"Under this circumstances, what should we do? Should we allow Muslim women to be continued to be exploited," he said.
According to a police official of Wankaner taluka police station, a case of rape, kidnapping and illegal confinement was registered against 19-year-old Naresh Solanki, while seven others belonging to his family were booked under charges of kidnapping and illegal confinement.
The agency's case is based on a National Investigation Agency complaint filed against the accused and Pakistan-based organisation Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation.
The states need to identify the children in distress through outreach and surveys and prepare a database with a profile of each child, along with the details of their specific needs and requirements, and ensure that the data is uploaded on the Track Child portal.
Ramesh K C had allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at a lodge at Maddur in Mandya district on December 6, leaving a note in which he has listed out alleged illegalities committed by Bheema Nayak, special land acquisition officer (Bengaluru) and held him and his personal driver Mohammad responsible for his death.
Manyata moved the sessions' court seeking stay to the summons. The sessions' court fixed April 23 as the next date for hearing and stayed the proceedings.
After joining the BJP, Ishrat said that she would work for women's right in the future.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday lauded the passage of the triple talaq bill in Parliament
A retired Pakistan army officer incurs army chief General Bajwa's wrath, reveals Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
The expelled BJP MLA is accused of raping the woman in 2017. He is also facing murder charges as the woman was hit by a truck in July. Her two aunts were killed in the accident.
The Court granted two weeks' time to the Corporation to file a reply on the complaint that the marriages continued to be conducted at the farmhouses despite its earlier orders.
They demanded the immediate release of Kanojia, Anuj Shukla, who is the editor of Noida-based TV channel Nation Live, and its head Ishika Singh
"It is a historic day. We are making history today," Law Minister said.
Ramesh Gowda accused Reddy and a KAS officer of mentally torturing him.
The judges in the minority verdict said that if the Centre does not bring a law within six months, then its injunction on triple talaq will continue.
Do you support the Delhi High court ruling which allows girls over 15 to marry provided they do so 'of their own free will?'
'Congress gave Muslim conservatism support and here the BJP saw a window of opportunity'
Lalu's word is final in the RJD when even when he is serving a long jail sentence after being convicted in fodder scam cases.
'Due to lack of understanding or patriarchal misinterpretation, a common notion was generated that if you are a Muslim man you can marry four times.'
Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah engaged in a war of words on Twitter after the passage of the triple talaq bill in Rajya Sabha, with the latter stating that PDP leaders abstaining from voting "helped the government with the numbers needed to pass the bill."
Does a woman forfeit her right to her parent's property because she converted from Hinduism to Islam?
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that securing Aadhar cards, being issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), was optional and it has not made it mandatory for the citizens.
Some movies of 2021 excelled in content but yet, they did not do well.
A journalist has been arrested for allegedly sharing an objectionable post against Uttar Pradesh chief minister on social media.
Actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi has landed in trouble over an inter-caste marriage as the police have registered a case of kidnapping against him, based on the complaint of the bride's parents. But the bride Nalini, an engineering graduate, has denied the charge and said that she had married the boy on her own accord. Chiranjeevi, who launched his Praja Rajyam party less than a fortnight ago, had attended the wedding at the invitation of Rao, who is a member of his party.
The deputy in-charge of the Darul Uloom's fatwa department, Mufti Ahsan Kasmi, said conversion to Islam must be in good faith and not for getting something
The apex court said the exception in the rape law was contrary to the philosophy of other statutes and violates the bodily integrity of a girl child.
While law-abiding customers are harassed for KYC and have to comply with endless paperwork even to open and close accounts, DHFL could easily open nearly 260,000 fake home-loan accounts, reveals Debashis Basu.
The draft 'Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill' was considered by the Union cabinet which gave its nod, the functionary said.
'The Centre has brought an ordinance on triple talaq. Its duration is of six months. If it is made into a law, then we will challenge this in the Supreme Court.'
In an unprecedented move, a woman in Mumbai has placed a matrimonial advertisement in a newspaper looking for a groom for her son, raising eyebrows and sparking a heated debate on social media.
Human trafficking has been a concern and it got serious after recent detection of alleged involvement of MPs in the illegal activity.
There seems to be even more trouble brewing for Sanjay Dutt and his new wife, Manyata. The couple were scheduled to appear in court today in connection with their marriage which was deemed illegal, when Manyata's alleged first husband, Meraj Rehman, showed up at the court.
The bill will lapse on June 3 with the dissolution of the present Lok Sabha.
The government is at liberty to re-promulgate the ordinance if the bill fails to get through Parliament.
Members of JD-U, RJD and Congress which have given enough hint of fighting together against BJP in the coming state assembly election next year, jointly rushed into the well of both the Houses demanding action against Dhankhar and his "close friend" Sushil Kumar Modi.
The court convicted Sengar for rape under the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for offence by a public servant committing penetrative sexual assault against a child.
Hrishi Satawane, who found love in Vinh from Vietnam, says "Society is more open minded than you think."
'No country has moved from bigotry to equality fast, and India, with its leisurely, elephant-like pace for the most non-controversial of things, will only take longer.'
The Ayodhya judgment of November 9 draws on both the polytheism of Hinduism and the modern rule of law, says Deepak Lal.
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