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"Mehbooba Mufti Also Got Burqa Removed": Omar Abdullah's Reminder Amid Row
- Thursday December 18, 2025
- India News |
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, among the first to critcise his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar over the hijab row, has hit his political rival Mehbooba Mufti with a throwback.
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Indian-American Democrat Ghazala Hashmi Is Virginia's New Lieutenant Governor
- Wednesday November 5, 2025
- World News | NDTV News Desk
Ghazala Hashmi was four when she emigrated with her mother and older brother from India to the United States where they joined her father in Georgia.
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Who Is Shabana Mahmood, Pak-Origin Woman Chosen As UK's Home Secretary
- Monday September 8, 2025
- World News |
Shabana Mahmood succeeds former Home Secretary Angela Rayner, who recently resigned.
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Auto Driver's Daughter To Be Maharashtra's First Muslim Woman IAS Officer
- Monday April 28, 2025
- Education |
UPSC Exam Results 2024: Adiba Anam's father, unable to complete his education due to circumstances, has worked as an auto driver. Despite these challenges, his daughter has made her family proud by clearing one of India's most competitive exams.
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Meet Naima Khatoon, Aligarh University's First Woman Vice-Chancellor In 100 Years
- Tuesday April 23, 2024
- India News |
Professor Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The Ministry of Education appointed Ms Khatoon after receiving approval from President Droupadi Murmu, who serves as the Visitor of the university.
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Aligarh Muslim University Gets 1st Woman Vice-Chancellor In Over 100 Years
- Monday April 22, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), making her the first woman to hold the top post in over 100 years, sources said on Monday.
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Nawaz Sharif's Daughter Becomes First Woman Chief Minister Of Pak's Punjab Province
- Monday February 26, 2024
- World News | Press Trust of India
Senior PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday became the first woman chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Hyderabad University Elections 2023: In A First, ABVP Fields Muslim Woman Candidate For President's Post
- Tuesday November 7, 2023
- Education |
Hyderabad University Elections 2023: The ABVP panel includes three female candidates out of a total of nine students.
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UK To Unveil 'World's First' Sculpture Celebrating Women Who Wear Hijab
- Wednesday September 20, 2023
- World News |
The artwork, called 'Strength of the Hijab',depicts a Muslim woman wearing a hijab with the words ''it is a woman's right to be loved and respected whatever she chooses to wear'' inscribed across its base.
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Google Honours Feminist Icon, Educator Fatima Sheikh With A Doodle
- Sunday January 9, 2022
- India News | NDTV News Desk
Google is today celebrating educator and feminist icon Fatima Sheikh, who is widely considered to be India's first Muslim woman teacher, with a doodle.
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Meet IUML's Only Woman Candidate In 25 Years For Kerala Assembly Polls
- Saturday March 13, 2021
- India News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Priyanka Rudrappa
For the first time in 25 years, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the main ally of Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala, has fielded a woman candidate for the upcoming Assembly elections.
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Uttar Pradesh Police Files First Case Under New Law Against "Love Jihad"
- Sunday November 29, 2020
- India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Harish Pullanoor
Bareilly Police has filed the first case under Uttar Pradesh's new anti-conversion law, accusing a Muslim man of pressuring a woman to change her religion. The man is absconding, officials at the Deorania Police station in the district informed today.
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Pak-Origin Mehreen Faruqi Becomes First Female Muslim Australian Senator
- Monday August 20, 2018
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Pakistani-origin Mehreen Faruqi, of the Australian Green Party, today became the first Muslim woman to occupy a seat in the country's Senate.
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Palestinian-American Positioned To Be First Muslim Woman In US Congress
- Thursday August 9, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Rashida Tlaib, a mother of two and daughter of Palestinian immigrants once detained for disrupting a Donald Trump speech, made history on Wednesday, poised to become the first Muslim woman in US Congress.
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In White-Majority Area, Bid To Become First Muslim Woman In US Congress
- Friday August 3, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
It's an incongruous sight, a woman in a salmon pink hijab standing on a Massachusetts traffic median, waving at oncoming cars and asking perfect strangers to vote her into Congress.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Mehbooba Mufti Also Got Burqa Removed": Omar Abdullah's Reminder Amid Row
- Thursday December 18, 2025
- India News |
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, among the first to critcise his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar over the hijab row, has hit his political rival Mehbooba Mufti with a throwback.
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www.ndtv.com
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Indian-American Democrat Ghazala Hashmi Is Virginia's New Lieutenant Governor
- Wednesday November 5, 2025
- World News | NDTV News Desk
Ghazala Hashmi was four when she emigrated with her mother and older brother from India to the United States where they joined her father in Georgia.
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www.ndtv.com
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Who Is Shabana Mahmood, Pak-Origin Woman Chosen As UK's Home Secretary
- Monday September 8, 2025
- World News |
Shabana Mahmood succeeds former Home Secretary Angela Rayner, who recently resigned.
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www.ndtv.com
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Auto Driver's Daughter To Be Maharashtra's First Muslim Woman IAS Officer
- Monday April 28, 2025
- Education |
UPSC Exam Results 2024: Adiba Anam's father, unable to complete his education due to circumstances, has worked as an auto driver. Despite these challenges, his daughter has made her family proud by clearing one of India's most competitive exams.
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www.ndtv.com/education
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Meet Naima Khatoon, Aligarh University's First Woman Vice-Chancellor In 100 Years
- Tuesday April 23, 2024
- India News |
Professor Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The Ministry of Education appointed Ms Khatoon after receiving approval from President Droupadi Murmu, who serves as the Visitor of the university.
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www.ndtv.com
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Aligarh Muslim University Gets 1st Woman Vice-Chancellor In Over 100 Years
- Monday April 22, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), making her the first woman to hold the top post in over 100 years, sources said on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Nawaz Sharif's Daughter Becomes First Woman Chief Minister Of Pak's Punjab Province
- Monday February 26, 2024
- World News | Press Trust of India
Senior PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday became the first woman chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province.
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www.ndtv.com
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Hyderabad University Elections 2023: In A First, ABVP Fields Muslim Woman Candidate For President's Post
- Tuesday November 7, 2023
- Education |
Hyderabad University Elections 2023: The ABVP panel includes three female candidates out of a total of nine students.
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www.ndtv.com/education
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UK To Unveil 'World's First' Sculpture Celebrating Women Who Wear Hijab
- Wednesday September 20, 2023
- World News |
The artwork, called 'Strength of the Hijab',depicts a Muslim woman wearing a hijab with the words ''it is a woman's right to be loved and respected whatever she chooses to wear'' inscribed across its base.
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www.ndtv.com
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Google Honours Feminist Icon, Educator Fatima Sheikh With A Doodle
- Sunday January 9, 2022
- India News | NDTV News Desk
Google is today celebrating educator and feminist icon Fatima Sheikh, who is widely considered to be India's first Muslim woman teacher, with a doodle.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meet IUML's Only Woman Candidate In 25 Years For Kerala Assembly Polls
- Saturday March 13, 2021
- India News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Priyanka Rudrappa
For the first time in 25 years, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the main ally of Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala, has fielded a woman candidate for the upcoming Assembly elections.
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www.ndtv.com
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Uttar Pradesh Police Files First Case Under New Law Against "Love Jihad"
- Sunday November 29, 2020
- India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Harish Pullanoor
Bareilly Police has filed the first case under Uttar Pradesh's new anti-conversion law, accusing a Muslim man of pressuring a woman to change her religion. The man is absconding, officials at the Deorania Police station in the district informed today.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pak-Origin Mehreen Faruqi Becomes First Female Muslim Australian Senator
- Monday August 20, 2018
- World News | Indo-Asian News Service
Pakistani-origin Mehreen Faruqi, of the Australian Green Party, today became the first Muslim woman to occupy a seat in the country's Senate.
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www.ndtv.com
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Palestinian-American Positioned To Be First Muslim Woman In US Congress
- Thursday August 9, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Rashida Tlaib, a mother of two and daughter of Palestinian immigrants once detained for disrupting a Donald Trump speech, made history on Wednesday, poised to become the first Muslim woman in US Congress.
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www.ndtv.com
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In White-Majority Area, Bid To Become First Muslim Woman In US Congress
- Friday August 3, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
It's an incongruous sight, a woman in a salmon pink hijab standing on a Massachusetts traffic median, waving at oncoming cars and asking perfect strangers to vote her into Congress.
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www.ndtv.com