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Triple Talaq Bill likely to be tabled in Parliament today
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017, which seeks to criminalise the practice of triple talaq, is expected to be tabled in the Parliament by Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday.
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'Farm loan waiver cannot be justified in economic terms'
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): With farm loan waiver being a populist election promise in the ongoing Gujarat elections, Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Y.V. Reddy today said that the practice is the decision of the political dispensation and cannot be justified in economic ter
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Important to protect women rights: London Mayor on triple talaq
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Sunday said it was important to protect women rights, while condemning the practice of triple talaq.
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Triple Talaq still an issue at Yogi's Janata Darbar
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India] November 21 (ANI): A woman from Ramapur has alleged that her husband gave her Triple Talaq over the phone, even as the Supreme Court declared the practice 'unconstitutional' three months ago.
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Religion should not be associated with Yoga, says Baba Ramdev
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Mahendragarh (Haryana) [India], November 10 (ANI): Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on Friday came out in support of a Muslim girl, who received death threats for teaching Yoga in Jharkhand and said the practice was essential for mental and physical health and that religion should not be brought into t
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Farmers resort to stubble burning in protest against prohibition orders
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Sangrur (Punjab) [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Farmers in Sangrur's Daska village of Punjab on Thursday burnt stubble in a show of protest against Government's order of banning the practice.
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'Argo', 'Hamburger Hill' actor Tim Quill dies at 54
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 5 (ANI): Tim Quill, best known for 'Argo' and 'Hamburger Hill', has died at the age of 54.
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Gauraksha should not be a reason for polarisation in society: RSS
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): Following Mohan Bhagwat's assertion that cow protection must be looked at beyond religion, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sunday echoed similar sentiment and said that the practice should not be a reason for polarisation in society.
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Hyderabadi Kazis censure 'Sheikh marriage racket
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] Sept 24 (ANI): Kazis here have denounced the practice of marriages of minor girls to Sheikhs.
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Yoga now an international art, neither political nor religious: Naidu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): As cities across India rolled out yoga mats at various venues to mark the importance of yoga on the International Yoga Day, Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said the practice has now evolved into an international a
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Muslim cleric supports Naidu's assertion on Triple Talaq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 21 (ANI): With Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu stating that the government may have to step in and enact a law to ban Triple Talaq if the Muslim community fails to change the practice, Qazi Dr. Hina Zaheer on Sunday asserted that she stands by Naidu'
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Male Muslims cannot universally dissolve marriage: Najma Heptullah
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Manipur [India], May 13 (ANI): Hailing Supreme Court's decision of examining whether the practice of triple talaq is 'is fundamental to religion' and whether 'it falls in the category of enforceable fundamental rights, Manipur Governor, Najma Heptullah on Saturday dubbed
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