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Morning Digest | Anti-encroachment drive in J&K halted after Centre steps in; Wholesale inflation eased to 4.7% in January, and more

Morning Digest | Anti-encroachment drive in J&K halted after Centre steps in; Wholesale inflation eased to 4.7% in January, and more

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Security personnel deployed outside an automobile showroom, which is being demolished during an anti-encroachment drive, in Jammu on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI Anti-encroachment drive in J&K halted after Centre steps in The month-long anti-encroachment drive in Jammu and Kashmir to retrieve government land has been halted following an intervention by the Union Home Ministry, […]

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Chasing utopia — the quest for a Uniform Civil Code

Chasing utopia — the quest for a Uniform Civil Code

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The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is in the news again. While Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that it would be implemented in Himachal Pradesh if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is returned back to power in the Assembly elections, the Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi declared that the State will constitute a committee headed […]

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Delhi HC seeks Centre’s stand on PIL against validity of Waqf Act

Delhi HC seeks Centre’s stand on PIL against validity of Waqf Act

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The Delhi High Court on May 12 sought the stand of the Central Government and Central Waqf Council on a PIL seeking to declare that the Waqf Act is in violation of the Constitution and that private properties of citizens can only be governed by a Uniform Civil Code. A Bench of Acting Chief Justice […]

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