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New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Sunday announced a nationwide agitation against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, with large sit-ins planned in front of the state assemblies in Patna and Vijayawada March 26 and 29, respectively, as part of the first...

Sambhal: Shahi Jama Masjid management committee president Zafar Ali was arrested Sunday after being questioned in connection with the November 24 violence during a protest against a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era mosque. Superintendent of Police Krishan Kumar Bishnoi told reporters, "Today, Jama Masjid's Zafar...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu will visit Odisha and Chhattisgarh March 24 to attend official functions, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said Sunday. Murmu will grace the silver jubilee of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in Raipur Monday, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement. "Tomorrow, she will...

Thiruvananthapuram: BJP leader and former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar is likely to become the state president of the saffron party, as he is the sole nominee for the post, party sources said. A formal announcement will be made following the party's state council meeting Monday....

New Delhi: An alert has been sounded in the anti-Naxal operations theatre of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand following a "spike" in IED blasts and recoveries, including that of a device rigged with beer bottles and a small antenna for remote control explosion, officials said. The uptick...

Meerut: Muskaan Rastogi, one of the prime accused in the brutal murder of her husband, Saurabh Rajput, has requested a government-appointed lawyer after her family refused to support her legal battle. Currently lodged in Meerut District Jail, Muskaan made the request to the Jail Superintendent...

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam Sunday claimed the involvement of individuals with links to Bangladesh in the recent violence in Nagpur. Speaking at a press conference here, Nirupam also claimed the violence was pre-meditated and was part of a larger conspiracy. The violence erupted...

New Delhi: The Congress Sunday termed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill an assault on the Constitution and alleged the proposed legislation was part of the BJP's continuing attempts to damage the centuries-old bonds of social harmony. It is also part of the BJP's attempts to demonise...

A parliamentary committee has urged the Indian government to strengthen measures against OTT platforms that evade restrictions on obscene and p*r*ographic content by altering programme names or changing IP addresses with the help of artificial intelligence. In its Demands for Grants report for the Ministry...

New Delhi: India is extending all possible assistance to Amit Gupta, an Indian citizen from Gujarat's Vadodara, who has been wrongfully detained in Qatar for allegedly stealing data for which there is an ongoing investigation, people familiar with the matter said. Gupta, a senior employee...