The Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court (HC) has pronounced a decision which may significantly impact the course of ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Muslims accuse Modi’s right-wing nationalist party of pursuing a Hindu agenda that discriminates against them and directly imposes laws interfering with their faith. LUCKNOW, ...

GUWAHATI, India, Feb 25 (Reuters) - India's Assam state has scrapped an 89-year-old law that allowed marriage involving underage Muslims, against opposition from leaders of the minority community who ...

The Assam state in India’s north-eastern region has decided to repeal a British-era law that allowed Muslims to register marriage and divorce according to their religious customs. The move, Muslim ...

A Muslim couple wed on the banks of the Tungabhadra River at Hampi, India. In the background, a Hindu man is taking his ritual bath, December 22, 2005. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Claude Renault ...

NEW DELHI, Feb 11 (Reuters) - (This Feb. 11 story has been refiled to clarify that India is home to the third-largest Muslim population in the world, in paragraph 8) Shayara Bano heaved a sigh of ...

LUCKNOW, India — An Indian state has approved an unprecedented uniform code for marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance for Hindus, Muslims and other religious communities under new legislation ...