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ECI allows 12 alternative photo IDs apart from EPIC for voting; announces special arrangements for 'purdanasheen' womenVoters without their Election Photo Identity Card (EPIC) can now use 12 alternative government-approved IDs to cast their ballot. The Elect...10 Oct, 2025, 10.11 AM IST- Each time you lose, blame the WAGs?Following India's Test series defeat in Australia, BCCI plans to cut down on player perks, limiting family visits and extra baggage allowan...15 Jan, 2025, 11.22 PM IST
- Family and neighbours of Pakistani woman who came to India for her lover don't want her to returnA Pakistani mother of four, who sneaked into India to live with a Hindu man whom she befriended through an online game platform, has been o...16 Jul, 2023, 11.40 AM IST
- Mothers should instil values in sons for safety of women: Rashtra Sevika SamitiWomen should also make efforts to ensure that their children grow as nationalists and patriots, and follow Indian thoughts on women to real...29 Jun, 2023, 10.39 PM IST
- Wear hijab in madrassas and at home, not in schools, colleges, it won't be tolerated, says BJP's PragyaThe disciples of 'gurukul' (traditional Hindu educational institutions) wear 'bhagwa' (saffron) attire, but when such students go to other ...16 Feb, 2022, 09.58 PM IST
- 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...20 Mar, 2018, 12.28 PM IST
- On the centenary of women’s suffrage, a look at how India achieved electoral equalityIt has been suggested this was a gift from the British; having finally given women the vote, the British started propagating it.03 Mar, 2018, 11.46 PM IST
- British PM David Cameron suffers humiliating defeat on EU referendum rulesPurdah is a long standing UK convention whereby govts refrain from making any major announcements 28 days in the run-up to general election...08 Sep, 2015, 03.20 PM IST
- Looking back: A tale Indian royals' fascination for the Rolls-RoyceAccording to Murad Ali Baig's 'Rolls Royce and the Indian Princes', more than 20,000 RRs were built before World War I and about 20% of the...06 Apr, 2015, 09.13 AM IST
- Minority Commission issues notice to MES president on 'Niquab' rowMES president Dr PA Fazal Gafoor stoked a controversy saying 'Niquab' or veil used by Muslim women to cover their faces, is 'unislamic'.05 Dec, 2014, 04.34 PM IST
- Mulayam Singh Yadav: Our laptops were used to spread Modi’s messageThe SP government started the free laptop scheme for all intermediate pass students of the state and tablets for those clearing the high sc...18 Nov, 2014, 12.06 PM IST
- Veil system is an evil tradition: Mulayam Singh YadavMulayam Singh Yadav today kicked up a controversy by dubbing the practice of "purdah" (veil) as an "evil tradition", saying it should be sc...17 Nov, 2014, 09.02 PM IST
- Airlines bank on food to woo Indian passengersThe British Airways flight to London used to be the least preferred by Jain passengers because of the absence of Jain food on board.19 Dec, 2011, 09.09 AM IST
- Lift veil for voter ID, SC tells burqa-clad womenThe Supreme Court has said that burqa-clad women cannot be issued voter identity cards, rejecting the argument that religion prohibits them...23 Jan, 2010, 09.52 AM IST
- Royal contributionMaharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ School in Jaipur helped abolish purdah.14 Aug, 2009, 04.33 AM IST
- Deoband mulls fatwa against French goodsThe Islamic seminary of Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband is contemplating a fatwa against buying goods made in France to protest the anti-burqa comment...25 Jun, 2009, 10.44 AM IST
- Pak Taliban issues purdah diktat for womenPakistani Taliban have warned women in the restive northwestern Mohman Agency not to step out of their homes without a veil or else their m...04 Jul, 2008, 01.21 PM IST
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