This Memorial Day will see far fewer living veterans of World War II, with just over 60,000 still alive in the U.S. today. An article in this newspaper leading up to Memorial Day 2023 reported that ...

The push for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, exemplified by Uttarakhand's enactment, is framed as secular progress. However, critics argue true equality requires dismantling inequities within ...

Ahmedabad: A petition in the Gujarat high court has challenged the formation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) committee, seeking directions for the state govt to include members from different ...

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But what's catching everyone's attention is the clear indication that the government is now moving towards the long-debated Uniform Civil Code — a move which is considered to be one of the ...

The renewed push for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), with Uttarakhand becoming the first state to enact one, is being projected as a step toward national unity through secularism. But this framing ...

We see that the Bengaluru High Court urged the Parliament and State Legislatures to "make every endeavour" to enact a statute on the uniform civil code (UCC). It is high time and earlier also we have ...

Members of the Muslim community in Ahmedabad and Vadodara organized human chains on Tuesday to protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Act and Uniform Civil Code. The action, led by the 'Gujarat ...

May 7, 2025 • We're looking back on the day a Philadelphia police department helicopter dropped a bomb on a rowhouse in a middle-class neighborhood. Even though that bombing and the fire it set ...

VILNIUS - The institution of partnership, as now defined in Lithuania's Civil Code, is unconstitutional because it only provides for a union between a man and a woman, excluding same-sex relationships ...