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"Injustice": Sole Muslim Woman On Trump's Religious Panel Quits Over Iran War
- Saturday March 14, 2026
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
Sameerah Munshi, appointed by Trump in 2025, announced she was stepping down because of the "injustice and atrocities" of the Trump administration both in the United States and abroad.
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Odisha's First-Ever Muslim Woman MLA Had Only 30 Days To Prepare For Polls
- Sunday June 9, 2024
- India News | Written by Samiran Mishra
Earlier this year, Sofia Firdous was preparing for her father, Mohammed Moquim, the then-incumbent Congress MLA of Odisha's Cuttack, to fight reelection. Within days, her life changed.
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Muslim Women Can Approach Only Family Court For Divorce: Madras High Court
- Thursday February 2, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
It is open for a Muslim woman to exercise her inalienable right to dissolve marriage by 'Khula' (divorce proceeding initiated by wife) by approaching a family court and not private bodies such as a Shariat Council, the Madras High Court has ruled.
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Pandit Families Leave Kashmir After Series Of Attacks, Had Stayed Put In Peak Terror
- Wednesday October 26, 2022
- India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi
Kashmiri Pandits' homes in Shopian district are now padlocked; locals say only one Pandit woman is left in Chaudharygund; and she too is moving out
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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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Mehbooba Mufti Sworn In As First Woman Chief Minister Of Jammu And Kashmir
- Monday April 4, 2016
- India News | Edited by Surabhi Malik
Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Party or PDP took oath this morning as the first woman Chief Minister of the country's only Muslim majority state, Jammu and Kashmir, at the head of a coalition government that includes the BJP.
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Mehbooba Mufti To Be Sworn In Today As Jammu And Kashmir Chief Minister
- Monday April 4, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti will be sworn in today as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, also becoming the first-ever Muslim woman Chief Minister, heading a coalition government with BJP in the only Muslim-majority state.
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Madras High Court comes to rescue of Muslim girl
- Monday August 20, 2012
- South | Press Trust of India
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that a young Muslim girl cannot be branded an "illegitimate" child because her father had married two sisters, one after the other, despite a specific prohibition under the Muslim Personal Law, which permitted marrying another woman only after 'talaq'.
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IIT student waiting for passport for 2 years
- Wednesday April 8, 2009
- India News | Press Trust of India
An IIT student's dream of continuing her higher studies in the United States hangs in balance as she is yet to get her passport, application for which was filed two years back. A PhD student of Chemical Engineering at IIT Kanpur, Vishnu Maya, had applied for her passport two years ago but her document was issued in the name of a Muslim woman and s...
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"Injustice": Sole Muslim Woman On Trump's Religious Panel Quits Over Iran War
- Saturday March 14, 2026
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
Sameerah Munshi, appointed by Trump in 2025, announced she was stepping down because of the "injustice and atrocities" of the Trump administration both in the United States and abroad.
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www.ndtv.com
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Odisha's First-Ever Muslim Woman MLA Had Only 30 Days To Prepare For Polls
- Sunday June 9, 2024
- India News | Written by Samiran Mishra
Earlier this year, Sofia Firdous was preparing for her father, Mohammed Moquim, the then-incumbent Congress MLA of Odisha's Cuttack, to fight reelection. Within days, her life changed.
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www.ndtv.com
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Muslim Women Can Approach Only Family Court For Divorce: Madras High Court
- Thursday February 2, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
It is open for a Muslim woman to exercise her inalienable right to dissolve marriage by 'Khula' (divorce proceeding initiated by wife) by approaching a family court and not private bodies such as a Shariat Council, the Madras High Court has ruled.
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www.ndtv.com
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Pandit Families Leave Kashmir After Series Of Attacks, Had Stayed Put In Peak Terror
- Wednesday October 26, 2022
- India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi
Kashmiri Pandits' homes in Shopian district are now padlocked; locals say only one Pandit woman is left in Chaudharygund; and she too is moving out
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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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Mehbooba Mufti Sworn In As First Woman Chief Minister Of Jammu And Kashmir
- Monday April 4, 2016
- India News | Edited by Surabhi Malik
Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Party or PDP took oath this morning as the first woman Chief Minister of the country's only Muslim majority state, Jammu and Kashmir, at the head of a coalition government that includes the BJP.
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www.ndtv.com
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Mehbooba Mufti To Be Sworn In Today As Jammu And Kashmir Chief Minister
- Monday April 4, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti will be sworn in today as the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, also becoming the first-ever Muslim woman Chief Minister, heading a coalition government with BJP in the only Muslim-majority state.
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www.ndtv.com
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Madras High Court comes to rescue of Muslim girl
- Monday August 20, 2012
- South | Press Trust of India
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that a young Muslim girl cannot be branded an "illegitimate" child because her father had married two sisters, one after the other, despite a specific prohibition under the Muslim Personal Law, which permitted marrying another woman only after 'talaq'.
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www.ndtv.com
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IIT student waiting for passport for 2 years
- Wednesday April 8, 2009
- India News | Press Trust of India
An IIT student's dream of continuing her higher studies in the United States hangs in balance as she is yet to get her passport, application for which was filed two years back. A PhD student of Chemical Engineering at IIT Kanpur, Vishnu Maya, had applied for her passport two years ago but her document was issued in the name of a Muslim woman and s...
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