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Uttarakhand: Section 144 imposed in Roorkee after locals clash with police | VIDEO Roorkee clash: Some miscreants allegedly pelted stones at the police teams, leaving nearly half a dozen personnel injured. A few vehicles were also allegedly set on fire, forcing police to use force and use tear gas to disperse the mob. Image Source : ANI Uttarakhand: Section 144 imposed in Roorkee after locals clash with police Roorkee clash: Nearly half a dozen police personnel were injured during a clash that broke out at Belra village in Uttarakhand's Roorkee on Monday (June 12) evening, over an alleged murder of a person there. The incident prompted district administration authorities to issue prohibitory orders under Cr PC Section 144 and deploy security forces in the entire village area to bring the situation under control. "More than 24 people have been arrested so far," the police said. According to officials, the matter pertains to the death of a person in Belra village. The villagers were not satisfied with the investigation done in the case and alleged that the person was murdered but nothing as such has been found in the investigation. The police, however, is suspecting a "conspiracy" behind the incident, and have initiated a probe into the same.SSP Haridwar Ajay Singh told media, "One person had died and they (villagers) are alleging that the person was murdered but nothing was found in the investigation." "Some miscreants pelted stones at the police today. More than 24 people ...

Purola, India – Muslims in a north Indian town have been asked by Hindu groups to abandon their livelihoods and the homes they have lived in for generations. About a dozen families have fled Purola, a small town in northern India’s Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand state, after notices were pasted on homes and businesses asking them to vacate the town. The threats, issued mainly by two far-right Hindu groups – the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and its youth wing, the Bajrang Dal – follow an alleged attempt by two men to kidnap a 14-year-old Hindu girl on May 26. A view of a market in Purola town in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand [Meer Faisal/Al Jazeera] Both the VHP and Bajrang Dal are in turn affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the far-right ideological mentor of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which aims to create an ethnic Hindu state out of a constitutionally secular India. Together, these groups constitute what is commonly referred to as the “Sangh Parivar” (parivar means family in Hindi). The two accused in the kidnapping case were immediately nabbed by residents and handed over to the police. They have been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and other laws. ‘Love jihad’ allegation One of the accused in the kidnapping bid was a 24-year-old Muslim man, leading to allegations by Hindu groups that the kidnapping attempt was a The BJP government itself has denied th...

Thursday, 15 June 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN While the senior administrative and police officers are alert to ensure that those on pilgrimage to Kedarnath Dham feel safe and no one misbehaves with the pilgrims, an incident of a lady pilgrim being abused and threatened by the horse/mule operators has come to the fore. It is learnt that... Wednesday, 14 June 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN Teams of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at several properties owned by three main accused in the Uttarakhand Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UKSSSC) graduate level recruitment examination paper leak case on Tuesday.The raids were reportedly conducted on the properties of three main accused- Hakam Singh, Chandan Manral and Kendrapal... Wednesday, 14 June 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN Expressing their concern at recent events in Purola in Uttarkashi and other areas of Uttarakhand, the leaders of the State Congress have blamed the BJP and its frontal organisations for disturbing the communal harmony in the State. Senior Congress leaders expressed this concern during an online meeting of the political... Wednesday, 14 June 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN In view of the proposed Mahapanchayat by Muslims in Dehradun on June 18,the Dehradun senior superintendent of police Daleep Singh Kunwar said that the police will act under the National Security Act (NSA) if harmony, law and order are disrupted in the city. An organisation of the minority community has... Wednesday, 14 June 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN T...

Uttarakhand flash floods Live updates: No headway in tunnel; death toll rises to 34 Uttarakhand flash floods Live news Updates: DIG Garhwal Neeru Garg said that of the six bodies recovered on Tuesday, four were from the Rishi Ganga power project site at Raini village, one was from Chamoli and another from Nandprayag. Site of the Tapovan hydel project as rescue works are underway on Wednesday after a glacier broke off in Joshimath causing massive flooding in Dhauli Ganga River, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav) Uttarakhand flash floods Live Updates: With more than three days since the flash flood struck Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, hopes of finding any more survivors at the Tapovan and Rishi Ganga power project sites dimmed as rescue agencies recovered six more bodies on Tuesday. So far, 34 bodies have been recovered in the region, with over 170 people still missing. DIG Garhwal Neeru Garg said that of the six bodies recovered on Tuesday, four were from the Rishi Ganga power project site at Raini village, one was from Chamoli and another from Nandprayag. Two of the bodies are of police personnel who were deployed at the power plant, she said. In Photos | At the Tapovan tunnel, the centre of the rescue operations where 35 people are feared trapped, there has been no breakthrough so far, despite excavators working round the clock to remove the slush in the 1.9-km tunnel. Rescue agencies are now deploying advanced technologies such as a ...

Traffic woes as Balliwala flyover closed for repairs The Balliwala flyover on GMS road has been closed for three days, till Thursday, for annual maintenance and repair works by the Public Works Department (PWD), causing traffic snarls in the area. Uttarakhand: Jawan gets 20-year rigorous imprisonment even as minor rape victim turns hostile in court A 25-year-old Army soldier was sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) by a special Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) court on Tuesday after he was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl, who subsequently became pregnant and gave birth to a baby in May 2019. 6-day-old lies near parents' bodies for 3 days in Dehradun house, survives When police broke open a house in Dehradun on Tuesday after receiving complaints from the neighbours, who reported foul smell emanating from inside, they were in for a shock. A 25-year-old man and his wife, 22, were found dead, while between their bodies on the floor lay their newborn child, still alive. APCR moves high court, hearing soon Uttarakhand to come up with 'blood donor villages, colleges' 'Won't allow mahapanchayat': Purola administration imposes Section 144 in Uttarkashi Dehradun: 6-day-old lies near parents' bodies for 3 days, survives Keep Joshimath in mind before making Naini ropeway: HC

Committee seeks people’s suggestions for Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand The committee had organised a public dialogue program in Delhi on Wednesday (June 14) in which they received suggestions from the non-residential natives of Uttarakhand June 14, 2023 08:11 pm | Updated 10:13 pm IST - New Delhi Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai (Retd.), IAS Shatrughan Singh, (Retd.) Justice Permod Kohli, social activist Manu Gaur, and V.C. Doon University, Surekha Dangwal as part of the Expert Committee participated in an open dialogue with the residents of Uttarakhand residing in NCR on the Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand at Constitution Club in New Delhi on June 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Muslims should be given a choice if they want to choose The committee had organised a public dialogue program in Delhi on Wednesday (June 14) in which the non-residential natives of Uttarakhand have suggested including a rule in the UCC draft under which the widow of martyrs should be compelled to take care of her deceased husband’s parents in case she receives the compensation from the government for the death of the soldier. The attendees of the dialogue program gave mixed responses on topics like providing legal rights to live-in relationships and marriage rights to LGBTQ partners. The participants offered suggestions to ease the adoption and divorce laws as they claim that two are extremely time-consuming and tiring. One of the suggestions received by the committee was that childless fathers ...