A view of premises of the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to a plea by a Kerala-based woman, born a Muslim but now a non-believer, to be governed by the secular statute of Indian Succession Act of … Read more
Former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Describing the proposed “secular civil code” as an inclusive reform, senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said illustrious personalities like Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the constituent Assembly were in favour of a “uniform secular civil code”. … Read more
CPI(M) Kerala secretary M.V. Govindan (file) | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT A meeting of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretariat on December 29 (Friday) reportedly drew a bleak political inference that the Congress’s alleged ambivalence about attending the consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya would subvert the anti-Hindutva politics that lay at … Read more
P. Mohanan, CPI(M) Kozhikode district secretary, has called for the unity of secular forces against Hindutva politics. He was opening a seminar on ‘Resisting Hindutva’ here on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition on December 6. The event was organised by Keluettan Centre for Study and Research. P.A. Fazal Gafoor, president, … Read more