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Mehbooba Mufti cries foul on govt advisory to Amarnath pilgrims to curtain
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 2 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday cried foul on the government's advisory to Amarnath pilgrims and other tourists to curtail their visit "immediately" in view of the security situation in the state and claimed that the Centre
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Parliament takes up discussion on dam safety bill
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Friday took up discussion on Dam Safety Bill, 2019 which seeks to provide uniform safety procedures for specified dams in the country with Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat stating that the Centre had no intention to take rights
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Plea against Triple Talaq Bill filed in Delhi HC
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking to quash Sections 4 and 7 of the most controversial newly passed The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, which criminalises instant 'triple talaq' among
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Attack on Islam: WB Min on triple talaq bill
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
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.
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Society should step in to curb atrocities against minors, says Yashwant Ja
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Commenting on the recent incident in which a three-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, gang-raped and beheaded by two people in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) member Yashwant Jain on Thursday said that society
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President Kovind gives assent to Triple Talaq Bill
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday gave his assent to the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage), Bill, 2019, which criminalises instant 'triple talaq' among Muslims and attracts a jail term of three years for the husband.
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Cong MP explains absence in RS during discussion on triple talaq bill
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha on Wednesday clarified that he had to be present before a Chhattisgarh court on Tuesday and, therefore, could not take part in the discussion on the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 in the Upper
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Goa CM Pramod Sawant congratulates PM Modi over Triple Talaq Bill
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 31 (ANI): Chief Minister Pramod Sawant congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Rajya Sabha passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 on Tuesday.
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Deft floor management helped BJP get Triple Talaq Bill passed in Rajya Sab
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): The success of BJP in getting the contentious Triple Talaq Bill passed in the Rajya Sabha came after some deft political management by the party leaders, which included reaching out to opposition leaders, MPs "individually" and chief ministers of Odisha, And
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Triple talaq bill stands for gender justice and equality, not religion: RS
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 stands for gender justice, equality and dignity, and is not about religion.
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Parliament passes Bill criminalising instant Triple Talaq
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): The Central government on Tuesday scored a major victory in the Rajya Sabha on the back of cracks in the opposition when the House passed the Triple Talaq Bill after rejecting the opposition's demand to refer the Bill to the Select Committee and to remove th
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Triple Talaq bill : 'Archaic practice confined to dustbin,' says PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked "all parties and MPs" who supported the passage of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 and said that with the legislation crossing the Rajya Sabha hurdle a "historical wrong done to Mu
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