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Amended bill on rights of transgender persons rights gets President’s assent

New Delhi: An amendment bill which provides graded punishment for bodily harm to transgender persons has received the assent of President Draupadi Murmu. Opposition MPs had slammed the Transgender Persons (Protection of…
West Asia crisis may push up realty construction costs by 5 pc in near term

Kolkata: The escalating West Asia conflict is beginning to exert cost pressure on India’s real estate sector, with material prices rising and industry leaders warning of a potential 5 per cent spike…

Stalin accuses BJP of ‘plotting’ to create violence in TN

Tiruchirappalli: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday, April 1, accused the BJP of having plotted to cause violence in Tamil Nadu, like what happened in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur and asserted that…
EC suspends BDO after violence at Bengal poll training venue

Kolkata: The Election Commission ordered the suspension of a block development officer (BDO) in West Bengal’s Nadia district and directed the initiation of departmental proceedings against him, following violence at a poll…
Jet fuel price hiked to Rs 2.07 lakh/kl

New Delhi: Price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, was more than doubled to a record Rs 2.07 lakh per kilolitre on Wednesday, April 1, while commercial LPG rates were…
Bill to grant legal status to Amaravati as AP capital to be tabled in Parliament

New Delhi: A Bill to accord statutory status to Amaravati as the sole capital of Andhra Pradesh will be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, April 1. The Adhra Pradesh Reorganisation…
Commercial LPG cylinder prices hiked

New Delhi: Prices of commercial LPG were hiked by Rs 195.50 on Wednesday, on back of surge in global oil prices linked to the widening West Asia conflict. A 19-kg commercial LPG…

‘Shocking overreach by govt’: TMC’s Sagarika Ghose on FCRA Amendment Bill

New Delhi: The FCRA Amendment Bill is a “shocking government overreach”, and not a “regulation”, but “control”, TMC Rajya Sabha deputy leader Sagarika Ghose said on Tuesday. In a post on X,…
IPL 2026: Connolly shines on debut to power PBKS to three-wicket win over GT

Mullanpur: oung southpaw Cooper Connolly marked his IPL debut with a decisive 44-ball 72 after Yuzvendra Chahal’s artistry with the ball to power Punjab Kings to a three-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans…
IAS officer Tukaram Mundhe transferred for 24th time in 21 years of service

Mumbai: Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Tukaram Mundhe was transferred by the Maharashtra government on Tuesday, his 24th posting in 21 years of career in bureaucracy. Considered an upright civil servant,…
Maharashtra man tosses 4-year-old to ground, slams him into iron pole

Mumbai: An autorickshaw driver brutally assaulted a four-year-old boy by lifting him by his legs and slamming him to the ground before smashing his head on an iron rod following an argument…
Public data not used for intel, no personal information collected: MHA

New Delhi: The home ministry has told a parliamentary panel that security agencies use open-source intelligence from public sources, including social media, to gather information, emphasising that no privacy breach occurs as…
Congress committed sin by adding Zubeen’s death issue in manifesto: Himanta

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday, March 31, said that the Congress “committed a sin” by including the issue of singer Zubeen Garg’s death in its manifesto. Zubeen Garg…
Modi’s big fat Noida International Airport inauguration lands into controversy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of the Noida International Airport, located in Jewar, on March 28, which saw a large public participation. But there is more than meets the…
IT rules amendments detrimental to independent journalism: Owaisi

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday, March 31, alleged that the proposed draft amendments to IT rules will allow the government to ban independent…