After last year’s failure govt reintroduces triple talaq bill in LS
New Delhi: The government on Friday introduced the fresh triple talaq bill in the Lok Sabha amid vehement protests by opposition members who claimed that it was violative of the Constitution. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019 became the first legislation to be tabled in Parliament by the Narendra Modi dispensation […]
Man booked for announcing triple talaq to wife
Thane: A case has been registered against a 32-year-old man from Bhiwandi in the district for allegedly announcing triple talaq, prohibited by law, to his wife, police said Friday. Police have also booked him and his three family members for allegedly harassing his wife for dowry. The woman lodged a complaint with Bhoiwada police on […]
FATF concerned over Pak’s inaction against Saeed, Azhar: Report
NEW DELHI: The US, the UK and France are some prominent countries to have voiced concern over Pakistan’s failure to do enough to contain terror funding in its soil and not registering cases against terror masterminds Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar under anti-terror laws, sources said Friday. Several countries expressed this view at a meeting […]
SC declines to grant extension for counseling in PG medical courses
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday refused to extend the schedule of counselling for filling up as many as 603 vacant seats in post-graduate medical and dental courses in deemed universities and private colleges. A vacation bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant disposed of a plea by the Education Promotion Society of India, […]
Seers demand repeal of Art 370
Haridwar: Several Hindu seers Wednesday renewed the demand for building a Ram temple in Ayodhya and abolishing Article 370 of the Constitution, saying it is the time for Modi government to honour people’s mandate to it. The seers raised the demand during a Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Marg Darshak Mandal meeting. The seers attending the meeting […]
BJP raised high expectations, not delivering anything: Cong
New Delhi: The Congress alleged on Thursday that the BJP-led government had a record of raising high expectations by making tall promises but not delivering anything and the president’s address to a joint sitting of both houses of Parliament was the prime example of “a lot of intent founded upon sheer inaction”. Congress’s chief spokesperson […]
Scientists develop portable sensors to detect explosives
New Delhi: Scientists have developed a compact and portable sensor that detects explosives like DNT and TNT in real time, and can be used to monitor public spaces to counter terrorism. Nitroaromatic explosives like DNT, TNT and TNP pose a serious threat to civilian and military safety. These chemicals are also recognised as toxic contaminants […]
JK, Sikkim skip FRA review meet in Delhi
New Delhi: The number of cases where tribal and non-tribal dwellers could be evicted from forest lands has “reduced considerably” after a review of rejected claims for ownership rights under the Forest Rights Act, officials said Wednesday. The Supreme Court on February 13 had ordered eviction of 11.8 lakh “illegal forest dwellers” whose claim for […]
Om Birla is the speaker of 17th Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Rajasthan MP Om Birla was on Wednesday chosen as speaker of the Lok Sabha. The motion to choose Birla as the speaker was moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also Leader of the House, and passed by a voice vote “That Shri Om Birla, a member of the is House, be […]
