Woman Forced to Sleep With Father-in-law Under Nikah Halala, Faces Death Threats for Speaking Out, National : Today Indya

Woman Forced to Sleep With Father-in-law Under Nikah Halala, Faces Death Threats for Speaking Out

National

news18

Shabina, who lives in Bareilly, said she received threats to her life from “members of her community” after she revolted against the practice.

Woman Forced to Sleep With Father-in-law Under Nikah Halala, Faces Death Threats for Speaking Out

Lucknow: Just when the Supreme Court is gearing up to hear arguments on Nikah Halala, another victim has come forward saying she was given divorce multiple times and was forced to consummate marriages with several men.

Shabina, who lives in Bareilly, said she received threats that she would be declared an outcast and also threats to her life from “members of her community” after she revolted against the practice.

Narrating her ordeal, she said that her husband had first given her instant talaq. Thereafter, she was forced to marry her father-in-law and consummate the marriage as part of Nikah Halala as she had to marry her first husband again after getting a divorce from her father-in-law.

However, her ordeal did not end there. After marrying her first husband again, Shabina was again given divorce and this time she was being forced to marry her brother-in-law. But this time, she decided enough is enough.

She approached Nida Khan, who had married into the influential Dargah Aala Hazrat family, and the two went to the media to highlight their plight. Nida Khan had also met the same fate as that of Shabina. She was also a victim of triple talaq and has been fighting against it for quite some time.

Both Nida and Shabina have now lodged a case in the local police station against five individuals after receiving death threats.

The two alleged that the local clerics have said that “people who do not follow Shariat are automatically considered out of the Islam” and those who raise their voice against Shariat will face ““dire consequences”.

SP (City) Abhinandan Singh said that a case has been registered. “The orders for investigation have been given,” he said.

Bareilly’s Shekhar Imam Mufti Khurshid Alam said people opining against Shariat and critiquing Halala are doing so to gain media attention.

“Some people are giving statements against Talaq and Halala just to gain media attention. We do not need to throw anyone out of Islam, people who speak against Shariat are automatically considered out of Islam,” said the cleric.

The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions challenging Nikah Halala and Polygamy from July 20.

Article Original Source : https://www.news18.com/news/india/woman-forced-to-sleep-with-father-in-law-...

#halala faces threats

High-speed local trains to be introduced by MahaMetro; 5 things to know about the project

National

Financialexpress

Today, for the planning and execution of the project, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Piyush Goyal-led Indian Railways, the state government of Maharashtra and MahaMetro. MahaMetro is a 50:50 jointly owned company of Indian government and state government of Maharashtra.

MahaMetro’s high-speed local trains: Soon, the ambitious project of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari of starting high-speed local train services between Nagpur and four nearby towns namely, Bhandara, Wardha, Katol and Ramtek will be implemented. Today, for the planning and execution of the project, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Piyush Goyal-led Indian Railways, the state government of Maharashtra and MahaMetro. MahaMetro, which is short for Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited, is a 50:50 jointly owned company of Indian government and state government of Maharashtra. Here are 5 things that one should definitely know about the MahaMetro project:

1) The project by MahaMetro aims to run three-coach multiple units (EMUs) to the above-mentioned towns with four on each route.

2) For train operations, MahaMetro will use existing tracks, platforms, signalling etc. of Indian Railways.

3) At present, the average speed of Nagpur to Ramtek passenger train is 27 km per hour and the average speed of Gondia passenger train is 50 km per hour. However, under this project, the train services are likely to run at a speed of 120 km per hour.

4) Brijesh Dixit, MahaMetro Managing Director was recently quoted saying that the project is a first-of-its-kind in the country. He also informed that under this project, MahaMetro will operate high-speed fully air-conditioned coaches.

5) The project is likely to provide many benefits such as travel time will be reduced, pollution level will go down, congestion on road will reduce, comfortable and distraction-free movement etc.

An electrical shunting vehicle called ‘Buland’ was operated by MahaMetro, a few days ago, between Airport and Airport South stations, which is first of the elevated stretches where works have been already completed and which is all set for the trial run.

Meanwhile, around Delhi-NCR, high-speed rapid transit projects are also being planned. Soon, a Rapid Rail service will run between Panipat and Delhi. The Rapid Rail service between the two cities will cover a distance of 111 km in total, out of which 109 km will be elevated while the rest of it will be underground. Also, a high-speed Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor will soon connect the national capital with Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.

Article Original Source : https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/railways/high-speed-local-t...