The new US law enshrines federal protections for same-sex couples, requiring that the federal government and all states recognize marriages if the couple was married in a state where the union was legal, The Hill reported.
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has granted another extension to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports examining the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, which proposes to raise the m
Quetta [Pakistan], August 6 (ANI): The draft for an anti-child marriage bill has been pending before the Balochistan Assembly for the last eight years, a legislator briefed the consultation meeting on the issue of child marriage.
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu has granted an extension to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports for Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, which proposes to raise the minimum age of marriag
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The Standing Committee for Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports on Wednesday in its meeting will discuss "The National Anti -Doping Bill 2021" referred to the Committee during the last Winter Session and will hear the views of Secretary, Depart
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): The parliamentary panel headed by BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Sahastrabuddhe, to which the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill that seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 has been referred to, will start its deliberat
Patna (Bihar) [India], Oct 12 (ANI): A woman named Noori Fatma claimed that her husband gave her instant 'triple talaq' because she refused to become a "modern" woman and consume liquor and wear dresses.
Koriya (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Despite Parliament passing the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage), Bill, 2019, new cases of triple talaq were reported from Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 1 (ANI): West Bengal Minister and president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, Siddiqullah Chowdhury, on Thursday termed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage), Bill, 2019 as an "attack" on Islam.