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Nanakmatta Gurudwara Kar Sewa chief shot dead by 2 men in Uttarakhand; SIT set up

Police said the two assailants stayed in Nanakmatta Gurudwara for eight days before carrying out the crime

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami condoled the death of Baba Tarsem Singh. (Screengrab)
Updated on Mar 28, 2024 03:40 PM IST
By, Ankur Sharma

Living in fear, say Uttarakhand traders amid calls for ouster

While the district administration has assured full protection to the store owners, Muslims shopkeepers say they “are living in constant fear”

The traders’ union cancelled registrations of 91 shopkeepers (Mint)
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 08:32 AM IST
By, Dehradun

Moment of pride, says Pushkar Singh Dhami as UCC Bill gets President’s assent

Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said it was a moment of joy and pride for Uttarakhand that the UCC Bill has been approved by President Murmu

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participates in a roadshow at Barkot area of ??Uttarkashi district (PTI/Viia X/@pushkardhami)
Published on Mar 13, 2024 03:08 PM IST

Haldwani violence accused Abdul Malik arrested from Delhi: Uttarakhand Police

Total number of arrests in Haldwani violence has now reached 81.

Earlier today, Abdul Malik’s lawyers had moved an anticipatory bail application in the court of additional district and sessions judge, Haldwani.
Updated on Feb 25, 2024 01:43 AM IST
By, Ankur Sharma

Months after Uttarakhand tunnel collapse, panel flags shortcomings in planning

Forty-one workers were trapped for 17 days in desperate conditions after a part of the 4.5km-long Silkyara tunnel collapsed in November

The collapsed Silkyara tunnel. (PTI/File)
Updated on Feb 20, 2024 04:08 PM IST

Haldwani remains tense after clash, toll rises to 5

Five people have been killed in violence in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, following the demolition of an allegedly illegal madrasa, as tensions continue to simmer in the town. The clashes occurred after the Uttarakhand assembly passed a Uniform Civil Code Bill, which replaces religious personal laws. The violence erupted as bulldozers demolished the 20-year-old madrasa, leading residents to set fire to vehicles and a police station, as well as hurling stones. Authorities have stressed that the situation is now under control, and four people have been arrested.

Police personnel in riot gear stand guard in Haldwani (AFP)
Updated on Feb 10, 2024 06:48 AM IST
By, Ankur Sharma, ?dehradun/haldwani

India’s first Uniform Civil Code gets nod in U’khand house

The Uttarakhand assembly has passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, becoming the first state in India to do so. The bill, which overrides several national laws, will be sent to the President for approval before implementation. The UCC aims to provide a common legal framework for marriage and property inheritance, ensuring equal rights for women and banning polygamy. The Congress party has called for further discussion on the bill before its passage.

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami speaks during discussions on the Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand 2024 Bill in the state Assembly on Wednesday. (ANI)
Updated on Feb 08, 2024 05:48 AM IST

Uniform Civil Code bill passed in Uttarakhand assembly

The CM said will the UCC will give equal rights to all without discriminating in matters like marriage, maintenance, adoption, succession and divorce

CM Dhani addressing the House before the UCC bill was passed in the state assembly in Dehradun on Wednesday evening (Photo/Uttarakhand govt information department)
Published on Feb 07, 2024 07:01 PM IST

Equal distribution of ancestral assets under UCC

The proposed code will bring uniformity in succession and inheritance rights for all religions, dissolving personal laws of all of them

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami tables the Uniform Civil Code Bill in state assembly, in Dehradun (ANI)
Updated on Feb 07, 2024 09:12 AM IST
By, Dehradun

Uttarakhand 1st state to bring uniform code bill

The bill allows marriages under Nikah (Muslim marriage), Saptpadi (Hindi marriage), Anand Karaj (Sikh marriage) or any other religious form not otherwise prohibited under the proposed law

Security personnel deployed near the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly as the Uniform Civil Code bill being debated following its presentation by the state CM Pushkar Singh Dhami in the state assembly, in Dehradun, on Tuesday. (PTI)
Updated on Feb 07, 2024 07:30 AM IST

Historic moment, says Uttarakhand chief minister Dhami as he tables UCC Bill

UCC has been among key promises of the BJP apart from the construction of the Ayodhya Ram Temple and ending Jammu and Kashmir’s semi-autonomous status

Parliamentary affairs minister Premchand Aggarwal gave a historical background of the UCC. (PTI)
Published on Feb 06, 2024 04:26 PM IST

Not given enough time to examine merits, demerits: Congress on Uttarakhand UCC bill

The Congress said the government should have first presented the draft in the assembly before the bill so that its merits and demerits could be discussed

Congress MLAs staged a protest on the steps of the state legislature. (HT photo)
Published on Feb 06, 2024 04:04 PM IST

Ban polygamy, says Uttarakhand UCC panel

CM Dhami plans to introduce a draft bill based on the report in the upcoming assembly session.

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami (ANI)
Updated on Feb 03, 2024 12:21 AM IST

Land subsidence: CBRI conducts fresh inspection of Joshimath

According to CBRI’s door-to-door condition assessment of 2,364 buildings from January 14 to January 27, 2023, of the 2364 buildings, 2,152 are residential

A 15-member NDMA team along with experts conducted Post-Disaster Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) in April last year. (ANI file photo)
Published on Jan 19, 2024 04:52 PM IST

Jewel thief in Bihar jail behind spate of heists?

A gang of thieves, run from a jail in Bihar, has been involved in theft of at least 180kg of gold across five Hindi heartland states over the past five years.

Subodh Kumar Singh alias Dilip Singh was arrested in January 2018 with 15kg of gold — the takings from a heist in a jewellery store in Patna district.
Updated on Jan 02, 2024 04:57 AM IST

Uttarakhand bans land purchase by outsiders for agriculture, horticulture

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday evening

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
Published on Jan 01, 2024 03:48 PM IST

Weeks after rescue of 41 workers, work begins again at Uttarkashi tunnel

The collapse happened closer to the Silkyara side — the tunnel itself is part of the larger Char Dham project.

Silkyara-Barkot tunnel site in Uttarkashi (File Photo)
Updated on Dec 21, 2023 12:18 AM IST
By, Dehradun

‘Hero-like treatment will fade out soon’: Rat-hole miners on Uttarkashi rescue

The 12 miners feel their newfound fame would wean off rather soon, leaving behind the harsh reality of their lives — “we will remain poor”.

Rat-hole miners after the rescue of the trapped workers, on November 28 (File Photo)
Published on Dec 11, 2023 05:41 AM IST

Life in a tunnel: How the 41 banded, and survived, together

41 men were trapped in a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas for 17 days. They survived by using minimal resources and communicating with rescuers through pipes.

The 41 rescued workers from the collapsed Silkyara tunnel pose as they board the IAF's Chinook helicopter for Rishikesh for further medical examination on Wednesday.
(ANI-X)
Updated on Nov 30, 2023 07:51 AM IST
By, Debabrata Mohanty, Silkyara/bhubaneswar

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Heroes who helped end 17-day ordeal

Finally, the rat miners were parachuted in on the evening of November 27 as a last-resort to clear out the last 12m of rubble.

Feroze Qureshi, one of the 12-member team of 'rat-hole' miners from Rockwell Enterprises who successfully rescued the 41 trapped workers from the under-construction Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel, in Uttarkashi district on Wednesday. (PTI)
Updated on Nov 30, 2023 08:22 AM IST
By, Uttarkashi

‘Joy, gratitude’: Rescued 41 set for a new chapter

For the rat-hole miners, too, it was a moment of catharsis – seeing their life of ignominy, menial labour find what it always had lacked, a modicum of respect.

Rescued workers board an Indian Air Force (IAF) Chinook helicopter to be airlifted to Rishikesh, at Chinyalisaur airstrip(AP)
Updated on Nov 30, 2023 12:40 AM IST

‘Our hands get the job done’: Rat-hole miner after Uttarkashi tunnel rescue

Rat-hole mining is a method of taking out coal by digging small pits, a practice banned in 2014 as a coal-extracting method for being unscientific

A dozen of rat-hole miners were brought to Uttarakhand on Monday to remove the last 12 metres of debris (File Photo)
Published on Nov 29, 2023 06:21 PM IST

Hits and misses: What led the rescue team to success

The rescue operation began on November 12, when authorities from the NDRF put into use excavator machines to scoop out the debris.

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel along with other rescue operatives gather near the face of the collapsed under construction Silkyara tunnel(AFP)
Updated on Nov 29, 2023 04:43 AM IST

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Prayed for workers every day, say locals

For the past 17 days, Yogendra Singh, who runs an eatery near the entrance of the Silkyara tunnel, had been waiting for the 41 trapped men to emerge.

HT Image
Updated on Nov 29, 2023 07:44 AM IST
By, Silkyara (uttarkashi)

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: After 422 anxious hours, families rejoice

As the quaint mountain town of Kotdwar in Uttarakhand was lighting up on Diwali day, Jaimal Singh Negi’s life descended into darkness.

Locals and family members of trapped workers near the under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway,(PTI)
Updated on Nov 29, 2023 04:45 AM IST

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Rat-mining gets the job done!

But officials only turned to rat-hole mining when more modern equipment collapsed in the face of the daunting challenge

The rat-hole miners said that they started removing the debris at around 7pm on Monday and the entire operation was completed in less than 24 hours.(HT_PRINT)
Updated on Nov 29, 2023 04:42 AM IST
By, Silkyara (uttarkashi)

They’re coming home

Scenes of jubilation played out at the mouth of the tunnel that collapsed on Nov 12 as relatives of the trapped workers beamed

ANI photo
(ANI)
Updated on Nov 29, 2023 06:24 AM IST
By, Silkyara (uttarkashi)

‘Today is the real Diwali for us’, say workers rescued from Uttarkashi tunnel

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Diwali Day, November 12, is when these 41 workers got trapped inside the 4.5 km long tunnel at 5.30 a.m.

A worker is surrounded by SDRF personnel after his rescue from inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. (Sourced image)
Updated on Nov 28, 2023 11:27 PM IST

‘I removed last rock and saw them’: Rat-hole miner who rescued trapped workers

Munna Qureshi, who was the first one to reach the trapped workers, was among a dozen rat-hole miners brought to Silkyara on Monday to remove remaining 12 meters of debris.

The rat-hole miners said that they started removing the debris at around 7pm on Monday and the entire operation was completed in less than 24 hours.
Updated on Nov 28, 2023 10:56 PM IST

Explained: How the Silkyara tunnel rescue operation is being carried out

A stretch of mud road was re-laid to make passage of ambulances easier. Stretchers were being taken inside the mouth of the tunnel

In the Silkyara tunnel operation, the American Auger 600-1200, high powered horizontal drilling was used. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Nov 28, 2023 04:59 PM IST
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