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Rajya Sabha approves Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill,
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): The 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 demand to refer it to the select committee and to remove the criminality cl
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Refer Triple Talaq Bill to Select Committee for further scrutiny: Oppositi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): Opposition parties on Tuesday termed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage), Bill, 2019 as "unconstitutional" and stressed that the Bill needs to be referred to a Select Committee of Parliament for further scrutiny.
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AIADMK opposes Triple Talaq Bill, stages walkout in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): National Democratic Alliance (NDA) constituent AIADMK on Tuesday termed the Triple Talaq Bill "unconstitutional and illegal" and later staged a walkout in the Rajya Sabha protesting against it.
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Lok Sabha passes Consumer Protection Bill
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill that provides for the creation of a central authority to protect, promote and enforce consumer rights including the right to be protected against marketing of goods and services which are hazardous to life, and to seek
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JDU stages walkout in RS protesting Triple Talaq Bill
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): BJP ally Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday staged a walkout in Rajya Sabha protesting 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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Consumer Protection Bill, 2019: Lok Sabha takes up discussion
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up for discussion a bill that calls for the creation of a central authority to protect, promote and enforce consumer rights.
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Triple Talaq Bill introduced in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, popularly known as the Triple Talaq Bill, was introduced in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
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Singapore tops Asia in Women Entrepreneur Cities Index: Is India doing eno
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Singapore, July 29 (ANI): The first international movement, the forerunner to the now annually celebrated International Women's Day, culminated in coordinated demonstrations by over a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland for the right to vote, to hold public office
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Sonam reports cruelty towards dog in Mumbai society, animal rights group c
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], July 29 (ANI): Bollywood star Sonam Kapoor on Sunday took to Instagram to bring her followers' attention to an incident of cruelty towards a stray dog that was beaten up mercilessly for taking shelter in a building in Worli due to heavy rains.
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Mehbooba is running shop in name of Article 35A: Bhim Singh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 28 (ANI): Slamming former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti over her stance on Article 35A, National Panthers Party (NPP) founder Bhim Singh on Sunday said that "Mufti is running shop; is power greedy and cares least about the rights of
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How many of you have written to Mamata for human rights violation in WB, a
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 28 (ANI): In an open letter to 49 signatories who recently wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing concern over the incidents of lynching, Union Minister Babul Supriyo asked how many of them have written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about the
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DCW writes to Lok Sabha Speaker, slams the Transgender Bill
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Friday slammed the Transgender Bill introduced by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for protection of rights of a transgender person.
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