New law on Triple Talaq challenged in SC
New Delhi: A day after President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, ‘Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema’, a religious organisation of Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics in Kerala, has moved the top court seeking to declare it as unconstitutional.
Opp raps Govt over Amarnath security
New Delhi: Congress and Left parties on Friday demanded a reply from the Government in Lok Sabha on the security advisory asking Amarnath pilgrims and tourists to leave Kashmir as soon as possible. Leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised the issue of the security advisory while CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said Parliament should have been taken into confidence before sending out such a missive.
No tsunami threat to India: INCOIS
New Delhi: After high intensity earthquake in Indonesia, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) on Friday said there is no tsunami threat to India. As per the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), a 6.9 intensity quake hit southwest of Sumatara, Indonesia, at 5.30 pm (IST).
SC junks PIL to ensure max voting in polls
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday junked a PIL seeking directions to the Centre and the Election Commission to frame guidelines to ensure that more citizens cast their votes in polls. A Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the plea filed in 2014 which had also sought directions for ensuring that maximum number of adult citizens exercised their right to cast votes.
Mine allotment: Centre told to respond to plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted three weeks’ time to the Centre to respond to a plea seeking quashing of allotment, extension or continuation of leases to firms for mining iron ore from over 358 mines across the country without any fresh evaluation.
SP’s Surendra Nagar resigns from RS
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party MP Surendra Nagar resigned from Rajya Sabha on Friday and is likely to join the BJP, official sources said. The resignation of Nagar, an influential Gurjar leader from western Uttar Pradesh, has been accepted by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, they said. The sources said Nagar met senior BJP leaders in Parliament after his resignation.