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Muslim women offer sweets to each other at a programme to celebrate the passage of the triple talaq bill by the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Govt asks Cong to not want changes in triple talaq bill when tabled in...

Lok Sabha has already cleared 'Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill and is likely to be tabled in Rajya...

2 Jan 2018 5:10 PM IST

Under the draft law, triple talaq in any form -- spoken, in writing or by electronic means such as email, SMS and WhatsApp -- would be bad or illegal and void. (Photo: PTI)

Triple talaq bill: Congress to consult other opposition parties before...

Sources said Ghulam Nabi Azad has convened a meeting of the leaders of his party and other parties in his Parliament...

2 Jan 2018 11:19 AM IST

Muslim women offer sweets to each other at a programme to celebrate the passage of the triple talaq bill by the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Triple talaq bill will be moved in Rajya Sabha today

The bill, which makes instant triple illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband, was passed by the Lower...

2 Jan 2018 4:20 AM IST

Union health minister J.P. Nadda releases the lists of BJP candidates for the Punjab and Goa Assembly elections in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Two ministers may get Rajya Sabha re-entry from new states

BJP leaders who will retire from the Upper House in April-May include nearly seven Union ministers.

27 Feb 2018 1:29 AM IST

BSP Supremo Mayawati. (Photo:PTI)

Mayawati declines RJD offer for RS seat, says not till BJP in power:...

The Election Commission on Friday announced that polls to 58 Rajya Sabha seats, including six in Bihar, will be held on...

26 Feb 2018 3:12 PM IST

BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha also demanded that the elections be countermanded and fresh polls be declared by the State Election Commission. (Representational image)

Voting of 58 RS seats from 16 states will be held on March 23: EC

The EC also announced bypoll to a RS seat from Kerala after MP Veerendra Kumar resigned in December.

23 Feb 2018 8:43 PM IST

Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell for breaking into Prime Minister Narendra Modis Office. (Photo: File|PTI)

Cong posts video calling Modi misogynist, called back 'B-grade...

'Misogyny runs deep within the BJP and PM Modi's statements are a classic example of this deplorable mindset,' posted on...

13 Feb 2018 9:10 AM IST

Singh levelled the allegations on Sunday at an event in Delhi by his partys Maharashtra unit to felicitate him on his election to the Rajya Sabha. (Photo: Twitter | AAP)

Modi govt crushing' the voice of democracy: AAP MP

The NDA government has 'failed' on all fronts and is not allowing opposition parties to demonstrate against its...

12 Feb 2018 6:22 PM IST

Parties must unite to push for Andhra special status, says Rahul...

After papers listed for the day were laid, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the House, which would now meet again on...

10 Feb 2018 2:24 AM IST

Renuka Chowdhury

Renuka Chowdhury moves privilege motion against Rijiju for social...

Modi on Wednesday hurled a Ramayana' jibe at Renuka, who broke out in a loud laughter during his speech on Motion of...

9 Feb 2018 11:23 AM IST

Maharashtra stood fifth among the states in diversion of forestland for other purposes.

1,067.2 hectares of forest land diverted last year

However, environmentalists have refuted the forest department's claims.

9 Feb 2018 5:45 AM IST

BJP offers Narayan Rane Rajya Sabha seat to pacify' him

After leaving the Congress and forming his own party, Mr Rane is waiting to be appointed as a minister.

9 Feb 2018 2:25 AM IST