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Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female PM, dies at 80Khaleda Zia dies: Bangladesh's first female Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia, has passed away at the age of 80 following a protracted illness. H...- PM's 'mangalsutra' remark is response to Congress over 'wealth redistribution', we have never divided society, says JP NaddaIn an interview with ANI, Nadda said the Modi government has lifted 25 crore people out of poverty, has worked for everyone and has taken s...
- New Pakistan government not to indulge in 'politics of revenge': Shehbaz SharifMeanwhile, the lone lawmaker from Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)present in the House, Ali Muhammad Khan in an emotional speech defen...
- Gulmaki elected as Odisha's first Muslim woman chairperson in urban pollsAccording to political analysts, no Muslim woman has so far been elected as chairperson of any civic body in Odisha so far. However, one Md...
- Act against students' 'intimidation' for Attire: 5 IIMB faculty to NCWFive faculty members of IIMB urged the National Commission for Women to take suo moto cognisance of reports of intimidation of Muslim women...
- 'Battling Begums': Zia 'fakes' illness in jail, alleges PM Sheikh HasinaZia's imprisonment has led to a question mark over the BNP's participation in the elections in December as the party said it would not take...
- Kerala teacher’s remark on dress goes viral, sparks ‘watermelon stir’The teacher had said that girls were not wearing their hijab properly and were deliberately exposing their chest just like ‘slices of water...
- Ladakh tense over Muslim-Buddhist ‘love jihad’ marriageLadakh Buddhist Association official P T Kunzang said that a Buddhist delegation has been seeking appointment with the PM to apprise him ab...
- Ready to submit opinion on triple talaq if SC asks: NCWStating that about 33,000 cases remain unresolved in the commission, mostly from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and West Bengal, she said si...
- Court battle continues between RSS linked Arogya Bharati and Mamata Banerjee government over "Garbh Sanskar" programmeThe RSS functionaries, however, called the move by the West Bengal Commission For Protection of Child Rights as a “politically motivated” a...
- Triple talaq should be deliberated with open mind: AIMWPLBAmber said that she had been working on triple talaq and other related issues and had sought time to meet the office bearers of the AIMPLB.
- 50,000 Muslims sign up a petition seeking a ban on triple talaqUnilateral divorce sometimes given over phone, text message and email has become increasingly frequent, leaving women with the short end of...
- No space for women: Aligarh Muslim University Vice-Chancellor Zameeruddin Shah faces flak for library diktat"It is saddening as a woman but also instils a feeling of resentment. I have asked the higher education secretary for information on this i...
- Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi defends controversial remarks on womenInvoking Islam, the MLA, who appeared before the Commission today, said a woman in illicit relation should be punished along with the man i...
- How did Sonia Gandhi become so rich, asks ManekaBJP candidate Maneka asked, "Shaadi ke samay dahej mein kuch bhi saath nahi laayi thi, tab phir itna paisa kahan se aaya."
- UPSC member P Kilemsungla gets Padma ShriP Kilemsungla, the first woman from Nagaland to become UPSC member, has been chosen for this year's Padma Shri award.
- Goa polls: Husband & wife rooting for rival partiesWhile 'family politics' is one of the major issues in the upcoming Goa legislative assembly polls, a young couple here is perhaps an except...
- Meira Kumar unanimously elected as LS SpeakerTwo years after India created history by electing a woman as its President, another Constitutional post which had so far remained preserve ...
- BJP's tribal answer to Cong's Dalit cardBJP sought to counter Dalit card played by Congress while selecting its candidate for Lok Sabha Speaker's post by nominating former Union m...
- Consensus on Meira for SpeakerLok Sabha is all set to get a Dalit woman as its Speaker. Ms Meira Kumar, who resigned from Union Cabinet on Sunday, has become consensus c...
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