BJP slams Tejashwi Yadav's stand on Waqf Act, says his 'samajwaad' cover for 'namazwaad'Bharatiya Janata Party criticized opposition parties. They alleged attempts to subvert the Constitution. The opposition is accused of prior...
30 Jun, 2025, 05.27 PM IST
SC rules Sharia courts, Kazis have no legal standing; grants maintenance to Muslim womanIn a key ruling, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that bodies such as Sharia Courts and Courts of Kazi have no legal standing in India. The jud...
29 Apr, 2025, 01.50 PM IST
States cannot refuse to implement Waqf law, says BJPThe BJP has strongly criticized the Congress and INDIA bloc members for opposing the Waqf Amendment Act, asserting that states are constitu...
14 Apr, 2025, 09.30 PM IST
UCC panel studied reforms in Muslim-majority nationsThe Uttarakhand committee on Uniform Civil Code conducted an extensive examination of several nations, including those with Muslim-majority...
08 Feb, 2024, 11.23 AM IST
Simi ban extended for five years under UAPAThe Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in India has been extended a five-year ban under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UA...
29 Jan, 2024, 11.24 PM IST
UCC joins Article 370, Ram Temple as key issues for BJP in 2024 electionsPrime Minister Modi has put the issue of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) at the forefront of BJP's agenda for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Th...
28 Jun, 2023, 01.43 PM IST
BJP Minority Morcha drive on UCC soonUCC has been a core agenda of the ruling party and some BJP-ruled states have promised to explore ways of implementing it.
22 Jun, 2023, 01.23 AM IST
BJP Minority Morcha to launch reach out drive among Muslims on UCC soonTriple Talaq has been banned by law and there is a raging debate on wearing a hijab in certain institutions. Uniform Civil Code will specia...
21 Jun, 2023, 09.42 PM IST
16 held for 'links' with radical outfit HUT; MP police say it wanted to topple India's democratic systemThe MP ATS arrested 11 persons, including a gym trainer, software engineer and teacher, and booked them under the Unlawful Activities (Prev...
10 May, 2023, 06.59 AM IST
To fight falsehood, AIMPLB plans journal on Muslim Religious Law, women's rightsIn the last few years, various Muslim bodies have accused the centre of infringing on the Muslim personal law. Muslims in India are governe...
24 Dec, 2021, 10.14 AM IST
Uniform Civil Code is essential for national harmony, objections to it are spuriousThe absence of surprise at the Law Commission rebuffing the need for UCC marks a collective acquiescence in the betrayal of the task we had...
24 Sep, 2018, 10.21 AM IST
One Nation, one code: Why Hindu and Muslim attitudes to personal law can't be comparedNo group will be allowed to approach the court to demand adjudication of family disputes on the basis of religious or customary law of any ...
16 Sep, 2017, 11.05 AM IST
We have "constitutional" right to implement Muslim personal law: AIMPLBOn the Babri Masjid issue, AIMPLB General Secretary Maulana Wali Rehmani said the board would accept the Supreme Court's decision while str...
16 Apr, 2017, 04.38 PM IST
Ban on polygamy encourages illicit sex; men judicious enough to use triple talaq: AIMPLBAIMPLB said that Islam permitted polygamy but did not encourage it.
03 Sep, 2016, 11.46 AM IST
Subramanian Swamy fires fresh salvo, makes 6-point case for Raghuram Rajan's sackingSwamy alleged that despite holding a sensitive and very high government post, Rajan has been making mandatory trips to the US to renew his ...
26 May, 2016, 03.49 PM IST
Freedom from triple talaq: Goa shows the wayIf a referendum with secret voting is held among Muslim women, they will surely opt to abolish triple talaq and polygamy . But they are not...
03 Apr, 2016, 10.26 AM IST
Supreme Court's decision on section 377: Do you fear gays less now?For some reason, their uplifting hues and their bubbly demeanour was infectious — one could not but feel that the world is a better place.
15 Dec, 2013, 04.19 AM IST