President gives assent to triple talaq bill
Agencies New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the triple talaq bill passed by Parliament, making it a law, a government notification said. The bill, which prescribes up to three years imprisonment for Muslim men giving instant triple talaq to their wives, was passed by Parliament on Tuesday. Parliament approved the bill that […]
Husband kills wife in UP
Balrampur : A 32-year-old woman was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband in Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, Haqiqul took his wife Razia to agricultural fields in Kohla village in the Harriya police station area of the district on Tuesday and killed her. After the body […]
Law Minister RS Prasad moves Triple Talaq bill in RS
NEW DELHI : Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday moved the triple talaq bill in Rajya Sabha, saying it has been brought to ensure justice for Muslim women and should not be seen through a political prism. Urging members to approve ‘The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019’, he said the […]
Home Minister Amit Shah to hold meeting on J&K today
Agencies Home Minister of India Amit Shah will hold a meeting on Jammu and Kashmir with other senior BJP leaders on Tuesday. BJP Working President, JP Nadda, General Secretary BL Santosh, J&K BJP President Ravinder Rana and former J&K Deputy CM Kavinder Gupta will attend the meeting, ANI reported. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also […]
15-Year-Old Muslim Boy Set On Fire In UP’s Chandauli For Refusing To Chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Agencies A 15-year-old Muslim boy was set on fire by four people in Chandauli district when the boy refused to chant “Jai Shri Ram”. The incident took place on Sunday night and the boy has been admitted in Kabir Chaura hospital in Varanasi. The condition of the boy with 60 per cent burns is said […]
Shah and his team of 16 working on Kashmir, NRC
Agencies New Delhi : Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Prime Minister’s most trusted lieutenant in Modi 2.0, is learnt to be focusing on vital aspects of national security with 16 key bureaucrats to fix the structural crises — the insurgency in Kashmir, the NRC, and the situation in Northeast and Maoist-affected areas. With the […]
Three of family commit suicide in Delhi
New Delhi: Three members of a family, including a couple, allegedly committed suicide inside their flat located in IIT-Delhi campus, police said on Friday. Gulshan Das, wife Sunita and his mother Kamta were found hanging from the ceiling fans in three rooms of the flat, said a police officer. According to a senior police officer, […]
President Kovind pays tribute to Kargil War soldiers at Srinagar
Agencies President Ram Nath Kovind Friday paid tribute to the fallen soldiers on the 20th anniversary of the Kargil war by laying a wreath at the war memorial at the Army’s 15 Corps headquarters in Kashmir’s Badami Bagh cantonment, officials said. The President was scheduled to take part in the function at Drass War memorial […]
BJP unwilling to form minority govt, K’taka heads for President’s Rule?
Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party is unwilling to form a minority government in Karnataka and till the Speaker takes a decision on the rebel lawmakers, the party will not stake claim to form the government, IANS reported on Thursday. In such a situation, the state might go under President’s Rule, party spokesman G Madhusudan said. He said: […]
Triple Talaq Bill is anti-Islam, says Asaduddin Owaisi
Agencies New Delhi: The triple talaq bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha by Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Thursday. A heated debate is underway between the Centre and the Opposition over the contentious bill. While the government defended the bill, members of Opposition termed the bill as politically motivated and against the Supreme […]
