The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday decided to relax norms mandating the affiliation of madrasas and minority educational institutions with the state education board, approving a proposal to amend the Uttarakhand Minority Education Act 2025.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has alleged that Indira Gandhi became prime minister of India not as a Congress member but for being daughter of country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Dhami said this while speaking in the Uttarakhand assembly's special session called on Tuesday to discuss the fallen Women Women Reservation Bill on April 18 for want of numbers with the Modi government.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has asked Centre to complete the Indo Nepal Border Land Port in the state soon for the convenience of the local public. He raised the issue in a meeting with chairman Land Port Authority of India Jayant Singh on Monday in Delhi.
The Char Dham Yatra 2026 gained full momentum on Thursday with the opening of the portals of Badrinath Temple, a day after Kedarnath Temple.
Dhami has ordered an immediate suspension of Deputy Inspector General and Director Home Guards and Amitabh Srivastava for his alleged involvement in the uniform procurement scam in the Home Guards and Civil Defence Department.
He stated that in the name of religious structures, illegal encroachments on over 10,000 acres of government land have been removed across the state. The Chief Minister said the action also included sealing more than 250 unauthorised madrasas where, according to him, "radical education was being imparted against the rules."
CM Dhami said that no one would be spared if evidence was found against them.
In a high-level meeting of senior officials on Saturday, the chief minister ordered a statewide investigation of the family register, considered a major document for domicile certification of the state's natives.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed officials to intensify efforts to curb large-scale migration from the hills, calling it one of the state’s major challenges.
