Lok Sabha is discussing instant triple talaq bill. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minority Affairs Minister, says that the Opposition is against the triple talaq Bill because they are afraid of losing a certain set of votes. The Bill is in lines with the constitutional commitment. The Bill will protect Muslim women, he adds. After Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and MP Meenakshi Lekhi, DMK’s Kanimozhi opposes the Bill. Kanimozhi says women’s rights includes men’s rights also. She questioned the bail clauses. “What about Hindu women and Christian women? No one sends a Hindu man to jail for abandoning his wife,” she says. “Domestic violence…
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Samsung is reportedly working on two smartwatches under its Galaxy lineup — Galaxy Watch 2 with codename Renaissance and Galaxy Watch Active2. While the pictures of the Galaxy Watch Active2 were leaked earlier, now some of the device’s specs and features have surfaced online. Samsung’s smartwatches have this attractive rotating bezel for navigation but the South Korean giant ditched it with the launch of Galaxy Watch Active earlier this year. But if the latest reports are to be believed, then Samsung will bring a similar feature with its successor — Galaxy Watch Active2. As per the report from SamMobile, the Samsung Galaxy Watch…
Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday defended amendments to an anti-terror law, saying they are was essential to keep law enforcement agencies one step ahead of terrorists.Responding to a debate in Lok Sabha on a bill seeking to amend the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, he asserted anti-terror laws would not be misused and used only to root out terrorism. He said that provision in UAPA (amendment) bill, which was later passed in the Lower House by a voice vote, to designate a person suspected to have terror links as terrorist is necessary to root out terror.Hitting out at the Congress for opposing the amendment, he…
orty-nine filmmakers, historians and rights activists have written to the Prime Minister highlighting the increasing number of attacks on Muslims and Dalits and said that condemning such attacks in Parliament was not enough. Among those who signed the letter were filmmakers Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Benegal, Mani Ratnam, Aparna Sen, Anurag Kashyap and historian Ramachandra Guha. The letter, written on July 23, became public on social media on a day the Lok Sabha was debating amendments to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, where Trinamaul MP Mahua Moitra also spoke about the Opposition being called “anti-national” for criticising the government or the…
State Congress on Monday alleged that the BJP which had in the past acted as a guaranteer for chit fund companies was now trying to shield them as Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government was acting tough on them. PCC Spokesperson Dhananjay Singh Thakur in a statement alleged that BJP was putting spanner on the stern actions been taken against chit fund companies. “Actually, during the BJP rule the party leaders acted as a guaranteer of the fraudster companies, he accused. The chit fund companies, which were inaugurated by senior BJP leaders, duped innocent state populace and fled with their hard-earned crores…
As expected, today Oppo officially introduced the K3 to the Indian market. The phone will become available at Amazon, and the first sale starts at 12 noon on July 23. It’s priced from INR 16,990 ($246 or €219 right now), and that’s how much you need to spend for the version with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. If you need more of both, you can grab a K3 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage for INR 19,990 ($289, €258). In either case you’re getting a phone with a 6.5″ 1080×2340 AMOLED touchscreen, the Snapdragon 710 chipset at the helm,…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday visited the Kargil war memorial in Jammu and Kashmir and paid tributes to Indian soldiers killed during the Kargil war. Mr Singh is visiting Kargil as the Indian army celebrates the 20th anniversary of Operation Vijay, during which it successfully fought against the intrusion of militias as well as regular troops of Pakistan in Kargil sector in 1999. During his day-long visit, the minister will also dedicate to the nation two bridges built by the Border Roads Organisation at Ujh in Kathua district and Basantar in Samba district. The Ujh bridge is one kilometre-long and the Basantar…
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday made himself “unavailable” for the Indian team’s tour of West Indies as speculations raged about his future. An Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Parachute Regiment of the Territorial Army, it is learnt that Dhoni will be spending better part of the next two months with his regiment. A top BCCI official confirmed the development. Dhoni, 38, has intimated his decision to the BCCI prior to the selection committee meeting on Sunday. The official, however, made it clear that Dhoni is not retiring from cricket at the moment. “We would like to say three things.…
Former chief minister of Delhi and senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit passed away in Delhi on Saturday at the age of 81 years.On Saturday morning, she was admitted in a critical condition to Escorts hospital in the capital following cardiac arrest. A multi-disciplinary team of doctors carried out the advanced resuscitative measures. Her condition stabilised temporarily. However, she had another cardiac arrest and despite all the resuscitative efforts, passed away at 3:55pm, hospital said.Her cremation is scheduled to take place at Delhi’s Nigam Bodh ghat at 2 pm on Sunday.Dikshit served as the chief minister of Delhi for three terms from 1998…
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh is going to lay wreath at Kargil War Memorial in Dras tomorrow on the occasion of 20th Anniversary of Operation Vijay against the intrusion of heights by militias as well as regular troops of Pakistan in Kargil sector in Jammu and Kashmir. Raksha Mantri will also dedicate to the nation two bridges built by Border Roads Organisation at Ujh in Kathua district and Basantar in Samba district. The Ujh bridge is One kilometre long and the Basantar bridge is 617.4 metre. Brave soldiers of the Indian Army had overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, hostile terrain, weather, and…