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New Delhi: After the Lok Sabha passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, it will be tabled by the government in the Rajya Sabha Thursday. The Lok Sabha intensely discussed the bill for more than 12 hours, which began at Wednesday noon and continued till the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday left for Thailand to attend the sixth BIMSTEC summit, after which he will travel to Sri Lanka for his first visit to the island country since the election of its new president. In a departure statement, Modi described...

New Delhi: The Delhi BJP held demonstrations at the Vijay Chowk and the Rail Bhawan crossing here Wednesday to express support for the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which was taken up for discussion and passage in the Lok Sabha. The Delhi BJP and its Minority Morcha...

Jamnagar: A Jaguar fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in a village near the Jamnagar IAF station in Gujarat Wednesday night while on a training mission, with one of the pilots ejecting safely, police officials said. The second pilot was missing, they said....

Hyderabad: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has agreed, in principle, to the proposal of the Telangana government to begin civil aircraft operations from the Adilabad airfield. The Ministry of Defence has communicated the approval to the state Special Chief Secretary, Transport, Roads and Buildings Department....

Raipur: Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scheduled visit to Bastar in Chhattisgarh, the Maoists have expressed their willingness to engage in peace negotiations. Reportedly, a spokesperson of the Maoist central committee issued a pamphlet, printed in Telugu language, in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur. He...

Jaipur: A total of ten delinquents escaped from a juvenile correction home in Rajasthan's Dholpur by breaking through the iron mesh installed on the roof. The entire incident was captured on CCTV, prompting an immediate police response. Following the escape, police teams launched a search...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court Wednesday ordered bike taxi aggregators, including Rapido bike taxis, to cease operations across the state within six weeks. Justice B Shyam Prasad passed the order while dismissing petitions filed by Ropeen Transportation Services Pvt. Ltd. (Rapido's parent company) and other...

Srinagar: All political parties of J&K, except the BJP, opposed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, saying that the Bill is intended to disempower Muslims and only target one religion. J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that the Bill is not acceptable to his party. “Only one...

Kathmandu: India and Nepal have signed 10 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for high-impact community development projects in the Himalayan nation to be funded by Indian assistance amounting to NRs 625 million, according to an official release. The agreements were signed Tuesday for development in the...