Born to one, rejected by another: How a 4-month-old Mumbai baby lost both 'mothers' after being diagnosed HIV+A four-month-old baby was abandoned after being illegally adopted using false identification in Mumbai. The baby, delivered using another w...
02 Mar, 2025, 11.09 AM IST
SC seeks data on criminal cases over instant talaqThe Supreme Court has requested data on criminal cases filed under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, which cri...
30 Jan, 2025, 12.23 AM IST
PM Modi renews 'snatch, redistribute wealth' attack on Congress; tries to woo Muslims in Aligarh speechPrime Minister Narendra Modi seemed to address the concerns of Muslims a day after accusing the Congress party of attempting to seize peopl...
23 Apr, 2024, 12.21 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh graveyard walls project may become a housing scheme for triple talaq victimsStill in early stages of planning, the scheme, aimed at rehabilitating abandoned victims of triple talaq, will add to the welfare scheme st...
01 Aug, 2020, 07.34 AM IST
View: Triple Talaq bill fails to address the crucial aspect of 'maintenance'Ever since the Jawaharlal Nehru led government legislated the Hindu Marriage Act 1956, a section of society has been harbouring a grievance...
01 Aug, 2019, 12.09 AM IST
Law on stopping mob lynching, honour killing need of the hour: DMKParticipating in the discussion on the Muslim Women (protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, DMK leader Kanimozhi said she was oppose...
25 Jul, 2019, 03.35 PM IST
Fresh triple talaq bill introduced in Lok Sabha, Oppositon members protestThe Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019 became the first legislation to be tabled in Parliament by the Narendra Modi ...
21 Jun, 2019, 04.36 PM IST
Centre to oppose polygamy, Nikaah Halala at Supreme Court hearingNikaah halala makes it mandatory for a divorced Muslim woman to marry another man, consummate the marriage and divorce him should she wish ...
30 Jun, 2018, 10.35 AM IST
Government introduces triple talaq bill in Lok SabhaThe draft bill says, "any pronouncement of talaq by a person upon his wife, by words, either spoken or written or in electronic form or in ...
28 Dec, 2017, 05.10 PM IST
'Strict law needed for financial security of divorced women'Siddiqua Begum (70), who witnessed her mother's struggle in the corridors of courts and in the society, says divorced women from the commun...
24 Aug, 2017, 11.44 AM IST
Triple talaq: Here's why Supreme Court may strike down unilateral talaqsArguments have ended in the triple talaq case and the judgement is expected before August. SC’s decision will have far-reaching implication...
22 May, 2017, 12.02 AM IST
Alienated by triple talaq, Muslim women see hope in Supreme CourtSupreme Court will hear from tomorrow a clutch of petitions on the issue, that is a tussle between orthodoxy and reform in the community.
10 May, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
Declare triple talaq, nikah halala, polygamy inconsistent with fundamental right: Centre to SCMuslim women cannot be denied the right to equality guaranteed under the Constitution and other international covenants, the central govern...
11 Apr, 2017, 11.51 AM IST
'Women members of AIMPLB support triple talaq'According to AIMPLB, an estimated 10 crore Muslim women from all across the country have signed a campaign supporting the practice of tripl...
18 Nov, 2016, 05.53 PM IST
Supreme Court seeks Narendra Modi government’s views on triple talaqThe bench issued notices to the ministries of law, minority affairs, and women and child development, seeking their views on the matter.
01 Mar, 2016, 07.44 AM IST
Chinese city of Urumqi in restive Muslim region bans burqaChina today banned burqas in public places in the capital of its Muslim-majority Xinjiang region which is often hit by separatist violence.
10 Jan, 2015, 09.28 PM IST
- New Marriage law for Muslim women in India
The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board has released the "Shariat Nikahnama" that they claim would give equal rights to both Muslim m...
17 Mar, 2008, 09.05 PM IST