Supreme Court seeks three rights panels’ views on Talaq-e-Hasan plea | India News

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought views of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), National Commission for Women (NCW) and National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on petitions by nine Muslim women challenging the validity of Talaq-e-Hasan, which enables a Muslim man to unilaterally divorce his wife by pronouncing talaq once a month…

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‘Showed Aadhaar, voter ID, still detained’: Bengal woman in Navi Mumbai mistaken for Bangladeshi; held despite showing multiple papers | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: A 39-year-old Budge Budge woman speaking with her elder son in Bengali while returning from work in Navi Mumbai was taken to a local police station for questioning on being suspected to be Bangladeshi. The Budge Budge police station quickly conducted a background verification check and informed their Mumbai counterparts, leading to her release.The…

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Uttarkashi flash floods: Disaster was man-made, warnings ignored, say locals | India News

DEHRADUN: Residents of Uttarkashi alleged that unchecked construction in the Bhagirathi Eco Sensitive Zone (BESZ) and repeated disregard of their warnings led to the flattening of Dharali in the Aug 5 flash flood. Himalayayi Nagrik Drishti Manch, a people’s collective from the district, submitted a memorandum on Monday to the BESZ monitoring committee, the Union…

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Uttarakhand: 43 people still missing in Dharali flash floods, says govt in first official note | India News

DEHRADUN: Almost a week after the Aug 5 flash flood in Dharali, officials on Monday said for the first time that 43 people were still missing, and issued warning saying “heavy to very heavy” rainfall forecast for Uttarkashi and surrounding districts until Aug 15 could cause fresh landslides and flooding, further delaying search and relief…

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