yesterday, Uttarakhand became the state to implement the Uniform Civil Code…I congratulate the Uttarakhand government for this. It…

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Uttarakhand Is First State To Enforce Uniform Civil Code. What Changes Now

January 27, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Uttarakhand will implement a Uniform Civil Code from January 27, laying a framework for uniform marriage, divorce, property, inheritance and adoption laws for all citizens. It will become the second state after Goa to have a uniform legal framework for citizens. Implementation of the Code comes almost a year after the Bill was…

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Ex-Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat’s Name ‘Missing’ From Voters List

January 23, 2025 admin

Dehradun: Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat stepped out Thursday morning in Dehradun to vote in municipal body elections in the hill state. Except, he could not. Mr Rawat – a long-time resident of the city and who voted from Dehradun’s Niranjanpur neighbourhood in the April-June federal election and the 2022 Assembly…

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6 Dead, 22 Injured After Bus Falls Into 100-Meter-Deep Gorge In Uttarakhand

January 12, 2025 admin

Dehradun: Six people died and 22 others were injured when a bus fell into a ditch in Pauri Garhwal district’s Srinagar area on Sunday, officials said. According to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), the accident took place near Dahalchauri where the bus went out of control and fell into a 100-meter-deep gorge. The bus,…

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Bus Falls Into Gorge In Uttarakhand While Trying To Avoid Car On Wrong Side, 4 Killed

December 25, 2024 admin

Four people, including an 8-year-old boy, were killed and 24 injured after a roadways bus plunged into a 500-foot gorge in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district while trying to avoid a collision with a car. The bus, which had 28 people on board, was travelling from Pithoragarh to Haldwani on Wednesday when it veered off the road…

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How ‘Looteri Dulhan’ Targeted Rich Men

December 23, 2024 admin

Seema had first married a businessman from Agra in 2013. New Delhi: A woman was caught by the police over a decade after she married a series of men and collected a total of Rs 1.25 crore from them in the name of settlement. Seema alias Nikki, a resident of Uttarakhand, first married a businessman…

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Unable To Pay For Ambulance, Uttarakhand Family Takes Son’s Body On Car Roof

December 8, 2024 admin

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has taken cognisance of the incident. Dehradun: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has taken cognisance of the incident that happened with a family of Pithoragarh’s Berinag where a family had to take the body of their son on roof of an SUV as they were unable to pay the charges…

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Vehicles Entering Uttarakhand Will Soon Pay Green Cess; EVs, Bikes Exempted

December 7, 2024 admin

The cess will be charged based on single-day entries. (File) Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government will soon impose a green cess on out-of-state vehicles, an official said on Saturday. The amount ranges from Rs 20 to Rs 80 and will apply to commercial and private vehicles alike, he said. Two-wheelers, electric and CNG vehicles, those registered…

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