Thursday, May 2, 2024

Topic: Uttarakhand

Govt makes most disadvantaged sections homeless, Amnesty on Haldwani eviction

Amnesty India condemned the proposal of the Union government’s railway authorities to forcibly evict over 4000 families living in Banbhulpura area of Haldwani town in Uttarakhand following the order of the Uttarakhand high court.

Photos: Thousands of Muslim women pray during protests against eviction in Uttarakhand

As many as 4000 families face eviction in Uttarakhand's Haldwani area after the high court had ordered the demolition following a Hindu right wing sympathiser approached the court claiming the Muslim dominant locality is an encroachment on a piece of Indian Railway land.

Uttarakhand: 4,365 families in Muslim locality to become homeless as HC orders demolition of ‘constructions in Railway land’

Hundreds of Muslim families in Uttarakhand have been protesting against the order of the Uttarakhand High Court which asked the authorities to evict the “unauthorized occupants” of the railway land adjacent to Haldwani Railway Station, known as Gaffur Basti- a Muslim dominated locality.

Uttarakhand bans production of five Patanjali medicines

The Ayurveda and Unani Licensing Authority in Uttarakhand on Wednesday directed Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved to stop manufacturing five products citing misleading advertisements.

Case against RSS Leader who terms killed girl as “raw milk”

Uttarakhand Police on Thursday lodged a case against a leader of Hindu militant group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) who made objectionable comments on 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari by terming her as "raw milk" before "hungry male cats" and blamed her father for her death.

“Bent on making me prostitute”: Murdered woman’s text recovered after BJP leader’s son arrested

Following massive protests over the murder of a young girl allegedly by a senior BJP leader's son in Uttarakhand, the saffron party today expelled the father and brother of the accused.