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- India
Farmers’ protest: March towards Parliament begins; Delhi-Noida roads jammed
Amid the ongoing turbulent Winter Session, farmers’ organisations including, the Bhartiya Kisan Parishad (BKP), Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) have decided to march towards the Parliament on…
- India
Ajmer Dargah survey: Ex-bureaucrats write to PM seeking halt to ‘pernicious’ activities
New Delhi: Days after a local court ordered a survey of the Ajmer Sharif dargah, a group of former bureaucrats and diplomats has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention…
- India
Call for fast-track courts for Mathura, Kashi temple disputes
Mathura: Hindu nationalist organisations participating in a convention here have raised the demand for expedited hearings of disputes concerning temples in Mathura and Kashi through fast-track courts. The convention was organised by…
- India
Waqf bill: Parliamentary panel seeks state updates on ‘unauthorised’ property occupation
New Delhi: The parliamentary committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill has sought details from various state governments about the veracity and updated details of Waqf properties which, according to the Sachar committee,…
- Andhra Pradesh
Amit Malviya hails ‘striking down’ of Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board
Amaravati: BJP leader Amit Malviya has hailed the ‘striking down’ of the Andhra Pradesh State Waqf Board by the state’s NDA government. The in charge of BJP’s national information and technology department…
- India
Many countries have stopped using EVMs: Medha Patkar
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Amid a debate on the EVM credibility re-started by some Opposition parties after the debacle in Maharashtra assembly polls, rights activist Medha Patkar on Saturday said many countries have stopped…
- Delhi
Delhi air pollution: SC says no to relax GRAP IV curbs, except schools
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to relax emergency measures under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to deal with air pollution in the national capital, ordering…
- India
Mohammed Zubair charged with ‘threatening India’s sovereignty, unity’
In the latest development, Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been included in the FIR filed against Alt News cofounder and editor Mohammed Zubair who tweeted against Ghaziabad’s Dasna temple…
- India
SC declares religious conversion for reservation benefits unconstitutional
New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court has said religious conversions undertaken solely to avail reservation benefits without genuine belief amounted to a “fraud on the Constitution”. Justices Pankaj Mithal…
- India
PAN cards with QR code planned under PAN 2.0 project
New Delhi: The government has approved a Rs 1,435-crore project to revamp the existing system of issuing permanent account number under which PAN cards with QR Code feature will be given free…
- Offbeat
Gujatrat: Tailor receives Rs 86 lakh as electricity bill, shocked
A tailor in Gujarat’s Valsad was stunned after he found out his electricity bill costed in lakhs. A regular at paying electricity bills, Muslim Ansari’s heart skipped a beat when he received…
- India
UP: Protest against construction near dargah claiming to be Waqf land
Etah: A violent clash broke out after a group of people opposed construction work on a plot of private land near a dargah in Jalesar town claiming it to be Waqf property,…
- India
Jailed MP Engineer Rashid seeks interim bail to attend Parliament
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid on Monday moved a Delhi court seeking interim bail in a terror-funding case to attend the Parliament session. After Rashid urged Principal District and…
- India
Give me books, not bouquets: Soren’s request to those meeting him
Ranchi: Expressing gratitude to the people for greeting him on his electoral success, JMM leader Hemant Soren on Sunday urged those coming to meet him to gift him books, not flower bouquets.…
- India
Maharashtra poll results unexpected, something fishy: Uddhav
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday called the Maharashtra assembly poll results, which the BJP-led Mahayuti swept, completely unexpected and incomprehensible, and cast aspersions on its authenticity. Addressing a…
