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We should alleviate problems of women of other religions too: Sharad Yadav
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 7 (ANI): A day after Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's comments on triple talaq made headlines in the backdrop of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) leader Sharad Yadav slammed the concept of trying to improve the life of onl
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Lucknow's all-women mosque to be powered by solar energy
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb. 7 (ANI): Shaista Amber, president, Muslim Women Board Law Board, who has been an almost-lone crusader in the fight for the fundamental rights of Muslim women, now has another laurel to her name.
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Govt. raising triple talaq issue to woo Muslim women voters: AIMWPLB
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb. 6 (ANI): The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) on Monday dubbed the Central Government's stand to ban triple talaq as a 'vote bank politics', saying the issue is brought to notice to woo the Muslim women voters ahead of
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Triple talaq unconstitutional, violates rights to Muslim women, says Allah
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec.8 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court on Thursday termed the Islamic practice of divorcing a woman by uttering the word "talaq" thrice as unconstitutional.
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Dozens of Muslim women reportedly raped in Myanmar's northern Rakhine
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Oct. 27 (ANI): Human rights groups have alleged that dozens of Muslim women have been raped by state security forces in the northern Rakhine State during counter-insurgency operations there.
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A country should have one law on marriage, says Roopa Ganguly on triple ta
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct. 26 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Member of Parliament Roopa Ganguly said Wednesday that a country should have one law with regard to marriage, adding the Muslim women don't feel secure due to the present system of 'triple talaq&#
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Triple talaq must be abolished to protect rights of Muslim women: BJP
Updated : 8 years, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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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"Uniformity is not the guarantee for equality": CPI (M) on tripl
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 18 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has supported the demand of Muslim women against the arbitrary practice of triple talaq and alleged that the ruling dispensation at the Centre was not interested in securing women's equality but in targeting the mi
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What was need to convert 'triple talaq' into UCC in affidavit, a
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 17 (ANI): Criticising the Central Government for politicising the 'triple talaq' issue, former member of the national Commission for Women (NCW) Shamina Shafiq on Monday said it is a very serious matter for the Muslim women, but it is unfortunate that the Ce
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'Triple talaq': RSS calls upon Muslim women to take to streets a
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 15 (ANI): Asserting that the Muslim personal Law is not a democratic body, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday said Indian Muslim women should take inspiration from Pakistani women who in 1956, when the then Prime Minister Ali Bogra divorced his wife pro
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