The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a controversial bill that criminalises the practice of triple talaq among Muslims, amidst walkout by the Congress and the BJP ally AIADMK as opposition parties attacked the government saying the measure was aimed at political gains in view of the coming general elections.


Lok Sabha passes triple talaq bill amidst opposition walkout (Roundup)


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Rishi Raj Singh, Director General of Police often referred to as a 'super cop,' on Thursday filed a complaint with the Hitech Cell of the state police that a fake news item with his picture was being circulated in social media, showing him participating at BJP-supported 'Ayyappa Jyothi', held yesterday.


Kerala 'super cop' files complaint against 'fake news'


CPI-M Lok Sabha Member Mohammed Salim on Thursday said the Narendra Modi government is using the triple talaq bill as a political tool and in reality, it is not sincere towards the welfare of the Muslim community.


Triple talaq bill being used as political tool: CPI-M MP


AIADMK parliamentarian A. Anwhar Raajhaa on Thursday opposed the triple talaq bill, calling it "unconstitutional", against "natural justice" and one of the most "barbaric" laws to have ever been introduced against the Muslim community.


Triple talaq bill unconstitutional: AIADMK leader


Defending the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018 in the Lok Sabha, BJP member Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday questioned if 'Triple Talaq was part of the Quran and asserted that the issue was not about "he versus she," rather it was about human rights violation.


Triple talaq bill not about 'he vs she': Lekhi


The Lok Sabha on Thursday took up the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, for discussion and passage amid protests by the Opposition which demanded that the proposed legislation be sent to the select committee for detailed deliberations.


Lok Sabha takes up triple talaq bill


More than a million people stood with a lit lamp from the northern most district of Kasargode to the southern tip in the state capital to protest against the Pinarayi Vijayan government's attempt to dilute the traditions of the Sabarimala temple.


'Ayyappa Jyothi' participants line up with lit lamps on 795-km stretch


Couple of days after denying permission to offer Namaz in public parks in Gautam Budh Nagar, Greater Noida Authority officials, along with Noida police, on Wednesday removed a tent placed for a Hindu religious event on a government land in Sector 37 here, an officer said.


After Namaz row, Noida admin disallows Hindu religious event


The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) on Wednesday called upon the government and the opposition parties to pass the law on Muslim triple talaq bill through "consensus, without political point-scoring".


Muslim women urge for unanimous passage of triple talaq bill


Survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Wednesday defaced a signboard of Rajiv Chowk in Connaught Place and demanded the renaming of the place after revolutionary leader Shaheed Bhagat Singh.


Protesters deface Rajiv Chowk signboard in Delhi


The Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP-led coalition government in Goa of being "communal", after police, early on Christmas eve, stopped a traditional Christmas eve gala dance at Nuvem village, citing absence of permission.


Police stop Christmas eve ball at midnight in Goa, state Congress cries communal


Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday said that the order by the Noida police barring Muslims from offering namaz at a community park was "discriminatory and irresponsible," and was aimed at hiding the BJP government's failures ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.


Noida police order to stop offering namaz at park is discriminatory: Mayawati


British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered a review into the plight of persecuted Christians around the world and how much help they get from the UK.


UK official orders review into persecuted Christians' plight


Decked with beautiful chains of fairy lights, Christmas trees and colourful paraphernalia, the aroma of cakes filled the air as the eastern metropolis celebrated Christmas with fervour on Tuesday.


Kolkata celebrates Christmas with great enthusiasm


Christmas, marking the birth of Jesus Christ, was on Tuesday celebrated with fervour and gaiety across the country with lakhs of people thronging churches since morning to celebrate the day.


Christmas celebrated across the nation with fervour and gaiety (Roundup)


President R.N. Kovind will on Friday inaugurate the centenary celebrations of The Yoga Institute, the world's oldest organized institute of yoga studies, which turned 100 on Tuesday, an official said.


President to inaugurate centenary of world's oldest yoga institute in Mumbai


Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday said the Buddhists should learn from the Christians how to serve the humanity.


We should learn from Christians how to serve humanity: Dalai Lama


The Lord Ayyappa Shrine at Sabarimala will close at 10 pm on Wednesday after the Mandala puja, marking the culmination of the 41-day Mandalam festival.


Sabarimala temple to close on Wednesday to mark the end of Mandalam festival


Christmas was celebrated on Tuesday in the Northeastern states with special prayers, hymns and masses in churches, followed by the traditional community feasting.


Christmas celebrated across Northeast


Thousands of devout Catholics and Anglo-Indians on Tuesday celebrated Christmas with prayers and carols in churches across Karnataka to mark the birth of Jesus Christ over 2,000 years ago.


Yuletide spirit, festivities spread across Karnataka on Christmas


President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday conveyed their greetings to the nation on the occasion of Christmas.

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