Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday he wanted to press ahead with a national common civil code of law, a proposal bitterly opposed by Muslim activists as an attack on their faith.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nine months before a general election, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have dusted off a potentially divisive plan to ...

In a landmark move that has sent ripples through India's complex social and legal landscape, Uttarakhand has become the first state to implement a common civil code since independence, marking a ...

The BJP launched its manifesto, wading into a polarising debate by reaffirming its stand on a uniform civil code which would standardise laws for personal matters ...

An Indian state on Wednesday passed a common civil code to replace religious laws, with supporters saying it protected women's rights but critics fearing it heralds a countrywide rollout by the Hindu ...

After Uttarakhand promulgated a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a few other BJP-ruled states followed suit. Gujarat has set up a committee to draft its code, which held its first sitting on Tuesday. Uttar ...

India's ruling party introduced contentious legislation Tuesday to create a common civil code in a northern state, including for marriage, reigniting a polarising debate weeks before national ...

The Assam government has firmed up plans for enacting a uniform civil code (UCC). Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently announced that the state cabinet had discussed the uniform civil code and ...