News India » Assam » Religion: India’s Assam State to Introduce Uniform Civil Code
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 ...
News India » Assam » Religion: Indian State Moves to Criminalize Praying for the Sick
A proposed ban on “magical healing” is the latest government initiative targeting Christian practice and evangelism in Assam. State lawmakers in India are seeking to curtail evangelism with a ban on ...
News India » Assam » Religion: Indian state strikes down controversial colonial-era law that allowed Muslim child marriage
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. File image: Brides attend a mass Islamic marriage ceremony organised by the Gujarat Sarvajanik Welfare Trust in Ahmedabad on 4 ...
News India » Assam » Religion: Assam mulls law that needs couple to state religion and income
Assam is mulling a law that will require the bride and groom to declare their religion and income in official documents a month before the wedding. The move has come on the heels of many other ...
News India » Assam » Religion: Assam passes law against polygamy, CM Himanta says not against any religion
Silchar: The Assam Assembly on Thursday passed the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025, which bans the practice of polygamy and polygamous marriages in the state with a penalty of jail up to 10 ...
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