New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Following the West Bengal BJP government’s decision to introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the state Assembly on Monday, All India Muslim Jamaat’s Maulana Shahabuddin and the Trinamool Congress opposed the move, saying the proposed law cannot be implemented until it is accepted by the Muslim community.Talking to IANS, President of All India Muslim Jamaat Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi called UCC “against the Constitution”.”The Constitution says that the U…
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Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) A Bill on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in West Bengal will be tabled on the floor of the State Assembly on Monday, making West Bengal the fourth Indian state to adopt a system replacing the existing religion-based personal laws with a single, unified set of civil laws that apply equally to all citizens, irrespective of religion, caste or tribe.The three other states that have already adopted the UCC are Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Assam.“The decision to move the Bill was t…
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) The Maharashtra government has approved the formation of a retired High Court judge-led committee to submit a report on implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state.The UCC will be implemented in the state after receiving the committee report, said Minister of State (Home) Yogesh Kadam in the state legislative Assembly on Tuesday.”The Maharashtra government is positive about the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code. Chief Minister Fadnavis has given his …
Bhopal, Jun 23 (IANS) More than nine lakh suggestions have been received and documented regarding the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), so far. Around 90% of these suggestions have expressed strong support for the implementation of UCC, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav told his cabinet colleagues on Tuesday. State Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Chaitanya Kumar Kashyap sharing the major outcomes of the cabinet meeting with media, said that Chief Minister Mohan Yadav informed them, …
Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday reiterated the BJP-led government’s commitment to implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), asserting that every promise made in the party’s election manifesto would be fulfilled.Speaking to reporters here, CM Sarma said, “UCC is a part of our election manifesto. So every point in our election manifesto, not only UCC, all that we have mentioned in our election manifesto, we’ll try 100 per cent to implement.”…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an acerbic attack on the Congress, accusing it of spreading misinformation on delimitation, adopting an “anti-reform” approach, and pursuing “negative politics” that harms national interest.He said the Congress is following a policy of divide and rule, which he alleged it inherited from the British, and is spreading misinformation that delimitation would adversely impact certain states.Addressing the nation a day after …
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind President Maulana Mahmood Asad Madani on Thursday said that a growing sense of insecurity prevails among many Muslims in India, with feelings of being “cornered, unsafe, and humiliated” arising from what he described as a pattern of developments and a perceived bias in governance and law enforcement rather than any single incident.Speaking to IANS, Madani stressed that while isolated incidents are not uncommon in a country as large and diverse as In…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) MP, Priyanka Chaturvedi, on Wednesday said that the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) should only take place after thorough consultation with all stakeholders and communities, stressing that every section of society must be taken along before making such a significant legal change. Her remarks came a day after the Supreme Court strongly advocated the idea of “one nation, one law,” stating that a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) could be the most …
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday said that 7,31,120 notices were issued to unregistered telemarketers (UTMs) found in violation of Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC) norms in 2025.As part of progressive enforcement measures, 4,73,075 entities were subjected to one-month communication restrictions, while 89,936 repeat offenders faced six-month communication caps, it informed.In addition, 1,84,482 telecom resources were disconnected during…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, responding to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks on Uniform Civil Code (UCC), criticized the BJP’s repeated pitch for bringing a pan-India legislation, stating that the government has resorted to its periodical promotion and never took concrete steps and held consultations for its implementation despite a decade in power.“The idea aligns with what is in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto and …