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Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has been diagnosed with throat cancer, a report has claimed.Quoting sources, the Express News reported that Kulsoom was diagnosed with the disease in London last week.Doctors, however, said the type of cancer Kulsoom is suffering from...
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JUST IN: White House placed on lockdown for suspicious package investigation
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Mark Wahlberg has been named the highest paid male actor in Hollywood, earning an estimated $68m in the past 12 months.The annual list, assembled by Forbes, places the 46-year-old in top position after paychecks for Transformers: The Last Knight and forthcoming comedy sequel Daddy’s Home...
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The US today slapped sanctions on 10 Russian and Chinese companies and six individuals for helping in advancing North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programme by conducting business with the reclusive nation.As a result of today's action, any property or interests in property of the...
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India today released seven Pakistani prisoners and stressed the need to address all humanitarian issues, including early and full consular accessto Kulbhushan Jadhav and Hamid Nehal Ansari, who are in Pakistan's custody.The external affairs ministry in a statement also said that release of 300...
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India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim remains the only Indian national on an updated list of financial sanctions released by the UK which also listed 21 aliases for the underworld don.The mafia boss appears on the UK Treasury department's 'Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets...
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BJP President Amit Shah will take oath as Rajya Sabha member on August 25.Sources in the Rajya Sabha secretariat said the Chairman, M Venkaiah Naidu, will administer the oath to Shah on Friday.The BJP chief is making his debut in Parliament. He was elected to the upper house from Gujarat earlier...
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The high-power committee probing the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy today submitted its report to the Uttar Pradesh government.The committee headed by chief secretary Rajive Kumar submitted the report to the government this evening, an official spokesperson said.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi...
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One of the alleged Barcelona assailants has admitted in court that a bigger attack was planned, say judicial sources.Mohamed Houli Chemlal was testifying in the Madrid high court, where the four surviving suspects are appearing.He was injured in an explosion that reduced a house to rubble in the...
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As the Supreme Court today banned instant triple talaq, activists urged the apex court to also take steps to decriminalise homosexuality and penalise marital rape.The triple talaaq verdict should open people's minds to more progressive laws, gay rights activist Harish Iyer said.Any step in the...
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As army officer Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit was released from jail, he said, I want to join my family and my organisation. I come from a family of soldiers. I am an individual and the army will decide what to do next.He was suspended in 2008 after his arrest but the suspension was revoked,...
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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today welcomed the Supreme Court verdict setting aside instant triple talaq and congratulated the women who fought for justice.Welcome the Supreme Court decision setting aside instant triple talaq. I congratulate the women who fought for justice, he said on...
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A big upset at the Badminton World Championships. France's Brice Leverdez shocks Malaysian Lee Chong Wei 21-19 22-24 21-17 in the first round.
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Noorjehan Safia Niaz, co-founder of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, was one of the petitioners in the instant triple talaq case before the Supreme Court. She was ecstatic when the apex court in a 3:2 verdict banned instant talaq on Tuesday, August 22. Soon after the court ruling,...
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The message from the Supreme Court of India had travelled far and wide, but Razia was unaware of the verdict that could pave way for that long-elusive justice she had been fighting for. A local reporter broke the news to the 26-year-old resident of a hamlet in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur, about...
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Terror funding case: Delhi Court dismisses bail application of separatist Shabir Shah.All India Muslim Personal Law Board to hold its first meeting after triple talaq judgment on September 10th, in Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh).
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For the third consecutive time, ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his sons today failed to appear before the country's top anti-graft body which is to interrogate them over the money laundering and corruption charges revealed by the Panama Papers.The National Accountability Bureau...
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Delhi HC seeks Facebook, Google, Yahoo's response on plea to remove links of Blue Whale challenge that has been linked to number of suicides. HC also seeks response of Centre and Delhi police on plea seeking a direction to Internet firms to immediately remove links of the online...
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Majority view of the Supreme Court will be the law of the land, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday following the apex court ruling barring instant talaq. The SC judgement on triple talaq is a great victory and a welcome step, Jaitley said, and after the SC judgment on...
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Mumbai Police posts this photo on Twitter of a 17-year-old girl, who was found after six days, with her family at the Andheri police station.'Emotional moment for family on reuniting with their 17 year old, missing since 6 days.Andheri police worked relentlessly to make this happen,' says the...
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A terrorist was killed today in an encounter with security forces in Handwara area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district, an Army official said.Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Hongnikote in Haphruda forest area of Handwara, 85 km from Srinagar, following information about...
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam acting president M K Stalin on Tuesday claimed that 22 MLAs have withdrawn their support given to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.In a press release, Stalin said that Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao has received...
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The National Investigations Agency Special Court allows Lt Col Shrikant Purohit to make a call to his wife Aparna. Speaking to ANI outside the Special NIA Court, the army officer said, I'm very happy. Now, I want to go back to my two families -- first is my service, second is my wife, sons...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday, welcomed the 'historic' verdict on triple talaq and said, its not about anyone's victory or loss, rather it is about a Muslim woman's sense of equality in the country.I welcome the historic verdict on behalf of the party. This verdict is not about anyone's...
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PM Narendra Modi tweets on the historic instant triple talaq verdict. @narendramodi Judgment of the Hon'ble SC on Triple Talaq is historic. It grants equality to Muslim women and is a powerful measure for women empowerment.The Supreme Court by a majority verdict on Tuesday set aside the practice...
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I can say with satisfaction this was the last case which I did before I decided to quit: Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on triple talaq.
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With the Supreme Court asking the Union Government to formulate a new legislation in connection with the triple talaq practice, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Tuesday said that the Board supports the judgement, adding security should be provided to the Muslim women until...
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The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board and the All India Shia Personal Law Board today welcomed the Supreme Court judgement on triple talaq, terming it as a victory of Islam and Muslim women in the country. The decision, they said, has given new hope to Muslim women. The Supreme Court...
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The Supreme Court verdict on instant triple talaq: Read it here.
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In other news, ruling out a hasty withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, President Donald Trump today issued the sternest warning yet by an American leader to Pakistan for providing safe havens to terrorists and sought an enhanced role for India to bring peace in the war-torn country. Trump, in...
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Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development: It's a good judgement and its another step towards gender justice and gender equality.Congress party: Welcomed the Supreme Court decision striking down instant triple talaq. Yogendra Yadav: A victory for Muslim women and...
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Reactions on the instant triple talaq judgment: Zafar Jilani, member, All India Muslim Personal Law Board has maintained that it is unconstitutional for the judiciary to interfere in the religious practices of Muslims. The board also said that there cannot be any uniform civil code in India....
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The Supreme Court by a majority verdict today declared that triple talaq was void, illegal and unconstitutional. Following is the chronology of events: *Oct 16, 2015: SC bench asks chief justice of India to set up an appropriate bench to examine if Muslim women face gender discrimination in...
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In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court by a majority of 3:2 today ruled that the practice of divorce through triple talaq among Muslims is void, illegal and unconstitutional. The apex court held that the triple talaq is against the basic tenets of Quran. First reactions from triple talaq...
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Justice Kurien Joseph, one of the five judges in the bench hearing the petitions: There are four sources of Islamic law. Only the Quran is the first source of law, therefore sources other than the Quran are supplement to what is in it. Therefore, there can be nothing more than what is written in...
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Triple talaq verdict updates: The SC refers to abolition of triple talalq in Islamic countries and asks why can't independent India get rid of it. If law doesn't come in force in six months, then SC's injunction on triple talaq will continue. The court said instant triple talaq unworthy and...
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The SC struck down triple talaq by a majority judgment of 3:2. In the majority verdict, the three judges striking down instant triple talaq quoted extensively from Quranic verses and Hadith. The judges said one cannot seek constitutional protection for a practice for which the primary source is...
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The bench is being led by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar, the first Sikh to hold the post. Justice Kurian Joseph, only the sixth Christian to be elevated to the Supreme Court, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit of the Hindu community, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman of the Parsi community and Justice Abdul...
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Triple talaq: The Supreme Court says it hopes the legislature will consider Muslim law while bringing in the new law. Chief Justice of India JS Khehar said that all parties must keep politics aside while deciding the law. One of the five judges also said that triple talaq is unconstitutional....
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Just in: The Supreme Court bars instant triple talaq and asks Parliament to bring in a legislation on it. Instant triple talaq has so far been legal for Muslims according to the Constitution, but several Muslim women who have been divorced because of it, including on Skype and on WhatsApp,...
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The United States witnessed a total solar eclipse, but instead of savouring each moment of the grand spectacle, social media was more focussed on trolling President Donald Trump as he looked directly at the sun.The US president was 'mocked' online for 'appearing' to look directly at the Sun,...
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The Supreme Court will on Tuesday pronounce the verdict on the controversial issue of triple talaq. As the victims hope for a favourable judgment, they plan to protest if the verdict doesn't come in their favour.Talking to ANI, Shayara Bano (pictured alongside), the petitioner said, I feel the...
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Ex-deputy inspector general of police (Prisons) D Roopa has claimed that a corridor of about 120 ft to 150 ft length is barricaded on both ends of the Parappana Agrahara central prison, heavily, and is used as private space by jailed All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary V K...
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United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday that the Donald Trump Administration 'looks to Pakistan to take decisive action against militant groups based in Pak that are a threat to region'.After President Donald Trump announced America's new strategy in Afghanistan,...
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The United States on Tuesday ruled out a hasty withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan as President Donald Trump warned Pakistan of consequences if it continues to provide safe havens to terror groups and sought an enhanced role for India to bring peace in the war-torn country.Trump, in a...
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The US Secret Service is facing a strain on its budget due in part to President Donald Trump's large family and multiple properties.Secret Service Director Randolph Tex Alles said some 1,100 agents will hit their overtime allowance caps for the year.Under Trump, 42 people receive protection, an...
