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Saudi Defense minister Mohammed bin Salman supports women driving

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April 24, 2016

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Riyadh, Apr 24: Saudi Arabia's strong man, Mohammed bin Salman who is also a Deputy Crown Prince of the country signalled out that he may support lifting the ban on women's right to drive. The revelation was made by Salman on Thursday during an interview with the Bloomberg news agency.

Salman, a 30-year-old prince is making an effort to broaden the views of those who distort facts of the religious establishment. Salman's recent comment raises another perception about how prince thinks about women empowerment in Islam. Salman reportedly said, “We believe women have rights in Islam that they've yet to obtain”.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who hold the position of Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister and a heir to the throne is willing to permit women with driving license and he says that, “he do not have any issue of women driving”. Salman, a Deputy Crown Prince reportedly said, “I just want to remind the world that American women had to wait long to get their right to vote. So we need time”.

“We look at citizens in general and women are half of this society and we want it to be a productive half,” Salman further said.

Salman an aggressive leader has overseen a more assertive foreign policy in last three years. During his tenure as a Defense Minister of oil rich nation, the country has ventured into Yemen and pushed hard United States to take more aggressive moves to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.

Saudi Arabia, a Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom, the world's biggest oil exporter and the biggest customer of American made weapons, sees Shiite-led Iran as its main rival.

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Mohammed Salee…
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Sunday, 24 Apr 2016

Good decision prince

Zahara Sanha
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Sunday, 24 Apr 2016

Masha Allah. Finally!!!

Jeevan Rao
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Sunday, 24 Apr 2016

Much progressive minded man than Indian Muslims

Bulhajera
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Sunday, 24 Apr 2016

Prince Mohammed Bin Salman: \We believe women have rights in Islam that they’ve yet to obtain\""

Mohammed Ishan
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Sunday, 24 Apr 2016

Prince Mohammed Bin Salman: \If women were allowed to ride camels [in the time of the Prophet Muhammad], perhaps..."

Suhan Ali
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Sunday, 24 Apr 2016

Great! please implement soon.

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 29: A day after Congress staged a nationwide 'Save Democracy' protest, Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy slammed Congress for "dividing" the political parties and "buying MLAs" and questioned their "democratic behaviour" to lure Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLAs who supported them.

Kumaraswamy, in a media statement, said, "Is it a democratic behaviour to lure MLAs of other parties through political shenanigans and later merging with them?"

"Congress is an expert in dividing political parties and purchase of MLAs," said Kumaraswamy adding, "If you are dividing the like-minded party MLAs through deceit, who would support you?"

He alleged that the term "horse trade" in politics came to be used because of Congress.

Congress had tied to divide the Janata Dal (Secular) in 2004. To this, he added, "To avoid the party being hijacked by the Congress, I had to oust the Congress-JD(S) coalition government through a political coup."

Kumaraswamy further accused, "Haven't the Congress who is making a big noise about the purchase of MLAs divided the JD(S) in the past? Is it not a fact that for the sake of one Rajya Sabha seat, the Congress government in Karnataka purchased eight JD(S) MLAs?"

Both -- Congress and BJP -- are "criminals" in purchase matter, he added.

Rajasthan Congress is in turmoil after simmering differences between Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot came out in the open. Pilot was removed as the Deputy Chief Minister and the state unit chief of Congress.

The Congress has accused the BJP of indulging in horse-trading to bring down the Gehlot government. The BJP has rejected the allegations.

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June 18,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 18: Two employees at a plant of Toyota Kirloskar Motor in Karnataka's Bidadi have tested positive for COVID-19, the automobile company said in a statement on Wednesday.

According to the auto major, the two employees had attended work on June 7 and 16 respectively.

"As a first step and through appropriate contact tracing, TKM has started identifying all those employees who may have had primary or secondary contact with the infected employees for necessary treatment and quarantine wherever necessary and is in contact with the local government authorities," the statement said.

Toyota Kirloskar Motors had restarted operations after weeks of nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus on May 26. It said that all necessary precautions were to maintain social distancing and all Central and state government directives were being followed.

"However, despite all such measures, two employees at TKM's Bidadi plant tested positive for COVID-19 on June 16th, 2020. Operations at TKM plant has already been temporarily suspended so that required disinfection can be carried out at the plant," the statement said.

"TKM has extended all necessary support to the infected employees for medical treatment as well as quarantine procedures. The company is in touch with the families of the infected employees so as to support them to handle this situation carefully without further complications," it added.

 

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May 5,2020

Bengaluru, May 5: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday said that the coronavirus situation in the state is "under control" as compared to several other states in the country.

He also hinted that soon the construction and industrial activities would be allowed in the state except in the red zones.

"Coronavirus situation in the state is under control as compared to other states. Due to this, travel of migrant workers was prohibited. Now, trade, construction and industrial activities need to restart, except in the red zones," he told reporters.

According to the Karnataka Health Department, the state has so far recorded 659 COVID-19 cases, including 324 discharged and 28 deaths.

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