Bahujan Samaj Party Chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati expressed her concerns over the increasing use of bulldozers for demolition and asked the Centre to come forward and make uniform guidelines.
A review meeting regarding the making of rules of the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code was held here at Bijapur Guest House on Friday under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Radha Raturi and member of the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Committee Shatrughan Singh.
Students alleged that officers from the Anti-Narcotics Forces, in uniform, entered the hostel and specifically targeted Baloch students for profiling. Eyewitnesses stated that the forces asked irrelevant and personal questions while filming the students.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday participated in the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the new building of the Bar Association Dehradun.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday reiterated that the Uttarakhand government will be introducing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) before November 9, the state's foundation day.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir for the assembly election campaign. BJP's National General Secretary Tarun Chugh has sent a letter to this effect to the Chief Minister. CM Pushkar Singh Dhami will campaign there for three days.
The BJP government introduced the UCC Bill during a special session of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly on February 6 this year and it was passed with a comfortable majority a day later on February 7.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma on Wednesday said that the Assam government is not looking to bring a comprehensive Uniform Civil Code, citing Muslim Marriage registration and banning polygamy as more pressing issues for the government.
On the concern over the recent decline in bank deposits, the State Bank of India (SBI) in its latest report asked for tax reforms. The report says tax Reforms for Deposits can accentuate the banking system's stability and resilience to next level.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has stated that the uniform or secular civil code is not acceptable to Muslims as they will never compromise with Sharia Law (Muslim Personal Law).
In his Independence Day speech, PM Modi said a large section of people feel that the current Civil Code resembles a Communal Civil Code and it is discriminatory.