Top stories on 22nd August in a capsule
Delhi bound Kaifiyat Express derails in UP, over 50 injured At least 10 coaches of the Delhi-bound Kaifiyat Express derailed near Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya district late on Tuesday night injuring over 50 people, media reports said. This is the second accident in UP in span of four days and occurred after the train collided with a dumper, the report added. Preliminary investigations reveal that work for a freight corridor was in progress when the accident happened and the injured have been shifted to nearby hospitals. On Saturday, 22 people were killed and 156 injured when Utkal Express derailed in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh 5-judge multi-faith SC bench bans ‘Instant’ Talaq A five-judge multi-faith constitutional bench on Monday decided to strike down the practice of triple Talaq by a majority vote of 3:2. The bench was headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar and three of the five judges in the panel termed the practice as “un-Islamic, retrogr...