New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Delhi unit of the BJP on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court judgement on triple talaq saying the decision will go a long way in ending “communal appeasement politics” and…
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) Ink was thrown at former Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union President Kanhaiya Kumar and other participants of rallies here on Tuesday allegedly by members of a right-wing organisation. The ink missed…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Muslim women who challenged the practice of triple talaq which was struck down on Tuesday by the Supreme Court expressed joy, with one saying that this was a “great…
Madrid, Aug 22 (IANS) The four men detained over last week’s terror attacks in Spain appeared at the High Court here on Tuesday. Driss Oukabir, Mohammed Allaa, Sahal El Karib and Mohammed Houli Chemlal were…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Amnesty International India on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict striking down the practice of triple talaq among Muslims as a step forward for womens rights in India. After the…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday summoned top officials from Karnataka and asked them to come up with a plan and status report over pollution in Bengaluru’s Bellandur lake….
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Contending that the practice of instant triple talaq was a constituent of the personal law and had a stature equal to other fundamental rights, the minority judgment of the Supreme…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling on triple talaq. “Welcome the Supreme Court decision setting aside instant Triple Talaq. I congratulate the women who…
Hyderabad, Aug 22 (IANS) The women’s wing of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has termed as “contradictory” and “fractured” the judgement of the Supreme Court on triple talaq. Dr Asma Zehra, chief…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the central government on a PIL seeking direction that road rage offence should be made non-bailable with rigorous imprisonment. A division…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday by a 3-2 decision struck down the centuries-old practice of instant triple talaq among Indian Muslims as unconstitutional, manifestly arbitrary and…
New, Aug 22 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hailed the Supreme Court verdict on triple talaq as “progressive” and said efforts should be made to rectify “aberrations” in personal laws that infringe on…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The triple talaq issue is not related to religion but social reform, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here on Tuesday, adding that the Modi…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 22 (IANS) The indefinite protest by five legislators of the Congress-led opposition in the Kerala Assembly to press for sacking of Health Minister K.K. Shailaja, who faces nepotism charges, entered its second day…
Madrid, Aug 22 (IANS) The four surviving members of the 12-men terrorist cell responsible for attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils appeared at the Spanish National High Court here on Tuesday. The four suspects arrived at…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court judgement on ‘triple talaq’, saying the majority judgement is a resounding affirmation of gender justice and of equality of…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), a representative body of the Muslims, on Tuesday said it welcomes the Supreme Court judgment on triple talaq as it vindicates the…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, who represented the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) in the Supreme Court, on Tuesday said the apex court judgment banning triple talaq is welcome…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah, arrested on charges of money laundering. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma rejected the bail plea…
Mumbai, Aug 22 (IANS) Muslim intellectuals and religious scholars on Tuesday gave a mixed reaction to the Supreme Court verdict on Triple Talaaq. Most urged that before enacting a law, the government must solicit the…