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Owaisi issues notice opposing introduction of Triple Talaq Bill
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 28 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday gave a notice in the Lok Sabha opposing the introduction of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill) 2017.
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Vin Diesel beats out Dwayne Johnson as 2017's highest grossing actor
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A], December 28 (ANI): Hollywood actor Vin Diesel has defeated his 'Fast and Furious' co-star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson to be named this year's top grossing actor.
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Shayara Bano to continue her fight for women rights
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): Ahead of the tabling of The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 in the Parliament, Shayara Bano, the petitioner who had filed a plea in Supreme Cpourt to ban Triple Talaq said that she will continue her fight for women rights.
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Triple Talaq Bill likely to be tabled in Parliament today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017, which seeks to criminalise the practice of triple talaq, is expected to be tabled in the Parliament by Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday.
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Various small savings scheme's interest rate cut by 0.2 percentage points
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): The Government on Wednesday has lowered the interest rates on various small savings scheme by 0.2 percentage points for the January-March quarter as compared to the rates in the previous October-December quarter of the financial year 2017-18.
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LS passes GST Amendment Bill
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Amendment Bill 2017.
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LS passes bill to protect unauthorised Delhi colonies
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill, providing protection to unauthorised colonies and slums in Delhi from punitive action for three more years.
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Teesta River makes a stir in premium tea segment with launch of Lounge Tea
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI-NewsVoir): Teesta River Tea, a Bangalore based start-up has launched its array of tea products online. The brand has launched its product range in Amazon and plans to sell across selected super markets and stores in Southern India in December 2017.
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BW's Annurag Batra conferred Media Leader of the year 2017 award
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI-NewsVoir): TV5 Network hosted its third biennial Business Leader Awards in Hyderabad recently. At the event, the Media Leader of the Year 2017 award was conferred upon Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-chief of BusinessWorld and exchange4media group.
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ISL 2017: Jamshedpur's dogged defence ready for leaders Chennaiyin
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jamshedpur [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Steve Coppell's robust defensive organisation has made Jamshedpur FC a tough, if not the most exciting, team in their debut Indian Super League (ISL) season.
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Anushka Sharma crowned PETA's 'Person of the Year'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): The results are in for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA) 2017 Person of the Year Award, and the title goes to none other than popular actor and vegetarian Anushka Sharma.
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Paytm becomes India's first payments app to cross 100 mn downloads on Play
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): India's largest mobile-first financial services platform, Paytm on Wednesday announced that its app has crossed the 100 million milestone on Google Play Store in the second week of December 2017.
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