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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is slated to hear next week a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.

NEW DELHI: Security arrangements have been intensified at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) headquarters and Patiala House Court in the national capital ahead of the arrival of Tahawwur Rana, the key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

PATNA: A sudden shift in weather has wreaked havoc across multiple districts of Bihar, leading to 19 deaths in 48 hours and widespread damage to crops and property.

CHENNAI: AIADMK General Secretary and Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS), is set to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Chennai on Thursday, along with senior leaders K.P. Munusamy and S.P. Velumani.

NEW DELHI: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, one of India's most wanted accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, is en route to New Delhi following his extradition from the United States after exhausting all legal avenues to stall the move.

BENGALURU: The Karnataka BJP’s ‘Janakrosh Yatra’, organised against the government over price rise and reservation for Muslims in tenders for public works, entered its third day on Wednesday. During the yatra a BJP leader called the state government a regime of 'jihadis' and 'Tughlaqs'.

PATNA: Janata Dal (United) MLC, Neeraj Kumar on Wednesday appreciated the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government for its successful effort in securing the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, an accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case.

BENGALURU: Despite repeated appeals by the Karnataka government urging students not to take extreme steps following the announcement of results of the Second Pre-University (2nd PUC) or Class 12 Board Exams-1, five girl students have reportedly died by suicide across the state, upset over their exam performance.

PATNA: At least seven people lost their lives in separate lightning strike incidents triggered by heavy rains in Bihar’s Madhubani and Begusarai districts over the past 24 hours, officials said.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Animal Husbandry Minister S. Gurmeet Singh Khudian launched a deworming drive in the state on Tuesday, starting from the Lambi constituency of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the philosophy of Navkar Mahamantra is connected to the vision of Viksit Bharat and developed India means development as well as heritage.

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday searched multiple locations, linked with Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Satinderjit Singh aka Goldy Brar, across Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) National President Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday scoffed at Congress’ assertions on Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Bihar and its impact on Assembly elections and remarked that the entire exercise will prove to be futile, adding that former Congress president’s 30-minute speech won’t make any difference in the state.

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence to five convicts, including the banned Indian Mujahideen's (IM) co-founder Yaseen Bhatkal and a Pakistani national, in the 2013 Hyderabad bomb blasts.

PATNA: Four members of a family were killed after their SUV plunged into a pond in Bihar’s Gaya district, officials here said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Punjab Health Minister Dr. Balbir Singh today urged Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mr. J. P. Nadda to enforce stricter regulations on e-pharmacies, specifically requesting that they be prohibited from selling psychotropic drugs without a valid prescription. This appeal aligns with ongoing efforts in Punjab to combat drug abuse and aligns with existing national guidelines under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, which regulate the sale of such substances. Punjab Cabinet Minister today called upon Mr. Nadda at Nirman Bhawan here.

NEW DELHI: As India marks ten years of the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated the beneficiaries, saying that the scheme has given opportunities to countless people to showcase their entrepreneurial skills and turn their dreams into reality.

SRINAGAR: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, will hold security review meetings on Tuesday.

CHANDIGARH: Tarun Chugh, National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, has strongly condemned the blatant misuse of public funds by the AAP government in Punjab to promote Kejriwal and Sisodia — two political discards of Delhi — in the state.

KUPWARA: Young Journalists association Kupwara(YJAK) held its yearly general body election for 2025 on Monday at Dak Bangalow Kupwara.

According to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), the No Claim Bonus (NCB) is tied to the policyholder, not the vehicle. This means if you are buying a new bike, you can carry forward your existing NCB to the insurance policy for the new vehicle. 

AMARAVATI: A Special Deputy Collector was killed and four others injured in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Annamayya district on Monday, police said.

KOLKATA: One of the judges of a division bench of Calcutta High Court, on Monday, recused from hearing the case on irregularities in recruitments of primary teachers in state-run schools in West Bengal.

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday directed Ram Kumar, the elder son of legendary Tamil actor, late Sivaji Ganesan, to file an affidavit stating that he will not assert any claim over 'Annai Illam', the iconic bungalow built by his father in Chennai's T. Nagar.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended that the Centre transfer Madhya Pradesh High Court judge, Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, to the Kerala High Court.

PATNA: As senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi kicked off his ‘Palayan Roko, Naukri Do’ padayatra from Begusarai on Monday, Union Textile Minister and local Member of Parliament Giriraj Singh dismissed the visit as politically inconsequential.

KOCHI: Three weeks after the Pinarayi Vijayan government suffered a jolt when the Kerala High Court allowed the petition challenging the appointment of an Inquiry Commission to find a permanent solution to a dispute between the Munambam residents and the Waqf Board, on Monday a division bench stayed that order.

NEW DELHI: The pleas in the Supreme Court challenging the recent amendments introduced to the Waqf Act were mentioned on Monday before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna for urgent listing.

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Bihar on Monday. As part of his trip, he will join JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar's padyatra and attend a seminar titled ‘Safeguarding the Constitution’ in Patna.

THIRUVANATHAPURAM: In a tragic incident, a 22-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Kerela's Mundur, Palakkad.

NEW DELHI: In a significant development, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Shukla as Permanent Invitee of the Congress Working Committee.

ANURADHAPURA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, on Sunday jointly inaugurated and flagged off key India-backed railway projects in Anuradhapura, marking a significant milestone in the growing bilateral infrastructure cooperation between the two nations.

NEW DELHI: Ram Navami is being celebrated with fervour and enthusiasm in the country on Sunday. The festival marks the birth of Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu and is also the last day of Chaitra Navratri.

AMRITSAR: Governor of Punjab Mr. Gulab Chand Kataria and President, Indian Red Cross Society, Punjab, met with representatives of Village Defense Committees and said that these committees will be further strengthened so that smuggling taking place in border villages can be controlled.

CHANDIGARH: Vidyut Karmchari Sanyukta Sangharsh Samiti, UP shall be holding a massive protest rally on 9th. April against privatisation to demand that the UP government immediately scrap the privatisation process of two power distribution companies of Uttar Pradesh.