Assam child marriage arrests: Himanta Biswa Sarma says drive will continue despite protestsTension prevailed in Dhubri district after police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the women who had gathered in front of the Tamarha P...
Hijab row: Udupi BJP MLA says he gets threat callsBhat, who is the president of the development committee of the pre-university college for women in Udupi where the hijab issue originated i...
100s of madrassas reject vaccinationThis is because of wrong information being spread mainly over WhatsApp that the vaccine can make a child impotent.
Law soon to curb marriage of girls to older Arab men?Minorities welfare department has recommended that the age difference between the man and the woman must not exceed 10 years.
Global kid bride racket goes bust in Hyderabad, 8 sheikhs in netThe crackdown followed a spate of child marriages in Old City and a tip-off from a reluctant 16-year-old girl, who was interviewed by a 50-...
How female qazis took the law into their own handsBMMA established the Darul Uloom Niswaan in 2016 to train women from across the country. Of the 30 that enrolled, 13 have finally been awar...
Qazis to take brides' view on triple talaq: Muslim law boardAIMPLB responded to a query from the court about a woman being given the option to incorporate in the nikahnama whether she agreed to give ...
Supreme Court asks how 'sinful' Triple Talaq can be a matter of faithThe SC asked Muslim bodies how something that they themselves call "sinful" and "patriarchal" can be a matter of faith, that the SC shouldn...
Can women be given option of saying no to triple talaq: Supreme Court to AIMPLBA five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar also said if all 'Qazis' can be asked to include this condition at the ti...
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.
Triple talaq to be tested on touchstone of Constitution: Supreme CourtDuring the hearing, senior advocate Indira Jaising referred to an old verdict of the Bombay High Court holding Personal Law regime cannot b...
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...
Pakistani Islamic body says full face veil not mandatory for women"The covering of face, hands, up to the wrists, and feet is not mandatory for Muslim women," the CII chief told media after the meeting.
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Arvind Kejriwal fails to rope in former CIC OP KejriwalAAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched his campaign in Varanasi with declaration: "I have come to start revolution that will finish ...
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan lays foundation of MP's first Haj House in Bhopal
Chouhan said that following religious tenets, the Government will not allow new liquor shops and factories to be opened in the state.
- Shopian case: Blood samples of policemen taken
Blood samples of four policemen arrested have been collected.
- J&K polls begins
Voting for second phase of J&K polls begins.