Dehradun, Jan. 27 -- Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday expressed happiness and said that it was an auspicious day as the state of Uttarakhand has made the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) a reality.

The Vice President presided over the inaugural programme for the fifth batch of participants of the Rajya Sabha Internship Programme and also inaugurated the online portal for the Internship Programme at the Vice President's Enclave today.

Addressing participants of the Rajya Sabha Internship Programme, Vice President Dhankhar said, "Today, a very auspicious sign has occurred. And that auspicious sign is, what the framers of the Constitution had envisioned and directed in the Constitution, specifically in Part 4 - the Directive Principles of...