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100 days of Narendra Modi 2.0 Updates: Shiv Sena MP's name missing from list of invitees in PM's Mumbai event; MMRDA apologizes for glitch
Fp Staff • 6 years ago100 days of Narendra Modi 2.0 Updates: In an apparent glitch by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale's name did not appear in the invitation card for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's programme in Mumbai on Saturday, before the mistake was rectified.
Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi completes 100 days in office; ISRO plan to soft land on Moon falters; days's top stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoUrging the ISRO scientists to refrain from being disheartened by the hurdles in the moon mission Chandrayaan-2, Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that there will be a "new dawn".
SC issues notice to Centre, agrees to examine constitutional validity of triple talaq after hearing three petitions challenging law
• 6 years agoThe SC agreed to examine the validity of the newly enacted triple talaq law which makes the practice of instant divorce among Muslims a punishable offense.
'Extremely courageous', 'thought-provoking': Shatrughan Sinha praises Narendra Modi for his Independence Day speech
• 6 years agoShatrughan Sinha termed the Prime Minister's Independence Day address as 'extremely courageous' and 'thought-provoking'.
Delhi Police makes second triple talaq-related arrest in under a week; accused in latest case sent to a day of judicial custody
• 6 years agoA 26-year-old man has been arrested for divorcing his wife through instant triple talaq here, the Delhi Police said on Monday, in a second arrest in the national capital after the practice was criminalised.
Best session of Rajya Sabha in 17 years, says Venkaiah Naidu as Upper House passes 32 bills in 35 sittings
• 6 years agoThe 249th session of the Rajya Sabha was the best in the last five years, in terms of utilisation of available time, said Venkaiah Naidu.
Parliament updates: J&K Reorganisation Bill 2019 passed 125-61 in Rajya Sabha; Upper house adjourned till 11 am tomorrow
Fp Staff • 6 years agoParliament LIVE updates: 'I want to make it clear in front of the House that due to the removal of Article 370, there will be an end to long bloodshed in Kashmir': Home Minister Amit Shah said in Rajya Sabha.
UAPA (Amendment) Bill 2019 violates the very international laws it quotes, defies principles of natural justice
Aakar • 6 years agoThe UAPA offers an overbroad and ambiguous definition of a 'terrorist act' which includes the death of, or injuries to any person, damage to any property, an attempt to over awe any public functionary by means of criminal force and any act to compel the government or any person to do or abstain from doing any act etc.
Kerala-based Muslim body moves Supreme Court against triple talaq law, claims Act violates Articles 14, 15 and 21
• 6 years agoA 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, moved the top court seeking to declare it as unconstitutional.
RS passes UAPA Bill: Congress' failure to anchor Opposition shows party's growing redundancy in law-making process
Debobrat Ghose • 6 years agoDespite having low numbers in the Rajya Sabha, the Congress had during the previous Narendra Modi government used its heft in the Rajya Sabha and displayed the skill to rally like-minded parties. This time, it stands isolated. It does not have many friends.