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TopicDivorce

Topic: Divorce

Delhi goes on a book date with divorce and democracy, but Nehru steals the show

At the launch of Saumya Saxena’s book ‘Divorce and Democracy’, scholars discussed how Indian women have resisted the religion-or-rights binary.

Uttar Pradesh man booked for ‘triple talaq’ to wife, because she ‘served dinner cold’

‘Triple Talaq’ or the form of instant divorce was banned in 2019, and is punishable by a 3-year jail term and fine.

Divorce isn’t the problem. Staying in bad marriage for the sake of kids is

Dhanush and Aishwaryaa ending their marriage prompted many Indians to invoke the responsibility they have towards their kids. After all, divorce in India is everyone's business.

Bill Gates & Melinda French Gates have 2 years to decide if they can share foundation

New York: Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates’s divorce is shaping up to have a more profound impact on their $50 billion foundation than...

Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao divorce after 15 years, to begin new chapter as ‘co-parents’

Couple issues joint statement, says they will continue to work as collaborators on films, their Paani Foundation, and other projects that they feel passionate about.

Do your duty — The D-word that Goa really doesn’t want to hear in a marriage

The Goa government has turned into a marriage counsellor because it is alarmed by divorce rates. But millennials are on a different beach.

Muslim women have right to invoke extra-judicial divorce, rules Kerala HC

The bench overruled a 1972 ruling of the single bench of the court barring Muslim women from resorting to extra-judicial modes of dissolving marriage.

Marriage, divorce, adoption — the 5 pleas by a BJP leader in SC that seek uniform civil laws

All 5 petitions were filed last year by BJP leader & lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. In all of them, SC has issued notice, asking relevant govt authorities to respond.

‘Weekend marriages, ego battles’ — why some IAS, IPS couples who meet during training separate

Perhaps the most talked-about couple among civil servants in recent years, IAS officers Tina Dabi and Athar Amir Khan have filed for separation for reasons not known yet.

Delhi HC dismisses Omar Abdullah plea challenging its circular on final hearing of cases

Omar contended that his matrimonial appeal against a 2016 order, which dismissed his divorce petition, was being delayed as his estrange wife did not consent to virtual proceedings.

On Camera

1948 need not define Gaza’s destiny. Arabs and Israelis must learn to live together

When Israelis pushed out Arabs in 1948, they didn’t think that embittered refugees would turn into a permanent threat to their new state. This was a catastrophic miscalculation.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.