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New Delhi: The Congress Friday said it will "very soon" challenge in the Supreme Court the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 that was passed in Parliament. Parliament early Friday approved the Bill after the Rajya Sabha gave its nod to the contentious legislation...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday hailed the passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, calling it a historic step toward ending years of injustice and corruption in the management of Waqf properties. A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Parliamentary...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday refused to relax its order imposing a complete ban on firecrackers in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR). Noting that air pollution levels had remained alarming for a considerable time, a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal...

New Delhi: Muzibulla Khan of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday opposed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the Rajya Sabha, saying the entire Muslim community was worried about it. However, his party leader in Rajya Sabha Sasmit Patra said the party has allowed its...

Patna: JD(U) leader Mohammed Qasim Ansari Thursday resigned from the party in protest against the party's support to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabha despite widespread opposition. In a letter to JD(U) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Ansari...

New Delhi: India will wait and watch the situation emanating from the imposition of additional import duties by the US on global trade and not take any action in a hurry, as America may itself face problems from its domestic industry, government sources said. US...

New Delhi: Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan Thursday described the reciprocal tariffs on about 60 countries by the Trump administration a self goal and said its impact on India will be smaller. US President Donald Trump has announced the imposition of additional ad-valorem duties ranging...

New Delhi: As the US imposed reciprocal tariffs of 26 per cent on Indian exports, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha Thursday suggested a strong retaliatory response from the Indian government, including withholding of the necessary approvals for Elon Musk’s Starlink to use them as...

New Delhi: The number of beneficiaries getting subsidised LPG under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) has gone up to 10.33 crore as March 1 this year, while the total number of active domestic LPG consumers in India stands at 32.94 crore, the Parliament was...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi Thursday claimed that China had taken over 4,000 square kilometre of Indian territory and that reciprocal tariffs or import duties imposed by the US would "completely devastate" the Indian economy, as he demanded answers from the government over...