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New Delhi, Mar 26: The Supreme Court of India today agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the practices of polygamy and 'nikah halala' among the Muslims and sought responses from the Centre and the Law Commission. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission that an earlier five-judge constitution bench, in its 2017 verdict, had kept open the issue of polygamy

Al Fujairah, Mar 26: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, a 10-year-old girl was strangled to death after her shila (head scarf) was accidentally wrapped and pulled hard around her neck when she was her quad bike in the city of Dibba Al Fujairah in United Arab Emirates. Police sources said that the Emirati girl, a grade-5 student, was riding her quad bike in front of her house at Al Tawain area when her

New Delhi, Mar 26: The Congress and the BJP on Monday again locked horns on the prickly issue of data sharing with Rahul Gandhi dubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi the “Big Boss who likes to spy on Indians” and the ruling party accusing the opposition party of “theft”. Taking to Twitter after allegations surfaced that data from the Prime Minister’s official app was being shared without the

Trivandrum, Mar 26: Union Minister of State for Tourism K J Alphons on Sunday hit at the skeptics questioning the validity of Aadhaar, saying people did not have a problem while “getting naked” before the white man for a visa. He added that the people only have a problem when their own government asks for data or information. “I filled up to 10 pages for US Visa form. We have absolutely no problem

Trivandrum, Mar 26: Union Minister of State for Tourism K J Alphons on Sunday hit at the skeptics questioning the validity of Aadhaar, saying people did not have a problem while “getting naked” before the white man for a visa. He added that the people only have a problem when their own government asks for data or information. “I filled up to 10 pages for US Visa form. We have absolutely no problem

Rajkot, Mar 26: Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday attacked the Central Government over Union Minister K J Alphons’ remarks on the validity of Aadhaar. Alphons earlier today said that people are raising question over Aadhaar card validity ‘but are ready to get naked before white man for visa.’ Criticising the Minister's remarks, Yechury said the question

Washington, Mar 26: Adult film star Stormy Daniels says she was threatened to keep silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006, telling her story in a highly anticipated interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" broadcast Sunday. Daniels said she was threatened by an unidentified man in Las Vegas to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with Trump, an incident that she said

Guna, Mar 25: Local BJP MLA Pannalal Shakya has an advice for girls - do not make boyfriends and all will be well. "Why do girls make boyfriends? If they stop doing this, the atrocities against them will stop," Shakya yesterday said at an event at the Guna Government College. "A TV channel recently asked for my comment on atrocities against women in Madhya Pradesh. I told them what I told you just

Cape Town, Mar 25: Australia's Steve Smith and David Warner have stepped down as captain and vice-captain following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, Cricket Australia said in a statement on Sunday. Wicketkeeper Tim Paine, 33, would step in as acting captain for the remainder of the ongoing third test against South Africa, CA added. Smith said he was embarrassed and took responsibility

Lucknow, Mar 25: Two men have been killed in an encounter blitz in western Uttar Pradesh in a span of 24 hours. The police shot dead the two men in Noida and Saharanpur. Five others who are alleged to be involved in several criminal cases in UP were injured during gunfights with the police. In Noida, about 15 kilometres from Delhi, police said they shot dead Shravan Chaudhary, who was wanted in