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Triple talaq is not legal anymore, but this is an unsatisfactory state of affairs and can often leave a woman married according to her and divorced according to her husband.

Woman gets triple talaq, day after RS passes bill; attempts suicide

The Rajya Sabha passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage), Bill, 2019, on Tuesday.

31 July 2019 7:19 PM IST

The delegation requested Indian High Commissioner to the UK to convey their concerns to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee. (Photo: File)

Rajya Sabha takes up Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019

The Bill seeks to impose strict penalties on violation of traffic rules and address the dire state of road safety in the...

31 July 2019 7:04 PM IST

Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti on Monday welcomed the Pathankot court verdict in the Kathua rape case, demanding severe punishment to the convicts. (Photo: File)

Mufti, Omar trade barbs over passage of Triple Talaq Bill

The contentious Triple Talaq Bill sailed through the upper house after a series of walkouts and abstentions on Tuesday.

31 July 2019 1:52 PM IST

The Bill that proposes to protect the rights of married Muslim women by prohibiting the practice of divorce by pronouncing talaq by their husbands has been passed by the Lok Sabha. (Photo: ANI)

YSRCP will vote against Triple Talaq bill,' says Vijay Sai Reddy

NDA ally JD(U) staged a walk out from the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday soon after the debate on the Triple Talaq Bill began.

30 July 2019 3:41 PM IST

After getting a nod in Lok Sabha, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tabled the contentious triple talaq bill for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

JD(U), AIADMK walks out of RS in Triple Talaq debate, odds now in...

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad earlier introduced the contentious Triple Talaq bill saying it was a matter of...

30 July 2019 3:10 PM IST

Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh, who hails from the Amethi royal family, resigned from the Congress on Tuesday and said he would join the BJP on Wednesday. (Photo: File)

'Country is with Modi,' says Sanjay Singh after resigning from Cong;...

Addressing a press conference here, the leader said he would join the BJP on Wednesday.

30 July 2019 3:13 PM IST

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal

Crimes rising in Delhi, can't live in denial anymore: Arvind Kejriwal

On July 16, three AAP Rajya Sabha members took the issue of worsening law and order situation in the city to Home...

30 July 2019 2:54 PM IST

After getting a nod in Lok Sabha, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tabled the contentious triple talaq bill for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

'Triple talaq is about justice, dignity of women,' says Ravi Shankar...

Prasad also said that the practice of triple talaq is continuing despite Supreme Court banning the same through its...

30 July 2019 1:16 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah

Ensure presence in Parl to back bills with maximum numbers: Amit Shah...

Top BJP brass, including Modi, have time and again stressed on the need for the party MPs to be present in Parliament.

30 July 2019 12:01 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party MPs, Saroj Pandey and Ajay Pratap Singh gave notices in Rajya Sabha over simultaneous elections and problems due to increasing population in the country, respectively. (Photo: ANI)

Rajya Sabha approves Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill,...

Manish Gupta supported the Bill but added that the Bill should have been referred to a parliamentary panel for further...

30 July 2019 9:47 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party MPs, Saroj Pandey and Ajay Pratap Singh gave notices in Rajya Sabha over simultaneous elections and problems due to increasing population in the country, respectively. (Photo: ANI)

Triple talaq bill to be tabled in Rajya Sabhaâ€‰today

The bill has already been passed by the Lok Sabha by a voice vote amidst a walkout by Congress, SP, Trinamool Congress,...

30 July 2019 8:44 AM IST

He has been my friend, senior and also he used to guide me. I am six years younger to him. We deeply mourn the passing away of Jaipal Reddy, an emotional Naidu said. (Photo: RSTV screengrab)

Venkaiah Naidu breaks down in Rajya Sabha remembering Jaipal Reddy

I had the privilege of working with him for two terms in Andhra Pradesh Assembly. Both of us used to sit on the same...

29 July 2019 3:29 PM IST