The Union Cabinet passed an ordinance on Wednesday to make instant triple talaq an offence. The Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives immediately by uttering the word “talaq” thrice, had been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court last year. The bill was cleared by the Lok Sabha in December last year but has been stuck in the Rajya Sabha where the NDA does not have a majority. (HT Correspondent )read more

Zakia Soman of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Aandolan has told Hindustan Times that the triple talaq ordinance is a political decision in view of the 2019 elections. Hitting out at the Congress and other opposition parties, Soman says that they should have collaborated with the government to pass the law in Parliament. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday passed an ordinance to make instant triple talaq an offence. Addressing a press conference, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad called the practice ‘barbaric and inhumane’ and accused the Congress of not cooperating in the passage of the Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill. The bill had been cleared by the Lok Sabha in December last year but has been stuck in the Rajya Sabha where the NDA does not have a majority. (HT Correspondent )read more

The contentious Triple talaq bill was passed by Lok Sabha in December 2017 but could not be taken up for discussion and passage in Rajya Sabha in the Monsoon session in August. read more

Rajasthan BJP plans to axe most MLAs in the 16 assembly seats under Alwar and Ajmer Lok Sabha constituencies where the party lost badly in the bypolls held earlier this year, a senior party leader said read more

At a press conference on Thursday, Rahul Gandhi insisted that the meeting between Arun Jaitley and Vijay Mallya had gone on for much longer in parliament’s central hall on 1 March. read more

In a Facebook blog, the Union minister described his only interaction with him as a “one sentence exchange” when the liquor baron misused his privilege as a Rajya Sabha member in parliament complex. read more

So far, only poll affidavits of Lok Sabha and state assembly candidates that were submitted to the EC were sent to the CBDT read more

The question hour turned into an argumentative zero-hour as Haryana sports minister Anil Vij started speaking as soon as the House finished offering condolences to the martyrs. read more

Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said they will view the bandh “neutrally” read more

The bill rules out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against SC\/STs, notwithstanding any court order. read more

They need to be given induction classes, as in the UK, about the workings of Parliament and the constructive role they should play. In many instances, it is ignorance among MPs and MLAs that leads to transgressions and unseemly conduct. read more

Out of the MPs belonging to the lower house, 61 have not furnished their details since 2014, while four recently came to the house through by-elections read more

M Venkaiah Naidu has called for deciding a national policy on the need for Upper House in state legislatures. read more

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. read more

Maharashtra Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad tells court the accused considered the music festival to be “against Hindu culture”. read more