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She was watching a video on Sambhal violence in Uttar Pradesh, where protests sparked by a survey into whether a centuries-old mosque was built on a Hindu temple had killed four people - when her husband asked her not to and then, as she claims, divorced her by uttering the word 'talaq' three times. She had praised the police action. " Koi wajah hi toh nahi thi. Bina wajah ke talaq diya hai (There was no reason at all. He divorced me without a reason)," said Nida, who uses a single name. The word 'talaq' means divorce in Arabic. The controversial practice of 'triple talaq' that allows Muslim men to divorce their wives instantly by saying 'talaq' thrice was banned by the Supreme Court in 2017. The top court called it "unconstitutional". In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government also approved a bill outlawing the centuries-old right of a Muslim man to instantly divorce his wife. Nida, a native of Moradabad, has filed a p...

NDTV ने शुक्रवार को 'इंडियन ऑफ द ईयर' (NDTV Indian of The Year) अवॉर्ड में देश के रियल हीरो को सम्मानित किया. इस दौरान चुनाव अधिकारियों की एक टीम को 'NDTV इंडियन ऑफ द ईयर अवॉर्ड' से सम्मानित किया गया.  इस टीम में देशभर के वे सरकारी अधिकारी कर्मचारी हैं, जो चुनाव कराने के लिए दूरदराज के इलाकों में कठिन परिस्थितियों का सामना करते हैं. इवेंट में इन पोलिंग ऑफिसरों ने अपने अनुभव शेयर किए. इस दौरान छत्तीसगढ़ के कांकेर के पोलिंग ऑफिसर टिकेश कुमार साहू ने नक्सल प्रभावित इलाके में चुनाव कराने का एक्सपीरिएंस शेयर किया है. पोलिंग टीम पर नक्सलियों के ड्रोन की नजर   छत्तीसगढ़ के कांकेर के पोलिंग ऑफिसर टिकेश कुमार साहू ने नक्सल प्रभावित इलाके में मतदान कराया था. अपना एक्सपीरिएंस शेयर करते हुए साहू बताते हैं, "छत्तीसगढ़ के बस्तर डिवीजन में 102 गांव ऐसे हैं, जहां आजादी के बाद लोगों ने पहली बार अपने ही गांव में मतदान किया था. नक्सल प्रभावित क्षेत्र में मतदान कराना बहुत चुनौतीपूर्ण होता है. हमें मतदान के दिन से तीन दिन पहले घर से निकलना पड़ा था." #NDTVIndianOfTheYear | भ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has had a positive political view of India and it is in a much more advantageous position than many other countries to build "deeper" relations with his administration and take forward the bilateral ties, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday. In an interactive session at industry chamber ASSOCHAM, Mr Jaishankar at the same time noted that like many other countries, India may also have some issues and it will deal with them. The External Affairs Minister said there are countries which are looking at Trump 2.0 as a political challenge but for India, that is not the case. "We'll have to work out a political equation with America and that is one area where we score because we've always had a positive political relationship with Trump. I would say Trump has always had a positive political view of India," he said. "Like everybody else, we may also have some issues. We will deal with those issues, but I wo...

A 19-year-old student of IIT-Roorkee was found dead in the institute's hostel on Wednesday, police said, adding that they suspect it to be a case of suicide.  The body of the student, who hailed from Nagaur district in Rajasthan, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room at Jawahar Bhawan, one of the men's hostels of the institute. The student was pursuing a BS-MS (Mathematics and Computing) Program at the institute, and was in his fifth semester. According to the police, a preliminary probe revealed that the student was reportedly upset over securing less marks in the semester examinations. The student's friends and classmates said he appeared depressed and gradually stopped communicating with others, police added.  The teen's friends and classmates said he was last seen roaming in the hostel at 2am on Wednesday. The body has been sent for post mortem and a detailed probe is underway, police said. In a statement, IIT-Roorkee said the "heartbreaking ev...

In a big breakthrough, the Centre has in-principle agreed to reserve 95 per cent gazetted officers' posts for locals in the Union Territory of Ladakh. "It's big news for the people of Ladakh. People have been praying for some good news from this meeting and now their prayers have been answered. The MHA has agreed to reserve 95 per cent gazetted officers' jobs for locals," Ladakh MP Hanifa Jan told NDTV. According to him, the finer details about how it is going to be implemented will be discussed in the next meeting on January 15. "We were very straightforward with MHA officials and took up issues concerning youth and employment, and we have been assured that our concerns are genuine and will be addressed," he said, referring to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). "On the details whether we would get a separate Public Service Commission or will it be merged with Jammu and Kashmir are going to be worked out in the next meeting. But this meeting wa...

Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar on Monday said that India would be exploring more "collaborative possibilities" with the US once the Donald Trump-led administration takes over. Addressing the CII Partnership Summit 2024 on the theme of 'India and the World,' S. Jaishankar said: "The advent of the second Trump Administration is also obviously a major consideration in business circles. Obviously, the only safe prediction is a degree of unpredictability. Different countries have had their own experiences from the first Administration and would presumably draw from that to approach the second. Where India is concerned, I can state with confidence that the strategic convergences with the United States have only grown deeper with time. They have created a larger environment in which more collaborative possibilities can be explored. "Naturally, between two major economies, there will always be some give and take. When we look at economic or technology...

A Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal's Murshidabad district was on Sunday arrested on charges of killing a person who had demanded the return of the money that he had given him for ensuring the inclusion of his name in the list of beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme. The arrested Trinamool leader has been identified as Mithu Sheikh and the victim as Kali Sheikh. Both are residents of Mukundapur village under Mithipur village panchayat under Raghunathganj police station in Murshidabad. As per the complaint registered by the family members of Kali Sheikh, he, for quite some time, was trying to get his name enrolled in the list of beneficiaries under the PMAY scheme and for that purpose, he was approaching many influential persons, including Mithu Sheikh. Mithu Sheikh assured Kali Sheikh of getting his name enrolled in the list and took Rs 5,000 from him to get the work done, as per the complaint. However, in the published list, Kali Sheikh's...