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KOLKATA: The BJP govt on Monday directed police to ensure loudspeaker sound does not travel beyond religious precincts and that prayer congregations do not block roads and cause inconvenience to the public, except on special occasions.These were among the dozen instructions to senior police officers that also included zero tolerance for illegal coal- and sand-mining,…
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday released a detailed report on the alleged sexual harassment case at TCS Nashik, flagging major violations of the POSH Act and describing the workplace as “deeply toxic.” The report said that young and vulnerable employees, particularly Gen Z women, were frequently subjected to sexual and…
NEW DELHI: A nine-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant Wednesday cited caseload to ask if it is prudent for the court to spend enormous time to resolve religious right disputes. The poser came during the course of hearings on the challenge to the Supreme Court’s verdict allowing women of menstruating age…
Image: facebook.com/kamleshdaaji/ We live in a world where the line between religion and spirituality seems thin. Sometimes, even the deeper essence of inner transformation gets lost in translation. We tried getting a better perspective, and thus, we got in touch with the spiritual leader Kamlesh D. Patel. Fondly called Daaji, his insights drew a clear…
Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light group in Crewe raided by 500 police in huge operation Police launched a large-scale raid on Wednesday morning on the headquarters of a fringe religious organisation in Crewe following an investigation into allegations of serious sexual offences, modern slavery and forced marriage. Around 500 officers drawn from across the…
Actor-director R. Parthiban has received strong support from the court in his effort to be officially recognised as a person without caste or religion. The court directed the concerned authority to issue the certificate before April 29. Parthiban’s unusual decision displays his long-standing belief in a society free from caste and religion and has awakened…
New Delhi: Nearly a decade after declaring instant divorce through triple talaq unconstitutional and void, Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine the validity of blatant discrimination of Muslim women in property inheritance under the 90-year-old Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi sought…
NEW DELHI: Inspired by the thumb rule that “justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to be done”, CJI Surya Kant has constituted a nine-judge bench, including judges from all faiths, and a woman, to decide the validity of contentious socio-religious norms that denote the centuries-old tussle of women’s rights versus…
Actor-director R. Parthiban has applied for a no-caste, no-religion certificate. This follows controversy after his speech at the ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’ event. Parthiban stated the backlash deeply affected him. He explained a slip of tongue caused the issue. He has taken legal steps to remove caste and religion from his identity. Actor-director R. Parthiban has…
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has observed that it is ‘wrong’ for any person in secular India to claim that a particular religion is the “only true religion”, as it implies a “disparagement” of other faiths and attracts section 295A of IPC.With this, Justice Saurabh Srivastava, in his judgment dated March 18, dismissed a quashing…
