Uttarakhand
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Telangana higher education sees 8 pc drop in teachers since 2014
Hyderabad: Telangana’s higher education system employed 84,568 teachers in 2023-24, a decline of 8 percent from the 91,932 teachers on record in 2014-15, according to data from the All India Survey on…
- India
Uttarakhand HC raps police for stopping man bound for CJP protest
The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday, July 21, sharply criticised the state police over the detention of a political activist who was travelling to Delhi to participate in a protest over the…
- India
Man held for ‘objectionable’ remarks about BJP Mahila workers
Police arrested a man on Sunday for allegedly making “obscene, objectionable, and indecent” remarks on social media against women workers of the BJP who had protested against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s recent…
- India
Uttarakhand: Man asked for ID, prevented from offering namaz
Uttarakhand: A Muslim man was allegedly stopped from performing Friday prayers on the road by locals of Uttarakhand’s Rishikesh. Sanjay Singh Chauhan, who identifies himself as a supporter of the Bharatiya Janata…
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Uttarakhand: Man harassed for selling mangoes on roadside
Uttarakhand: A Muslim fruit seller was harassed by locals in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district, demanding that he relocate elsewhere. The incident occurred in Kotabagh hamlet. The vendor, selling mangoes in front of a…
- India
Uttarakhand becomes country’s sixth fully literate state
Uttarakhand on Wednesday became the country’s sixth fully literate state under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the ‘ULLAS’ (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) programme, officials said. The state…
- Hate Crime
Bajrang Dal accuses family of converting house into mosque
Dehradun: Members of Bajrang Dal confronted a Muslim man following Friday namaz on July 3 and accused him of converting his home into a mosque in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand’s Dehradun district. Mohammad Idris…
- Hate Crime
Uttarakhand: Bajrang Dal, VHP claim to find ‘illegal’ madrasa
Chamoli: Members of the right-wing Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad raised allegations that a madrasa was being illegally operated in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district after entering a house where a child was…
- Hate Crime
Hindutva worker stops woman washing clothes at Ganga, ignores others
Haridwar: A Hindutva worker harassed a Muslim woman who was washing her clothes in the Ganga river, while devotees were captured doing the same in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. A viral video surfaced on…
- India
Uttarakhand abolishes Madrasa Board, sets common authority
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday, July 1, officially replaced the state’s Madrasa Board with the Uttarakhand State Minority Education Authority, bringing educational institutions belonging to all six notified minority communities under…
- India
Stop renting houses to Muslims: Uttarakhand Hindutva leader
Uttarakhand: Radha Semwal Dhoni, a far-right supporter and leader of a Dehradun-based Hindutva organisation, Sanatan Sanskriti, has asked locals not to rent out their properties to Muslims. A video of her assaulting…
- Hate Crime
Dehradun BJP leader’s murder leads to arson, stone-pelting
Dehradun: Communal tension persists in Uttarakhand’s capital following the murder of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary, Vinod Kumar, on Saturday, June 13, with reports of riots, large-scale violence, arson, and stone-pelting.…
- Hate Crime
Tortured with pliers, nails driven into feet: Dalit teen killed
Dehradun: His nails were pulled out with pliers, iron nails were driven into his feet, and severe wounds were dealt to his genitals, the father of a Dalit boy who was allegedly…
- Hate Crime
Mullo namaz padhna bhul jaoge: Hindutva leader threatens Muslims
Ghaziabad: Uttarakhand Kali Sena state president Bhupesh Joshi triggered communal unrest after threatening Muslims in Delhi, announcing they would “forget how to offer namaz” and that Hanuman Chalisa would be recited in…
- India
Rahul Gandhi to begin 2-day Uttarakhand outreach today
Dehradun: Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is set to begin a two-day visit to Uttarakhand on Thursday, June 4, during which he will address a public…