#Uttarakhand New Chief Minister

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धामी सरकार ने ग्लोबल इंवेस्टर्स समिट के लिए 2.5 लाख करोड़ रुपये का रखा लक्ष्य

देहरादून : मुख्यमंत्री पुष्कर सिंह धामी ने राज्य में दिसंबर में प्रस्तावित ग्लोबल इंवेस्टर्स समिट-2023 का लोगो और वेबसाइट को लॉन्च किया। इस दौरान मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि इंवेस्टर्स समिट राज्य के बेहतर अवसर है। उन्होंने कहा कि सरकार राज्य में निवेश को प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए संकल्पित होकर कार्य कर रही है।सीएम ने कहा कि उद्यमियों के हितों का पूरा ख्याल रखा जाएगा। यह इंवेस्टर्स समिट पूरे राज्य और सभी…

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उत्तराखंड में महिला हेल्थ वर्कर्स के 824 पदों के रिजल्ट जारी

1 of 1 khaskhabar.com : मंगलवार, 17 जनवरी 2023 2:12 PM देहरादून | उत्तराखंड स्वास्थ्य विभाग में महिला स्वास्थ्य कार्यकर्ताओं के 824 पदों के लिए राज्य चिकित्सा सेवा चयन बोर्ड ने अंतिम रिजल्ट जारी कर दिया है। बेरोजगारों के सपने पूरे करने के लिए मुख्यमंत्री पुष्कर सिंह धामी प्रतिबद्ध हैं। रोजगार सृजन की दिशा में धामी सरकार की ओर से निरंतर प्रयास किए जा रहे हैं। इसी क्रम में गत दिनों धामी सरकार के…

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Uttarakhand Corona Update: CM Dhami instructions after covid meeting, booster dose campaign included

Uttarakhand Corona Update: CM Dhami instructions after covid meeting, booster dose campaign included

Uttarakhand Corona Update: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami held a meeting with the Health Department regarding Corona, in which the prevention of Corona in Uttarakhand was discussed. The CM said that for effective control of Kovid, a campaign should be launched to apply booster dose in the state. Camps will be set up for booster dose from tomorrow itself. Chief Minister Dhami held meeting at…

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All 41 construction workers trapped inside a tunnel that collapsed in the Himalayas after a Nov. 12 landslide have finally been rescued, authorities said Tuesday.

“The happiness on the faces of the workers and their families is the biggest inspiration for me,” said Pushkar Singh Dham, chief minister of the state of Uttarakhand, where the construction was taking place, in a post shared on X (formerly known as Twitter).

“It is a matter of great joy for all of us that all the 41 workers trapped in the tunnel under construction in Silkyara (Uttarakashi) have been rescued safely. Initial health checkup of all the labor brothers is being done in the temporary medical camp,” he continued.

Rescuers drilled through rock and concrete to reach the workers, with the evacuation beginning more than six hours later after they broke through the debris, per Reuters. The workers were then freed after 17 days stuck in the collapsed construction site.

Related: Drone Captures Terrifying Close-Up Footage of People Trapped in Pakistan Cable Car Before Rescue: Watch

The Guardian reported that the first worker emerged around 8 p.m. local time on Tuesday. The rescued workers were met with garlands of flowers placed on them, and cooked meals were being prepared outside of the chamber. Footage shared by BBC News showed the workers being cheered on and applauded as ambulances transported them away from the site.

Jyotish Basumatary, a brother of worker Sanjay Basumatary, told The New York Times: “I will accompany Sanjay when he gets out. I feel at peace at the moment. We feel energized and happy to be told the ordeal will be over soon.”

On Nov. 12, a landslide resulted in a part of the 2.8-mile tunnel that was being built by the workers to cave in approximately 650 feet from the entrance, the Associated Press reported. The news agency added that workers subsisted on food and oxygen that came through steel pipes.

Related: At Least 162 Dead in Myanmar Jade Mine Collapse Caused by Landslide: A 'Preventable Tragedy'

According to CNN, initial rescue attempts were hampered when the heavy machinery needed to drill through the debris broke down, prompting the rescuers to dig using their hands. When the drilling was finished, CNN added, a large pipe was brought in through the exit shaft's last portion so the trapped workers could finally evacuate. 

“I feel relieved and happy to learn that all the workers trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand have been rescued,” Droupadi Murmu, the president of India, posted on X.

She continued, “Their travails over 17 days, as the rescue effort met with obstacles, have been a testament of human endurance. The nation salutes their resilience and remains grateful to them for building critical infrastructure, even at great personal risk, far away from their homes. I congratulate the teams and all experts who have acted with incredible grit and determination to perform one of the most difficult rescue missions in history.”

Dham also said on X that the rescue operation "became a wonderful example of humanity and teamwork."

A majority of the trapped workers hailed from some of India’s poorer states, the Times reported, with their relatives saying that the workers made about $250 a month.

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Events 6.16 (after 1910)

1911 – IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York. 1922 – General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority. 1925 – Artek, the most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, is established. 1930 – Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR. 1933 – The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis. 1940 – World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français). 1940 – A Communist government is installed in Lithuania. 1948 – Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency. 1955 – In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces. 1958 – Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed. 1961 – While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union. 1963 – Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. 1963 – In an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, a Joint Communique was signed between President Ngo Dinh Diem and Buddhist leaders. 1972 – The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station. 1976 – Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd. 1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates. 1981 – US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor. 1989 – Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary. 1997 – Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria. 2000 – The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22 years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon. 2002 – Padre Pio is canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. 2010 – Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco. 2012 – China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module. 2012 – The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission. 2013 – A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. 2015 – American businessman Donald Trump announces his campaign to run for President of the United States in the upcoming election. 2016 – Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public. 2019 – Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.

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Heads Severed, Body Parts On Road: Party Ends In Deadly Crash In Dehradun For 6 Friends

Six people died a horrific death in a car accident in Uttarakhand's Dehradun earlier this week as they were returning from a party. The incident took place around 1.30 am at the ONGC Chowk on November 12 when the car they were in collided with a truck, reducing their vehicle to a mangled wreck.

A disturbing video of the incident is doing rounds on social media which shows the impact of the collision was so strong that it tore off the Toyota Innova's roof and twisted it. Two passengers were left decapitated in the incident. The visuals also show one of the victim's head ripped off, while another person's body can be seen twisted inside the crushed car. Several other body parts of the victims are also seen scattered around the road.

According to media reports, a group of seven friends were returning from a party that night and were drunk.

The victims were identified as Kunal Kukreja (23), Atul Agrawal (24), Rishabh Jain (24), Navya Goel (23), Kamakshi (20), and Guneet (19). While, the seventh person, Siddhesh Agrawal (25), who had reportedly hosted the party in Dehradun, is the sole survivor but remains in a critical condition, the police said.

While six victims hailed from Dehradun, Kukreja is from Himachal Pradesh, officials said.

According to the police, it was not immediately clear where the group was coming from and an investigation is underway.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has expressed grief at the loss of lives in the incident.

"The news of the death of six youths in a road accident in Dehradun is extremely heart-rending. I pray to God to grant the departed souls a place at his sacred feet and give strength to the bereaved families to bear the immense pain," he said.

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Marchula Bus Accident: Bus falls into a ditch in Marchula, 36 dead and many injured

Marchula Bus Accident: A bus has fallen into a ditch in Marchula, Almora. 36 people have lost their lives in this bus accident and many people have been injured. There were 40 passengers in the bus. Read the full news

Marchula Bus Accident: A bus accident took place in Almora district of Uttarakhand on Monday. According to media reports, 36 people have died in this accident. 10 of them are women. Many people have been injured. They have been rushed to the hospital. According to officials, a bus carrying at least 40 passengers went out of control and fell into a deep gorge near Kupi village in Marchula.

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District Magistrate Alok Kumar Pandey said that the bus was going from Garhwal to Kumaon, when this accident happened in Marchula, Almora. He told that so far seven people have been reported dead. Pandey said that there were about 40 passengers in the bus, so the number of casualties may increase. He said that police and SDRF personnel have reached the spot to start search and rescue operation. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has expressed grief over the death of people in the accident.

Pushkar Singh Dhami tweeted

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has tweeted. He wrote, "Received very sad news of casualties of passengers in the unfortunate bus accident in Marchula of Almora district. The district administration has been instructed to carry out relief and rescue operations swiftly."

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He further wrote, "The local administration and SDRF teams at the site of the incident are working rapidly to evacuate the injured and take them to the nearest health center for treatment. Instructions have also been given to airlift the seriously injured passengers if required."

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[ad_1] GG News Bureau Almora, 4th Nov. The death toll from the bus accident in Uttarakhand’s Almora district has tragically risen to 36. The incident occurred this morning when a 45-seater passenger bus plunged into a 200-meter-deep gorge at Marchula while traveling from Pauri in Garhwal to Ramnagar in Kumaon. The bus was approximately 35 kilometers away from its destination, Rampur, at the time of the accident. Authorities report that the accident took place around 8:25 AM, with local residents from nearby villages serving as the first responders. While many passengers lost their lives at the scene, at least nine others succumbed to their injuries after being transported to local hospitals. Three critically injured passengers have been airlifted and are being taken to AIIMS for advanced medical treatment. The bus, operated by the Garhwal Motor Owners’ Union, is under investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the tragedy. Officials from both Almora and Ramnagar are present at the accident site, coordinating the rescue efforts. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed his condolences and announced that the district administration has been instructed to expedite the rescue operations. “I received very sad news of casualties of passengers in the unfortunate bus accident that took place in Marchula of Almora district,” he stated on X. He emphasized the importance of swiftly evacuating the injured and transporting them to the nearest health center for treatment. Additionally, he mentioned that serious cases would be airlifted if necessary. In response to the tragedy, the Chief Minister has directed the suspension of Regional Transport Office (RTO) officials in the area and announced a compensation of ₹4 lakh for the families of those who lost their lives, along with ₹1 lakh for the injured. A magisterial inquiry has also been ordered to investigate the incident thoroughly. The post Death Toll Rises to 36 in Uttarakhand Bus Accident appeared first on Global Governance News- Asia's First Bilingual News portal for Global News and Updates. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] GG News Bureau Almora, 4th Nov. The death toll from the bus accident in Uttarakhand’s Almora district has tragically risen to 36. The incident occurred this morning when a 45-seater passenger bus plunged into a 200-meter-deep gorge at Marchula while traveling from Pauri in Garhwal to Ramnagar in Kumaon. The bus was approximately 35 kilometers away from its destination, Rampur, at the time of the accident. Authorities report that the accident took place around 8:25 AM, with local residents from nearby villages serving as the first responders. While many passengers lost their lives at the scene, at least nine others succumbed to their injuries after being transported to local hospitals. Three critically injured passengers have been airlifted and are being taken to AIIMS for advanced medical treatment. The bus, operated by the Garhwal Motor Owners’ Union, is under investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the tragedy. Officials from both Almora and Ramnagar are present at the accident site, coordinating the rescue efforts. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed his condolences and announced that the district administration has been instructed to expedite the rescue operations. “I received very sad news of casualties of passengers in the unfortunate bus accident that took place in Marchula of Almora district,” he stated on X. He emphasized the importance of swiftly evacuating the injured and transporting them to the nearest health center for treatment. Additionally, he mentioned that serious cases would be airlifted if necessary. In response to the tragedy, the Chief Minister has directed the suspension of Regional Transport Office (RTO) officials in the area and announced a compensation of ₹4 lakh for the families of those who lost their lives, along with ₹1 lakh for the injured. A magisterial inquiry has also been ordered to investigate the incident thoroughly. The post Death Toll Rises to 36 in Uttarakhand Bus Accident appeared first on Global Governance News- Asia's First Bilingual News portal for Global News and Updates. [ad_2] Source link

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Political Battle Ahead in 2024

India is already in election mode, and 2023 will witness three layers of political competition — for the elections to the nine states that will be held over the year; for the elections of 2024, which will determine the composition of the 18th Lok Sabha and shape the next government; and for the post-Narendra Modi political landscape that will begin to emerge in the course of what is likely to be his third and perhaps final term post-2024

To be sure, these timelines and layers cannot be easily distinguished. The first will feed into the second, which will feed into the third. There is also an element of speculation involved, for events have a way of intruding dramatically into political scripts. Still, examining each layer of competition yields useful insights.

The battles of 2023

The year will begin with elections in the northeastern states of Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tripura. Before 2014, these polls would have merited a mere passing glance in the national political consciousness. But to the credit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has made the political integration of the region a political priority and takes every election in the region with utmost seriousness as a way to expand its power and democratic legitimacy, these elections have got more attention in recent years.

In Tripura, the BJP was able to dislodge an entrenched Left regime in 2018. Its plank rested on Modi’s appeal, resentment against the Left government, quick organisation-building on the back of work done by the Sangh, and clever tactical coalitions with tribal outfits. It has since replicated here a tactic used in Uttarakhand and Gujarat — replace the chief minister if there are reports of anti-incumbency and internal strife. While the Left is a pale shadow of itself, and the BJP may still emerge as the single largest party, it will face a challenge from a new tribal formation led by the former ruler of Tripura Pradyot Debbarman, a disillusioned former Congress loyalist. There is also the possibility of a Left-Congress tie-up to pose a unified challenge to the BJP.

In Nagaland, a state with no opposition legislators (see the story alongside for more on this), the more interesting political thread is the fate of the peace process. Before every elections, there is a renewed attempt to explore a broader settlement of the Naga question — which includes recognition of its distinct identity and symbols, issues of autonomy, and the intersection of Nagaland and Naga-speaking areas in other states. But a peace accord continues to look elusive and it is unlikely that the election will change that.

In Meghalaya, the last election resulted in a post-poll coalition between the Conrad Sangma-led National People’s Party and the BJP; this alliance has now broken down but its revival can’t be ruled out. Within the Opposition, however, Mukul Sangma — the Congress veteran who served as chief minister until 2018 — has shifted to the Trinamool Congress and the battle between him and his bête noire, Vincent Pala of the Congress, will be interesting to watch.

From the North-East, the political action will shift to Karnataka, where the BJP faces extremely strong anti-incumbency and a churn within its internal social coalition. The Congress has its own share of internal discord, but reports suggest that Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra has helped give new life to the party organisation here.

After a brief lull in the summer, across west and central India, the BJP and the Congress will battle it out for power. In Rajasthan, both parties have internal leadership tussles to resolve (Ashok Gehlot versus Sachin Pilot for the Congress, Vasundhara Raje versus central party leadership in the BJP), and the Congress faces the additional challenge of anti-incumbency in a state that sees regimes alternate every five years. In Chhattisgarh, chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has invested a fair bit in crafting his public image and keeping the central leadership happy, but his rival, TS Singh Deo, is sullen after having been denied his turn at the wheel. The silver lining for the Congress is that the BJP doesn’t have a clear face after Raman Singh either.

Madhya Pradesh will see the first assembly election after Jyotiraditya Scindia’s entry into the BJP. But the Congress, under Kamal Nath and Digivijay Singh, will do its best to avenge its ouster from power despite having emerged as the single largest party in 2018.

Telangana, too, will head to polls at the end of the year. If K Chandrashekar Rao can preserve his bastion for the third time in a row, it will be a boost to his national ambitions. The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly the Telangana Rashtra Samithi) is the clear favourite in the polls, and the only question to watch out for is how well the BJP does vis-a-vis the Congress.

Back in the North-East, Mizoram goes to the polls. The BJP has struggled to make inroads in the Christian-dominated state, with the Mizo National Front continuing to exercise power and battle the multi-party, non-Congress Zoram People’s Movement for dominance.

Put together, the year will serve as a comprehensive status check: How do the Congress and the BJP now tackle internal leadership disputes? Will the Congress be able to retain Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, and win Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, giving it some momentum for 2024? Or will it shrink further and be left with no state government across the western, central and southern swathe? What has been the electoral impact of the Bharat Jodo Yatra? Will the BJP retain its dominance in the north-east, either directly or with regional partners, or will the region see new alternatives emerge? How will the BJP’s performance shape internal power equations in the party?

The battle of 2024

While these are interesting questions in themselves, the lesson from 2018 and 2019 is to not treat the events of 2023 as a predictor for 2024.

In 2018, the BJP had failed to form the government in Karnataka, and the swearing-in of a JD(S)-Congress government saw all opposition leaders congregate in Bengaluru. The BJP also lost power in Rajasthan, MP and Chhattisgarh, after having retained power in those last two states for 15 years. It appeared to face severe challenges in maintaining its multi-caste coalition and addressing rising agrarian distress.

And yet 2019 saw Modi return with an even bigger majority than in 2014. Indian voters have shown, now in two elections in a row, that the question of leadership — of who will become PM — matters to them; and it is here that Narendra Modi continues to have a huge advantage over his rivals.

The BJP, in 2023, will showcase India’s presidency of the G20 (see the second essay on this page) as a mark of Modi’s foreign policy success. The inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya at the end of 2023 will cement the support of the core base. Welfare schemes, particularly the provision of drinking water, will be a key talking point. The Opposition will focus on economic mismanagement, unemployment, pandemic policies and rising inequality, while regional parties in North India will play up the demand for a caste census to break the Hindu vote.

The battles beyond 2024

All in all, there is little doubt that Modi starts out as the clear favourite to win a third term. But beneath the surface, Indian politics is already witnessing the third layer of competition. Within the BJP, there is increased speculation about home minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath as possible successors for leadership; both will do their best in 2024 to buttress their claims for the future.

Within the Opposition, there is a battle underway between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party to be the big national challenger, if not immediately then at least six years from now. But to do even that, the Congress will have to cross the 100 mark first, and AAP will have to expand nationally and win Lok Sabha seats across states.

For now, the BJP’s hegemony and the Opposition’s crises remain entrenched facts. The future of India now depends on how each party plays its role.

Source: Hindustan Times

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Uttarakhand One Step Closer To Uniform Civil Code, Panel Ready With Rules

New Delhi: The Committee formulating rules for the Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand has finished its discussions and will submit its suggestions in the form of a booklet to the Chief Minister. If accepted, Uniform Civil Code could be in place in the state before November 9. The Uttarakhand Assembly had passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill in February. On March 13, the bill was signed off by…

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मुख्यमंत्री धामी ने शहादत दिवस के अवसर पर खटीमा में मुख्य चौराहे के पास स्थित शहीद स्थल में शहीदों की मूर्तियों का किया अनावरण

खटीमा ; मुख्यमंत्री पुष्कर सिंह धामी ने राज्य स्थापना के लिए 1 सितंबर 1994 को शहीद हुए आंदोलनकारियों के शहादत दिवस के अवसर पर खटीमा में मुख्य चौराहे के पास स्थित शहीद स्थल में शहीदों की मूर्तियों का अनावरण किया। इस दौरान मुख्यमंत्री धामी ने शहीदों की मूर्तियों पर माल्यार्पण कर श्रंद्धाजलि अर्पित की और शहीदों के परिजनों को शॉल भेंट कर सम्मानित किया। मुख्यमंत्री ने कहा कि शहीदों तथा राज्य…

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CM Dhami on Delhi tour, may involve in Gujarat oath ceremony

CM Dhami on Delhi tour, may involve in Gujarat oath ceremony

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will visit Delhi today. Here he will attend a meeting. It is being told that he may also attend the swearing-in ceremony to be held in Gujarat. Before this, he will participate in a program organized in Roorkee. At the same time, CM Dhami also participated in a program in Delhi on Saturday. In a channel program there, he said that before the assembly…

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LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Authorities in a northern Indian town imposed an indefinite curfew and ordered police to shoot violators after clashes over the construction of a Muslim seminary and a mosque left at least five people dead and more than 150 injured, officials said Friday.

The violence Thursday also led authorities to shut down internet services and schools in Haldwani, Uttarakhand state government official Chief Radha Raturi said.

The situation was brought under control with nearly 4,000 police officers rushing to the area, said police officer A.P. Anshuman. He said police were ordered to shoot protesters violating the curfew.

On Thursday, thousands of protesters tried to block government officials and police who arrived to demolish the seminary and mosque following a court order that the structures were being built on government land without local authorization, Anshuman said.

As violence escalated, police fired live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protesters using petrol bombs and stones to attack a police station and set several vehicles on fire, Anshuman said.

State police chief Abhinav Kumar said five people died in the violence. He did not give details but said no fresh violence was reported on Friday.

Government administrator Vandana Singh Chauhan over 150 police officers were injured and several people were hospitalized.

Anshuman did not say whether police fire killed the protesters. He also didn't identify the religion of the victims.

Haldwani is about 270 kilometers (170 miles) northeast of New Delhi.

Muslim groups and rights organizations have accused India’s Hindu-nationalist government of demolishing their homes and businesses in the past. Officials have defended their actions, saying they are only targeting illegal buildings, but critics call it a growing pattern of “bulldozer justice” aimed at punishing activists from minority group.

In a report released this week, Amnesty International condemned several instances of bulldozers razing Muslims’ homes, businesses and places of worship, which it said was often done under the guise of illegal encroachment and without adequate notice.

“The unlawful demolition of Muslim properties by the Indian authorities, peddled as ‘bulldozer justice’ by political leaders and media, is cruel and appalling. Such displacement and dispossession is deeply unjust, unlawful and discriminatory,” said Agnès Callamard, the rights group’s secretary general.

The group’s researchers found that between April and June 2022, authorities in five states used demolitions as punishment following incidents of communal violence or protests, and documented at least 128 demolitions during this period.

Critics and opponents have long accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of looking the other way and sometimes enabling hate speech against Muslims, who comprise 14% of India’s 1.4 billion people.

Modi’s Bhartiya Janata Party denies the accusations.

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Events 10.17 (after 1950)

1952 – Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace demanding President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council. 1956 – The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England. 1961 – Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters. 1961 – The first attempt of the apartheid analogy by Ahmad Shukeiri. 1965 – The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees. 1966 – The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters. 1969 – The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo. 1970 – FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte. 1973 – OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War. 1977 – The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued. 1979 – Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 1979 – The Department of Education Organization Act creates the U.S. Department of Education. 1980 – As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican. 1988 – Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people. 1989 – The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63. 1989 – The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary. 1991 – Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people. 1992 – Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 1994 – Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces. 2000 – The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack. 2001 – Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by Hamdi Quran, a member of the PFLP, thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian. 2003 – Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest high-rise. 2004 – A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela. 2017 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, marking the end of the Battle of Raqqa. 2018 – The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada. 2018 – A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others. 2019 – Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest. 2019 – The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon. 2023 — An explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war.

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