Assam govt to form committee to investigate whether state govt has authority to prohibit polygamyThe state government stated that the committee will engage in extensive discussions with all stakeholders, including legal experts, to arri...
09 May, 2023, 07.30 PM IST
View: When a death wish was heroicFearlessness about death can be an admirable virtue when put to good use. How society honours its dead and who it celebrates says a lot abo...
16 Jan, 2022, 11.19 AM IST
- Centre plans to celebrate Ram Mohan Roy, Aurobindo anniversaries
The culture ministry is mulling over a set of proposals detailing year-long celebrations to commemorate the 250th birth anniversary of soci...
26 Jun, 2021, 09.34 AM IST
About 82 per cent decline in triple talaq cases since law enacted by Modi govt: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviIn an article 'Triple Talaq -- Big Reform, Better Result' which was posted by Press Information Bureau, Naqvi said triple talaq or talaq-e-...
22 Jul, 2020, 05.41 PM IST
Right to enter temple not absolute, Centre tells Supreme CourtArguing for the Centre on the scope of a reference in the Sabarimala review made to a nine-judge bench, Mehta invoked Hinduism’s pluralism ...
18 Feb, 2020, 07.19 AM IST
View: Courts cannot see Sabarimala and triple talaq in the same wayShould the state – government, legislature, or court – never intervene in religious practices? What about the banning of sati, caste discri...
24 Oct, 2018, 11.40 AM IST
Google Doodle pays tribute to 'Maker of Modern India', Raja Rammohun RoyThe doodle, created by Toronto-based designer Beena Mistry, marks his 246th birth anniversary.
22 May, 2018, 01.30 PM IST
Why the government must now hasten to enact a Uniform Civil CodeThere are myriad castes and sub-castes with their own beliefs and systems for marriage and remarriage, which is different for men and women.
27 Aug, 2017, 06.58 AM IST
Triple talaq ban: CJI reminds government of obligation to bring in Uniform Civil CodeInterference in matters of 'personal law' is beyond judicial examination. The judiciary must, therefore, always exercise restraint: CJI.
23 Aug, 2017, 12.57 AM IST
Supreme Court has to decide whether triple talaq is unconstitutional: Mukul RohatgiRohatgi, who dubbed as "an eyewash" the latest affidavit of All India Muslim Personal Law Board that those who resort to triple talaq will ...
24 May, 2017, 06.26 PM IST
Triple talaq not integral to Islam, is intra-community tussle: Centre to Supreme CourtFormer Union minister and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, representing the AIMPLB, said that he will respond to after talking to all the board m...
18 May, 2017, 01.26 AM IST
Supreme Court to examine validity of Muslim divorce, polygamyThe court passed the order while adjudicating a woman's plea seeking share in ancestral property of her father under the Hindu Succession A...
29 Oct, 2015, 10.21 AM IST
Archaeological Survey of India documents 732 unprotected monumentsThe Archaeological Survey of India has documented 732 unprotected monuments across the country, some dating back to the Iron Age.
02 Aug, 2015, 03.46 PM IST
Law firms to step up hiring as capital market business looks up“In Delhi and Mumbai, the number of recruitment mandates have shown more than a 40 per cent increase from last year."
21 Jun, 2014, 02.01 PM IST
Centre opposes living will, die with dignity pleaOnly a few years ago, women would jump into their husbands’ pyres claiming it was out of their own volition, ASG argues.
12 Feb, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
- Eran heritage unmatched; abuzz with historians & archaeologists
The grandeur of the Varaha statue and abundance of antiquities in the village of Eran leaves one mesmerised and spellbound.
28 Jul, 2011, 07.47 AM IST
- Orchestrating a civilised exit
At 85-years, Sir Edward Downes, arguably Britain’s most famous orchestra conductor was almost blind and increasingly deaf. But he wasn’t il...
18 Jul, 2009, 04.44 AM IST