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452 Seminaries Told To Shift Under New Minority Education Authority

Preparations for Uttarakhand minister Khajan Das's son's wedding inside Rajaji Tiger Reserve's core zone at Sureshwari Devi temple sparked controversy. Forest authorities registered a case against the temple committee for alleged violations of forest and wildlife norms, though wedding rituals proceeded in a restricted manner.

On the occasion, he flagged off buses carrying pilgrims to the Char Dham shrines and also inspected a free medical camp set up for devotees.

Assam is among a select group of states where the saffron party has maintained an unbroken winning streak since it secured a landmark national mandate in 2014. Will the BJP-led NDA be able to extend that dominance in the April 9 polls?

Biju Patnaik questioned non-alignment when it mattered most and pushed India towards strategic pragmatism. Decades later, the ‘Biju Way’ remains embedded in how India deals with China.

Gujarat has introduced the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), 2026 Bill, aiming to standardize personal laws for marriage, divorce, succession, and live-in relationships across communities, with exemptions for Scheduled Tribes. The bill mandates registration of marriages and divorces, bans polygamy, and sets a legal framework for live-in relationships and remarriage after divorce.

The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, seeks to criminalise conversions through coercion, fraud, inducement or marriage. However, the proposed bill has reopened a wider debate over privacy, inter-faith marriage, religious freedom and the expanding reach of the state

Ushering in festivities, uttarakhand cabinet on Thursday approved a number a slew of measures for state government employees, including approval of benefits under seventh pay commission to some corporations, 180-day maternity leave for women adopting a child, payment of 50 per cent of arrears from January 1 to December 31, 2016 to employees and a 1% increase in the dearness allowances from July 1, 2017

The uttarakhand cabinet on Sunday gave approval to the increase in circle rates of land in the state, raising them up to 15%, besides approving four other proposals.