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"Give Me Six Months": Suvendu Adhikari Says West Bengal Will Bring a Uniform Civil Code

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KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has said his government will implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state within six months, and follow it with laws against religious conversion and what he called "love jihad" and "land jihad".

"After Uttarakhand and Gujarat, UCC will be implemented in West Bengal as well. I am giving you my word, give me six months," Adhikari said, according to Organiser. He spoke on Sunday, October 4, at an event in Kolkata marking the birth centenary of former Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) president Ashok Singhal, ThePrint reported.

"This government will not allow any anti-national activity here," he said.

A Uniform Civil Code replaces the separate personal laws of religious communities with one set of civil laws. The draft Uniform Civil Code Bill, 2026 in West Bengal deals with marriage, divorce, intestate succession and testamentary succession across all communities, The Tribune reported in…

The white colonnaded West Bengal Legislative Assembly building in Kolkata with a dome and a flower garden in front

Chhattisgarh Gets ₹43,250 Crore of Investment Proposals at Singapore Forum, Led by ₹41,750 Crore Data Centre

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RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh has received foreign direct investment proposals worth ₹43,250 crore at the first Singapore-India Network for Growth (SING) Forum in Singapore, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said, almost all of it from a single planned data centre.

"At SING Forum 2026, we secured FDI commitments worth ₹43,250 crore, led by a ₹41,750 crore commitment from Singapore's Energy Capital Global for a 100 MW hyperscale data centre in our State," Sai said, according to SME Street.

Energy Capital Global Pte Ltd, which is headquartered in Singapore, has committed ₹41,750 crore…

The Singapore business district skyline and Marina Bay at dusk, seen from above
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  1. West Bengal"Give Me Six Months": Suvendu Adhikari Says West Bengal Will Bring a Uniform Civil Code
  2. ChhattisgarhChhattisgarh Gets ₹43,250 Crore of Investment Proposals at Singapore Forum, Led by ₹41,750 Crore Data Centre
  3. DelhiDelhi Begins Winter Pollution Curbs: No Fuel Without PUC at 500 Pumps; Outside Non-BS-VI Vehicles Barred From November 1
  4. BiharBihar Pitches Roads, Power and a ₹5 Lakh Crore Target at Rising Bihar Investor Summit in Patna
  5. JharkhandCharges Framed Against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in Ranchi Land Case; High Court Declines Relief
  6. Madhya PradeshMP Cabinet Clears ₹24,500 Crore of Proposals and 20% Reservation for Agniveers in Police, Forest and Jail Posts

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