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Exclusive: Yami, Emraan wrap up shoot of film inspired by the1985 Shah Bano case

Actors Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi will play the lead roles in the film inspired by the 1985 Shah Bano case 

Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi's character will be inspired by Shah Bano and Ahmed Khan.
Published on Apr 23, 2025 10:23 AM IST
ByYashika Mathur

Of ghosts, Shah Bano, and the dignity of women

A Supreme Court judgment reaffirming the right of Muslim women to seek maintenance

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Published on Jul 14, 2024 08:15 AM IST

Time to address Muslim anxieties | Opinion

The Indian polity must aim to make them full and active participants in all spheres of national life

JanIndia’s strategic interests require social peace. Neither aggression nor withdrawal will help(Santosh Kumar /HT)
Updated on Jan 07, 2020 09:12 PM IST
ByVivek Katju

Looking back: When another Muslim women bill sparked competitive communalism

India is paying a price for Rajiv Gandhi’s blunder in 1986. Warnings weren’t heeded. Conservatives got stronger

To please the Muslim Personal Law Board, Rajiv Gandhi reversed the Shah Bano judgment. To please the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, he unlocked gates of the disputed Babri structure.(HT Archives)
Updated on Jul 31, 2019 08:20 PM IST
ByArif Mohammad Khan

Triple talaq law: A historic moment for social justice

Criminalisation is a key deterrent against triple talaq. Social reform must follow the legal change

Women celebrate the passing of the triple talaq bill. The law is not to punish the man, but ensure fair play to the victim woman(Amal KS/HT PHOTO)
Published on Jul 31, 2019 08:05 PM IST
ByZakia Soman

‘This is not Emergency that we throw anyone in jail’: PM Modi’s top 10 quotes in Lok Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed Lok Sabha during his reply to a discussion.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha during the 'Motion of Thanks on President's Address', at Parliament in New Delhi, Tuesday, June 25, 2109.(PTI photo)
Updated on Jun 25, 2019 08:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

The triple talaq bill will uphold women’s dignity

The argument that the bill conflates the criminal and civil law betrays total ignorance about the history of how triple talaq, despite being bad in religion, became good in law

The purpose of the proposed law is not to do away with divorce; the purpose is to make people follow the prescribed procedure of law.(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)
Published on Jun 24, 2019 08:29 PM IST
ByArif Mohammad Khan

Netflix will not change objectionable word in Sacred Games, Rajiv Gandhi line to remain

A legal counsel for Netflix said on Tuesday that the streaming service had no intention of removing an ‘objectionable word’ used to describe former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in the show Sacred Games.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui in a still from Sacred Games.(Ishika Mohan Motwane/Netflix)
Updated on Aug 08, 2018 03:06 PM IST
Press Trust of India | By, New Delhi

Uniform civil code: Law Commission will steer clear of Muslim marriage laws

The commission firmed up its stand days after the Supreme Court admitted pleas to examine the practices of polygamy, nikah halala, nikah mutta and nikah misyar .

This file photo taken on November 4, 2016 shows Muslim women at a rally to oppose the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).(AFP FILE)
Updated on Mar 30, 2018 10:58 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | By
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