Opposing the Supreme Court direction to make the registration of marriages compulsory, the grand mufti of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday said Muslim marriages cannot be bound by the new ruling. "Muslim marriages are solemnised in the presence of witnesses and recorded with the signatures of all concerned. Court registrations would give rise to a lot of problems. Muslim marriages cannot be made bound by the new ruling," Bashirrudin Ahmad said in a statement in Srinagar.
With mosques shut, workers and daily wage workers are left to fend for themselves, underscoring once again the magnitude of the crisis of unemployment and poverty triggered by the lockdown, which began on March 25 to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
The LeT's self-styled 'divisional commander' Ahmed Atto, alias Abu Yasir, and his wife Shabrina Bano, also a terrorist, were killed at Khandepura, near Gundna in Doda district on Wednesday afternoon
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Muslims, who constitute over 60 per cent of the total electorate of 2.53 lakh, hold the key in this constituency.
The Congress on Thursday said its president Sonia Gandhi had asked United Progressive Alliance allies in Jharkhand to decide on government formation and the chief ministerial candidate.
'It would have given us more relief if the accused had been sentenced to death'
'You cannot suppress a section of society permanently.' 'The spark of revolt will catch fire sooner or later.'
Three Indian-Americans face up to 15 years in prison if they are convicted in a bribery case in the United States, a website has reported. The case is said to be the largest in the US involving bribery in a revenue office.
Many said that scrapping of Article 370, which gave special status to the state, could lead to change in its Muslim-majority identity.
The Centre pleaded in HC that it is waiting for responses from various states over UCC.
Irfan and Yusuf Pathan will receive Rs 5 lakh each.
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Congress has been non-committal about joining the government headed by Koda, who is an independent MLA.
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Sadhvi Meenakshi Devi, who deposed before the commission on Tuesday, did not turn up.
'Indian secularism doesn't deserve a tombstone. It needs a new shrine,' argues Shekhar Gupta.
'Since the two successive drubbings of the Congress have rung the alarm bells about the party's future, the need to chart a new course cannot be delayed any further,' says Amulya Ganguli.
The CBI will also rope in experts to conduct the DNA test, the sources said and added that the skeletal remains could be brought to Delhi.
'My religion is great and it has given a lot of rights to women, but these intermediaries are interpreting it wrongly and ruining it.' 'I have great faith in our judiciary. I am sure they will see through the drama of men.'
Apoorva Lakhia's Zanjeer has got a mixed response from the Censor Board.
By all yardsticks 2024 isn't expected to be like 2014 or 2019. But with the mandir expected to be ready in time for the next Lok Sabha polls, Modi will have a new ally in Ram to see him through, observes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
The Ministry of Law and Justice, in its affidavit, referred to constitutional principles like gender equality, secularism, international covenants, religious practices and marital law prevalent in various Islamic countries to drive home the point that the practice of triple talaq and polygamy needed to be adjudicated upon afresh by the apex court.
He wanted the money the latter had received as compensation in the aftermath of the post-Godhra communal riots.
"We are not interested with facts at all. We are only interested in dealing with the legal issue," the bench said.
They killed the three after torturing them, sources said, adding that the bodies bore marks made by sharp-edged weapons.
The women, who said they had no faith in the CBI, reached Gujarat's Dahod district headquarters after walking 55km from Randhikpur and presented a memorandum to Collector R R Solanki.
'These two cases are being watched by the nation and any untoward incident happening there lead to reactions elsewhere,' Additional Commissioner of Police (Special Branch) Bipin Bihari said.
The Supreme Court got the gangrape case to Maharahtra to Gujarat.
Defence lawyer S K Jain said that to most of his questions, Bilkis replied, 'I don't recollect'.
Bilkis said she wondered why the Gujarat police chose not to record her statements accurately, Special Public Prosecutor R K Shah said.
Judge U D Salvi directed the prosecution to serve a fresh summons on her.
Pakistan's charity foundation Edhi on Tuesday turned down Rs one crore donation announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking care of deaf and mute Indian girl Geeta during her over a decade-long stay in the country.
Naseem Bano, who is now left with only her son, is today a part of the Aman Movement, which helps riot victims cope with life and organises programmes to foster communal harmony.
'From chaiwala he has now become Rafalewala. He speaks a bunch of lies,' the West Bengal CM said.
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