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New Delhi: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill will be tabled in the Lok Sabha April 2 (Wednesday) soon after the Question Hour and will be followed by a comprehensive and detailed discussion extending up to eight hours, said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Tuesday. Speaking to...

Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Jammu and Kashmir was not linked to the anti-militancy operation in Kathua. The programme was finalised before the operation, he added. Do not link the Union minister's visit to the Kathua...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar held bilateral discussions with his Dutch counterpart, Caspar Veldkamp, focusing on strengthening the already robust partnership between India and the European nation across multiple sectors. The talks, held Monday, delved into areas such as trade, defence, technology,...

Palanpur (Gujarat): Eighteen persons were killed and five others injured after a blast at a firecracker warehouse led to a blaze and collapse of the building in Gujarat's Banaskantha district Tuesday, officials said. The incident took place in an industrial area near Deesa town at...

New Delhi: Sparks are set to fly in the Lok Sabha Wednesday as it takes up for consideration and passage the Waqf amendment bill which has met with a strong resistance from the opposition parties. After eight hours of proposed discussion, Minorities Affairs Minister Kiren...

New Delhi: India and Chile Tuesday decided to start negotiations on a mutually beneficial comprehensive economic partnership agreement as Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font for wide-ranging talks focusing on boosting bilateral ties in diverse areas. Boric is on a five-day...

New Delhi: Commuters on national highways and expressways will need to pay more for their road journeys, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has increased toll charges by an average of 4 to 5 per cent on highway sections across the country. The...

Chandigarh: A court in Punjab's Mohali Tuesday sentenced self-styled preacher Bajinder Singh to life imprisonment in a 2018 rape case. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Vikrant Kumar pronounced the verdict after Singh -- who was often referred to as the 'Yeshu...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government and Prayagraj Development Authority calling its demolition of homes in the city "inhuman and illegal". Observing the demolition action was carried out in a "high-handed" manner, a bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. In the alternative, a bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar suggested the PIL litigant...