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The BJP-led NDA government plans to amend the Waqf Act to restrict the powers of the Waqf boards. The Union Cabinet approved 40 amendments to the act, aiming to bring transparency to the management of Waqf properties. ...

The Yogi government in March issued an ordinance prohibiting the conversion of Nazul land into freehold ownership by private individuals, which aims to reclaim land that has been illegally seized by land mafias....

As the Women’s Reservation Bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha today in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha has taken a swipe at the government asking about its implications. Further, the AAP MP demanded immediate implemen...

The government of Assam is likely to present an anti-polygamy bill in the upcoming state assembly in December. This ban will not allow a person to have more than one spouse at a time. While addressing a gathering of the BJP alliance in Tisukia, Assam on Saturday, Chief Ministe...

Iranian authorities are all set to introduce a new Bill on hijab-wearing, just weeks before the first anniversary of the outrage caused by Mahsa Amini’s death. The experts fear that it would put unprecedentedly harsh punitive measures into law, said the media reports. In...