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Uttarakhand: Barber shop forcefully shut down, accused of ‘love jihad’
A Muslim-owned unisex salon in Uttarakhand’s Rishikesh was forced to close before its official opening after a Hindutva organisation, Hindu Shakti Sangathan, accused it of “center of immoral activity.” The incident occurred…
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Amendments making anti-conversion law stricter tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly
Gairsain: The amendments to the anti-conversion law to make it harsher, with stringent provisions like punishment up to life imprisonment and heavy fines, was introduced in the state assembly on Tuesday. The…
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Uttarakhand becomes 1st state to pass Uniform Civil Code Bill
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) by a voice vote, the first such move by any state after Independence that could be replicated by similar legislations…
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AIMPLB voices opposition against Uttarakhand’s UCC move
The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill was introduced in the Uttarakhand Assembly by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday, February 6. The bill proposes a uniform civil code governing marriage, divorce,…
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Uttarakhand Assembly session to begin today; UCC bill to be tabled on Feb 6
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Assembly session will begin on Monday in Vidhan Bhavan, Dehradun, at 11 am. In this special session of the Assembly, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s government will table the…
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Uttarakhand Cabinet approves draft Uniform Civil Code Bill
Dehradun: The final draft of the Uniform Civil Code was approved by the Uttarakhand Cabinet here, paving the way for its tabling in the state Assembly whose special four-day session begins here…
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More stringent anti-conversion Bill introduced in Uttarakhand Assembly
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday moved a more stringent anti-conversion Bill in the state assembly that seeks to make unlawful religious conversion a cognisable and non-bailable offence punishable with imprisonment for…
