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Winter Session begins, opposition targets centre over Farooq Abdullah’s absence
The Winter Session of the parliament, which will run till December 13, started today amid concerns over a slowing economy, unemployment, agrarian distress and...
PM Modi talks of govt achievements, makes major announcements for defence & water
In his first Independence Day speech after being voted back, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recounted his government’s achievements ‘within 10 weeks of returning to...
Triple talaq law challenged in court day after receiving President’s assent
A day after President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the legislation that makes instant triple talaq a penal offence and it became...
“Govt should thrash out all sticky issues”
Panelists say that all opposing sections should be consulted on Triple Talaq
Rajya Sabha has taken up the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage)...
Modi government introduces Triple talaq Bill in Lok Sabha amid crticitism
Modi government introduced a fresh bill to ban the practice of instant triple talaq in the Lok Sabha today (Friday, June 21) as the...
President Ram Nath Kovind endorses Modi govt’s work, lays out its priorities
Endorsing Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s work in its previous term, President Ram Nath Kovind in his first address to the parliament after the...
Issues like Ram Mandir and Triple Talaq may harm NDA in 2019 LS elections:...
The Lok Janshakti Party said that issues like Ram Mandir and triple talaq should not be on an agenda for the upcoming Lok Sabha...
Muslims demand withdrawal of Triple-Talaq Ordinance
Encouraged with recent Supreme Court verdicts on LGBT and adultery, various Muslim socio-religious and political organisations have demanded withdrawal of triple talaq ordinance enabling...
Imam association head reverses stand on camera in debate on triple talaq
Triple talaq makes women live in constant fear of being driven out of hearth and home which interferes with their agency and renders them...
Centre approves ordinance to make instant triple talaq a punishable offence
Anti-triple talaq bill had been passed by the Lok Sabha in the monsoon session but was stalled in the Rajya Sabha, ordinance expected to...
Uniform Civil Code is neither necessary nor desirable, says Law Commission
A uniform civil code (UCC) is neither necessary nor desirable at this stage, said the Law Commission in a report that destroys the decades-old...
President Kovind’s Maiden Address to Parliament Focuses On Social Sector
A focus on social sector and welfarism, highlighting the government's move to restore Muslim women's honour through the bill criminalising triple talaq, and pitching...
Muslim women’s rights group approves criminalisation of triple-talaq
As per the triple talaq bill, the practice of instant divorce will be a non-bailable and cognisable offence, and might attract a jail term...
Shoe hurled at Asaduddin Owaisi during rally against ‘Triple-talaq’ bill in Mumbai
Over the last few days, AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi has been holding several meetings as a part of the Tahafuz-e-Shariat (preservation of the Shariati)...
Debate on anti-triple talaq Bill stalled in Rajya Sabha again amid Opposition uproar
Consensus evades on the passage of the Bill with just one day left before the winter session of Parliament concludes, Opposition presses for RS...
Day in Pictures
Image highlights from around the world
“Shia Board trying since 2007 to abolish triple talaq”
Mudda debates bill, wonders why a civil offence should be turned into a criminal one, status-quoist speakers prioritise women’s security and maintenance over dignity,...
Centre-Opposition spar in Rajya Sabha, Anti-Triple Talaq Bill debate deferred till tomorrow
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday amid Opposition protests, demand for referring it to select panel
With just...
Anti-triple talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahan joins BJP, hails Modi
Ishrat Jahan, one of the petitioners who had moved the Supreme Court against instant triple talaq, credits Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “revolutionary law”
If...
Lok Sabha passes Bill banning instant triple talaq, Rajya Sabha hurdle ahead
All amendments moved by the Opposition members fall, Modi government to now work on floor management in Rajya Sabha to get Bill passed
In a...
Why some Muslims are against the triple talaq bill
Mudda panellists debate nitty-gritties of the law on anvil, question its necessity, some want modification of draft to cut short imprisonment, include scope of...
Bill to ban instant triple talaq instroduced in Lok Sabha, Opposition protests
PM Narendra Modi appeal to Opposition parties to support the Bill fails, BJP issues whip to party MPs to ensure Bill’s passage in both...
Narendra Modi Cabinet clears Bill criminalising triple talaq for introduction in Parliament
The Bill makes instant triple talaq a cognisable offence and proposes a 3 year jail term for Muslim husband who gives wife talaq-ul-biddat; to...
Also punish muftis who okay triple talaq: Mudda
Panel explores strands of opinion on the issue, Muslim community leaders pay lip service to social reform even as Congress left red-faced over “missed...
Modi govt drafts Bill proposing 3 year jail term for husbands in instant triple...
Bill also provides for a subsistence allowance of a harassed Muslim woman and her dependent children along with custodial rights of minor children
In a...
“BJP can implement GST at midnight, but can’t call winter session”
Mudda examines reasons behind delay, asks if government’s triple talaq bill will give Muslim women the same rights as Hindus with a few questioning...
Parl winter session from Dec 15 to Jan 5, Bill to ban triple talaq...
Session will witness only 14 days of work; Opposition to target BJP over GST rollout impact, rising food prices and allegations against Amit Shah...
Modi government plans law banning instant triple talaq
Amid continuing reports of talaq-ul-biddat being given despite SC order against the practice, Modi government likely to table new law in next Parliament session
It...
Talaq Judgement: Muslim Women A Play Thing in Communal Politics?
By Saeed Naqvi
Put it down to my acute perversity, because as soon as celebrations broke out and I glanced at the Supreme Court’s Triple...
Any other government at the Centre would have sought to overturn the triple talaq...
~By Puneet Nicholas Yadav
On April 23, 1985 the Supreme Court judgment on the Mohammed Ahmed Khan vs Shah Bano case created history. The judgment,...
Cheer and jubilation as SC declares instant triple talaq ‘unconstitutional’
Barring a section of cleric and organisations like the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, political parties, social activists and most importantly the Muslim...
Triple Talaq verdict: How the dice rolled in the courts
In a historic judgment, the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, in a 3:2 majority verdict termed Talaq-ul-Biddat or instant triple talaq as “manifestly arbitrary and unconstitutional”;...
Instant ‘triple talaq’ is unconstitutional says SC in 3:2 split verdict, asks Centre to...
If the Centre fails to draft the rules and have a legislation passed by Parliament within the set time frame, then the injunction on...
Feeling of unease, insecurity in Indian Muslims, says Hamid Ansari as his VP term...
Ansari – the only Vice President to complete two terms in office – joins the growing clamour for the need to protect minorities and...
Deoband issues fatwa to curb triple talaq
The edict from Deoband comes when the arguments in the Supreme Court are about to end.
By Abu Turab
At a time when the Supreme...
Centre willing to enact new law if triple talaq declared void: Rohatgi
Attorney General says Government will bring law to regulate Muslim marriage and divorce.
Appearing on behalf of the Centre in the triple talaq case before...
Triple talaq: Supreme Court begins hearing
AIMPLB defends triple talaq and opposed the petitions
The Supreme Court on Thursday began hearing a batch of petitions challenging the practice of triple talaq...
Allahabad HC says triple talaq not sustainable
Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani said rights of a citizen cannot be overrun under the guise of personal law
Agencies and APN correspondent
The practice of triple...
Enact law banning triple talaq, don’t use courts for politics, say lawyers
South Asian Minorities Lawyers Association says triple talaq should not be a weapon in the hands of politicians
By Abu Turab
The government should bring in...
SC appoints Salman Khurshid as amicus curiae in triple talaq hearings
The bench of Chief Justice J.S. Khehar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice S.K. Kaul permitted Khurshid to file his written submissions in the case.
The...
PM Modi says triple talaq should not be seen through political prism
The Prime Minister had also raised the issue at the recently concluded BJP National Executive in Bhubaneswar during his valedictory address
Demanding equal rights for...
Speakers in APN show: Politicians who polarise people should be punished
APN’s Aap ki rai discusses why BJP leaders end up making communally charged statements
At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh...
Muslim Board enforces code of conduct against Triple Talaq
APN Lucknow
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has decided to enforce code of conduct against misuse of triple talaq in the community. This...
What Muslim Women Want
A view from the ground
By Rashme Sehgal
What do Muslim women on the ground feel about the issue of triple talaq which they refer to...
Muslim women meet CM on triple talaq
Led by Farha Faiz, the president of the organisation, the delegation was given a patient hearing
By Vikram Mishra, APN, Lucknow
A delegation from the...
APN shows the way on triple talaq
Channel puts forth Quranic perspective on the issue
By Abu Turab
On the day when the Supreme Court stated that hearings on the triple talaq issue...
Impact APN: 2 arrests in triple talaq case
Victim Atiya Sabri had appealed to PM for help
By APN Correspondent
Responding to APN’s story about triple talaq victim Atiya Sabri of Saharanpur, on Wednesday...
Post UP elections, Muslim divorcee seeks Modi help
Says Muslim women performed their duty by voting in BJP, it is now PM’s turn
By Roshan Lal Saini, APN Saharanpur
Installation of the new BJP...
'Triple Talaq' - 50 News Results
Winter Session begins, opposition targets centre over Farooq Abdullah’s absence
The Winter Session of the parliament, which will run till December 13, started today amid concerns over a slowing economy, unemployment, agrarian distress and...
PM Modi talks of govt achievements, makes major announcements for defence & water
In his first Independence Day speech after being voted back, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recounted his government’s achievements ‘within 10 weeks of returning to...
Triple talaq law challenged in court day after receiving President’s assent
A day after President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the legislation that makes instant triple talaq a penal offence and it became...
“Govt should thrash out all sticky issues”
Panelists say that all opposing sections should be consulted on Triple Talaq
Rajya Sabha has taken up the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage)...
Modi government introduces Triple talaq Bill in Lok Sabha amid crticitism
Modi government introduced a fresh bill to ban the practice of instant triple talaq in the Lok Sabha today (Friday, June 21) as the...
President Ram Nath Kovind endorses Modi govt’s work, lays out its priorities
Endorsing Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s work in its previous term, President Ram Nath Kovind in his first address to the parliament after the...
Issues like Ram Mandir and Triple Talaq may harm NDA in 2019 LS elections:...
The Lok Janshakti Party said that issues like Ram Mandir and triple talaq should not be on an agenda for the upcoming Lok Sabha...
Muslims demand withdrawal of Triple-Talaq Ordinance
Encouraged with recent Supreme Court verdicts on LGBT and adultery, various Muslim socio-religious and political organisations have demanded withdrawal of triple talaq ordinance enabling...
Imam association head reverses stand on camera in debate on triple talaq
Triple talaq makes women live in constant fear of being driven out of hearth and home which interferes with their agency and renders them...
Centre approves ordinance to make instant triple talaq a punishable offence
Anti-triple talaq bill had been passed by the Lok Sabha in the monsoon session but was stalled in the Rajya Sabha, ordinance expected to...
Uniform Civil Code is neither necessary nor desirable, says Law Commission
A uniform civil code (UCC) is neither necessary nor desirable at this stage, said the Law Commission in a report that destroys the decades-old...
President Kovind’s Maiden Address to Parliament Focuses On Social Sector
A focus on social sector and welfarism, highlighting the government's move to restore Muslim women's honour through the bill criminalising triple talaq, and pitching...
Muslim women’s rights group approves criminalisation of triple-talaq
As per the triple talaq bill, the practice of instant divorce will be a non-bailable and cognisable offence, and might attract a jail term...
Shoe hurled at Asaduddin Owaisi during rally against ‘Triple-talaq’ bill in Mumbai
Over the last few days, AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi has been holding several meetings as a part of the Tahafuz-e-Shariat (preservation of the Shariati)...
Debate on anti-triple talaq Bill stalled in Rajya Sabha again amid Opposition uproar
Consensus evades on the passage of the Bill with just one day left before the winter session of Parliament concludes, Opposition presses for RS...
Day in Pictures
Image highlights from around the world
“Shia Board trying since 2007 to abolish triple talaq”
Mudda debates bill, wonders why a civil offence should be turned into a criminal one, status-quoist speakers prioritise women’s security and maintenance over dignity,...
Centre-Opposition spar in Rajya Sabha, Anti-Triple Talaq Bill debate deferred till tomorrow
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday amid Opposition protests, demand for referring it to select panel
With just...
Anti-triple talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahan joins BJP, hails Modi
Ishrat Jahan, one of the petitioners who had moved the Supreme Court against instant triple talaq, credits Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “revolutionary law”
If...
Lok Sabha passes Bill banning instant triple talaq, Rajya Sabha hurdle ahead
All amendments moved by the Opposition members fall, Modi government to now work on floor management in Rajya Sabha to get Bill passed
In a...
Why some Muslims are against the triple talaq bill
Mudda panellists debate nitty-gritties of the law on anvil, question its necessity, some want modification of draft to cut short imprisonment, include scope of...
Bill to ban instant triple talaq instroduced in Lok Sabha, Opposition protests
PM Narendra Modi appeal to Opposition parties to support the Bill fails, BJP issues whip to party MPs to ensure Bill’s passage in both...
Narendra Modi Cabinet clears Bill criminalising triple talaq for introduction in Parliament
The Bill makes instant triple talaq a cognisable offence and proposes a 3 year jail term for Muslim husband who gives wife talaq-ul-biddat; to...
Also punish muftis who okay triple talaq: Mudda
Panel explores strands of opinion on the issue, Muslim community leaders pay lip service to social reform even as Congress left red-faced over “missed...
Modi govt drafts Bill proposing 3 year jail term for husbands in instant triple...
Bill also provides for a subsistence allowance of a harassed Muslim woman and her dependent children along with custodial rights of minor children
In a...
“BJP can implement GST at midnight, but can’t call winter session”
Mudda examines reasons behind delay, asks if government’s triple talaq bill will give Muslim women the same rights as Hindus with a few questioning...
Parl winter session from Dec 15 to Jan 5, Bill to ban triple talaq...
Session will witness only 14 days of work; Opposition to target BJP over GST rollout impact, rising food prices and allegations against Amit Shah...
Modi government plans law banning instant triple talaq
Amid continuing reports of talaq-ul-biddat being given despite SC order against the practice, Modi government likely to table new law in next Parliament session
It...
Talaq Judgement: Muslim Women A Play Thing in Communal Politics?
By Saeed Naqvi
Put it down to my acute perversity, because as soon as celebrations broke out and I glanced at the Supreme Court’s Triple...
Any other government at the Centre would have sought to overturn the triple talaq...
~By Puneet Nicholas Yadav
On April 23, 1985 the Supreme Court judgment on the Mohammed Ahmed Khan vs Shah Bano case created history. The judgment,...
Cheer and jubilation as SC declares instant triple talaq ‘unconstitutional’
Barring a section of cleric and organisations like the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, political parties, social activists and most importantly the Muslim...
Triple Talaq verdict: How the dice rolled in the courts
In a historic judgment, the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, in a 3:2 majority verdict termed Talaq-ul-Biddat or instant triple talaq as “manifestly arbitrary and unconstitutional”;...
Instant ‘triple talaq’ is unconstitutional says SC in 3:2 split verdict, asks Centre to...
If the Centre fails to draft the rules and have a legislation passed by Parliament within the set time frame, then the injunction on...
Feeling of unease, insecurity in Indian Muslims, says Hamid Ansari as his VP term...
Ansari – the only Vice President to complete two terms in office – joins the growing clamour for the need to protect minorities and...
Deoband issues fatwa to curb triple talaq
The edict from Deoband comes when the arguments in the Supreme Court are about to end.
By Abu Turab
At a time when the Supreme...
Centre willing to enact new law if triple talaq declared void: Rohatgi
Attorney General says Government will bring law to regulate Muslim marriage and divorce.
Appearing on behalf of the Centre in the triple talaq case before...
Triple talaq: Supreme Court begins hearing
AIMPLB defends triple talaq and opposed the petitions
The Supreme Court on Thursday began hearing a batch of petitions challenging the practice of triple talaq...
Allahabad HC says triple talaq not sustainable
Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani said rights of a citizen cannot be overrun under the guise of personal law
Agencies and APN correspondent
The practice of triple...
Enact law banning triple talaq, don’t use courts for politics, say lawyers
South Asian Minorities Lawyers Association says triple talaq should not be a weapon in the hands of politicians
By Abu Turab
The government should bring in...
SC appoints Salman Khurshid as amicus curiae in triple talaq hearings
The bench of Chief Justice J.S. Khehar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice S.K. Kaul permitted Khurshid to file his written submissions in the case.
The...
PM Modi says triple talaq should not be seen through political prism
The Prime Minister had also raised the issue at the recently concluded BJP National Executive in Bhubaneswar during his valedictory address
Demanding equal rights for...
Speakers in APN show: Politicians who polarise people should be punished
APN’s Aap ki rai discusses why BJP leaders end up making communally charged statements
At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh...
Muslim Board enforces code of conduct against Triple Talaq
APN Lucknow
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has decided to enforce code of conduct against misuse of triple talaq in the community. This...
What Muslim Women Want
A view from the ground
By Rashme Sehgal
What do Muslim women on the ground feel about the issue of triple talaq which they refer to...
Muslim women meet CM on triple talaq
Led by Farha Faiz, the president of the organisation, the delegation was given a patient hearing
By Vikram Mishra, APN, Lucknow
A delegation from the...
APN shows the way on triple talaq
Channel puts forth Quranic perspective on the issue
By Abu Turab
On the day when the Supreme Court stated that hearings on the triple talaq issue...
Impact APN: 2 arrests in triple talaq case
Victim Atiya Sabri had appealed to PM for help
By APN Correspondent
Responding to APN’s story about triple talaq victim Atiya Sabri of Saharanpur, on Wednesday...
Post UP elections, Muslim divorcee seeks Modi help
Says Muslim women performed their duty by voting in BJP, it is now PM’s turn
By Roshan Lal Saini, APN Saharanpur
Installation of the new BJP...
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