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UP & Bihar: Tranches of arms & explosives recovered over the Diwali weekend

The seizure of 19,250 live cartridges from Koilawar police thane near the Kulhadiya Toll Plaza, Bihar over the weekend (Lokmat News, November 5) was connected to another serious incident...

Hubli hungama, Hindutva’s hypocrisy

At a press conference in New Delhi in August...

Blood for blood: An extract from Tamas

A young man’s chilling initiation into the world of...

Talaq Talaq Talaq

Whichever way you look at it, in simple human...

‘We need to carry the ulema with us’

  Uzma Naheed Director, Iqra Education Foundation Member, AIMPLB   To begin with,...

Reform! reform! reform!

  Nazma Bibi, Orissa   Nazma Bibi is a 26-year-old Muslim woman...

‘No faith in the Muslim Personal Law Board’

Haseena Khan Co-ordinator, Awaaz-e-NiswanThe All India Muslim Personal Law Board...

‘Triple talaq has no place in the Koran’

Nilofer S. Akhtar Advocate, Mumbai high court, specialising in family...

Reform! reform! reform!

Rahmathnisha, SivagangaiRahmathnisha, a resident of Thirupattur in Sivagangai district,...

‘All unjust personal laws must go, be they Hindu, Muslim or Christian’

  Indira Jaising Senior lawyer, Supreme Court of India, and women’s...

‘A Muslim cannot divorce his wife at his whims’

 Flavia Agnes Senior advocate, Mumbai high court, and women’s rights...

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