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Sharif asks religious scholars to play role in abolishing extremism
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 12 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked religious scholars to play their role in eliminating extremism from society.
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Women activists welcome Allahabad HC ruling on triple talaq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmadabad (Gujarat)/New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): Welcoming the ruling of the Allahabad High Court on triple talaq, women activists on Thursday said it is a very unlawful act and must be abolished.
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Sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi feel pinch of demonetisation too
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata/New Delhi [India], Nov. 17 (ANI): The Centre's radical move to abolish large bank notes has severely affected the business of sex workers in Sonagachi- India's largest red light district, in West Bengal capital Kolkata.
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RIP 500, 1000 notes: Now capital of India will shift to Daulatabad scoffs
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Nov. 9(ANI): Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari termed the move by the government to abolish Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes as a completely imbecile and hilarious and branded Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "modern day Tughlaq."
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Triple talaq must be abolished to protect rights of Muslim women: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 23(ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday backed Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu's assertion that triple talaq was "anti-constitutional and anti-civilisation" and said that this system must be abolished to protect the ri
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Ranjana Kumari backs Centre's effort to abolish triple talaq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 23 (ANI): Supporting the Central government's stand for abolition of triple talaq, women activist Ranjana Kumari has encouraged Muslim women to seek justice from the Supreme Court.
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High time to abolish triple talaq, bring justice to Muslim women: Venkaiah
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct. 22 (ANI): Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that it is high time for India to abolish triple talaq and do away with the discriminatory practice which has been denying justice to Muslim women.
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Fadnavis assures Dalits on SC-ST Prevention of Atrocities Act not being re
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Oct.12 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has assured Dalits that the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act will not be repealed or abolished despite a strong demand from a section of the Maratha community.
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Triple talaq, Nikah Halala 'un-Quranic', must be abolished: Woma
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Mumbai/Bengaluru[India], Sept. 2 (ANI): Zakia Somen, co-founder of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) and one of the petitioners in the Supreme Court seeking to ban triple talaq and Nikah Halala, on Friday said the process of divorcing women practiced in India should be ab
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Kofi Annan to visit Myanmar amid demand to abolish advisory commission
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Sep. 1 (ANI): Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, who was recently appointed to head the Rakhine State Advisory Commission, will pay a visit to Myanmar next week even as nationalists demanding to abolish the commission led by him.
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