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Assam Assembly introduces UCC bill, third state after Uttarakhand, Gujarat
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (49+ words) Assam has introduced its Uniform Civil Code bill in the Assembly. This move follows similar legislation passed in Uttarakhand and Gujarat. The bill aims to standardise marriage age, prohibit polygamy, ensure equal property rights for daughters, and regulate live-in relationships....
After 5 months and court order, SP corporator administered oath
32+ min ago (32+ words) Lucknow: SP leader Lalit Kishore Tiwari was finally sworn in as a corporator at the Lucknow Municipal Corporation on Sunday, days after the Allahabad High Court froze Mayor Sushma Kharkwal's powers. .....
David Gauke: Burnham cannot muddle through fiscal policy forever
38+ min ago (278+ words) David Gauke is a former Justice Secretary and was an independent candidate in South-West Hertfordshire at the 2019 general election. There is a third audience that Burnham cannot afford to ignore. The bond market is listening very carefully to everything a…...
BJP sweeps Falta Assembly repoll by over 1 lakh votes
38+ min ago (36+ words) Kolkata: The BJP on Sunday swept the repoll to Bengal's Falta Assembly seat with a victory margin of more than one lakh votes in the constituency long seen as a citadel of the TMC, whose nominee slipped. .....
UCC Bill introduced in Assam Assembly
44+ min ago (262+ words) Updated - May 25, 2026 10: 54 am IST The Assam government on Monday (May 25, 2026) tabled a Bill on the Uniform Civil Code, seeking to ban polygamy and make registration of live-in relationships compulsory. Assam Parliamentary Affairs Minister Atul Bora introduced the Uniform Civil Code…...
Bobby Charles is a Maine Republican frontrunner and a pariah
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (775+ words) When BDN shines a light, policymakers act. Make a gift to help our reporters keep Maine's leaders informed. Make a donation now." After Bobby Charles got his gubernatorial campaign rolling more than a year ago, Jim La Brecque handed him…...
BJD adrift, BJP left unchallenged in Odisha " and a clear path ahead
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (30+ words) While the BJP government has its own share of problems, the uncertainty around the BJD and the lack of a third front mean that Odisha is left without a choice....
Republicans won't easily forgive a Trump surrender
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (1830+ words) The President's supporters fear he is rushing into a bad deal with Iran WASHINGTON DC " Hell hath no fury like a Republican scorned, and this weekend, even before the ink is dry on Donald Trump's partial peace deal with Iran,…...
Congress will be in power in Telangana for 25 years, asserts Vem Narender Reddy
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (73+ words) Hanumakonda: Vem Narender Reddy said Congress workers must work unitedly to ensure that the Congress party continues in power in Telangana for the next 25 years. He described the upcoming Greater. .....
Assam Government Tables UCC Bill in Assembly
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (537+ words) Guwahati: Nearly two weeks after the Assam Cabinet approved the bill, the state government introduced the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the Assam Assembly on Monday. On behalf of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Atul…...