Maharashtra forms panel to prepare UCC draft
operation is under way at the site of the landslide that struck the under-construction Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi twin tunnel project, in Wayanad on Thursday. The death toll in the landslide rose to six on Thursday with recovery of three more bodies from the disaster site. (PTI)
Mumbai, July 9: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced the formation of a seven-member committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Desai to prepare a draft for the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state. The other committee members of the panel include former high court judges R C Chavan and S G Mehare, Maharashtra ex-chief secretary D K Jain, former advocate general Virendra Saraf, constitutional expert Ramesh Patange and educationist Suvarna Rawal, he told the legislative assembly. He said the committee headed by Justice Desai is expected to submit its report within six months. “We will make efforts to introduce the legislation in the winter session of the state legislature in Nagpur,” he said. Referring to the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution, he said, “Accordingly, a seven-member committee has been constituted under the chairpersonship of Justice (Retd.) Ranjana Desai to prepare a framework for implementing a Uniform Civil Code.” (PTI)
Woman delivers 3 daughters, one son in rare quadruplet birth
during the special prayers organised for late Iranian Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by Shia Muslims on the occasion of his burial, in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir
on Thursday. (PTI)
Jaipur, July 9: In a rare medical case, a woman in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district gave birth to quadruplets — three daughters and a son — at the Hira Kunwar Ba Women’s Hospital. The babies were delivered through a Caesarean section and are currently under intensive medical care as they were born prematurely. Jyoti Kashyap, wife of Arun Kashyap and a resident of Bhoi Mohalla in Jhalawar city, delivered four babies at around 11:50 a.m. on Wednesday. The unusual birth drew attention across the hospital, with doctors describing it as an extremely rare occurrence. Dr Vishal Nagar, resident doctor at the hospital, described the delivery as an exceptionally rare event. “Quadruplet pregnancies are uncommon and occur only in a very small number of cases. This is the first time in my medical career that I have witnessed the birth of four babies in a single delivery,” he said. (IANS)
