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Preparations on to Resume Kailash Mansarovar Yatra

April 16, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Apr 16: With the deadline for listing the pilgrims for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra approaching, Indian and Chinese officials are speeding up efforts to reach an agreement on restarting the annual pilgrimage, which has remained suspended since 2019. Sources said the two sides have discussed the resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar in detail […]

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Karnataka: Muslim Reservation Bill Sent to President for Assent

April 16, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Apr 16: The Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot has sent to President Droupadi Murmu for assent the bill giving 4 per cent reservation to Muslims in government contracts saying that the Constitution did not allow for reservations based on religion. “The proposed amendment, providing 4 per cent reservation to the Backward Class Category-II(B), […]

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Justice BR Gavai to be the Next CJI

April 16, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Apr 16: The Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Wednesday recommended to the Union Law Ministry to appoint senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai as the next CJI. If appointed, Justice Gavai will take oath as the 52nd CJI on May 14. CJI Khanna is due to retire on May […]

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Mamata Attacks Centre, NCW to Probe into Murshidabad Riots

April 16, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 16: Even as an uneasy calm prevailed in the violence-torn Murshidabad district in West Bengal, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has constituted an inquiry committee to investigate alleged molestation and displacement of women during the communal disturbances, an official statement on Wednesday said. It said NCW Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar […]

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Former RAW Chief’s Claim Sparks Row in J&K

April 16, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 16: National Conference President and the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday rubbished the former chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) AS Dulat’s claim that he and his son, the incumbent chief minister Omar Abdullah, had supported the abrogation of Article 370, which ensured special status […]

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Waqf Act Hearing: SC Asks Tough Questions but Postponed Interim Order

April 16, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 16: Hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the amended Waqf Act, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked tough questions to the Centre while also raising some queries with the petitions but its intention to issue an interim order on the just-adopted law was put on hold at the last minute […]

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ED Files Chargesheet against Sonia, Rahul Gandhi, Questions Vadra

April 15, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Apr 15: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and the party’s overseas unit chief Sam Pitroda in the alleged National Herald Money Laundering Case. A special court fixed April 25 as the hearing date. “The present prosecution complaint shall next be taken up for […]

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Court Asks Lokayukta Police to Continue Probe into MUDA Land Case against Karnataka CM, Others

April 15, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 15: A special court in Bengaluru on Tuesday granted the Mysuru Lokayukta police to continue its probe into the alleged irregularities in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment case involving Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others while deferring a final decision on the Enforcement Directorate’s petition challenging the […]

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Centre Raises Concern over West Bengal Violence, State See Demographic Changes with Increasing Muslim Population

April 15, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 15: As several of the displaced families continue to express apprehensions about safe return to their houses across the river in Murshidabad district, the Centre on Tuesday raised concern over the recent violence in three border areas of West Bengal and has deployed additional paramilitary forces as a precautionary measure, […]

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Modi Claims Hundreds of Muslim Women Wanted Waqf Law Amended

April 14, 2025 Editor In Chief 0

NEW DELHI, Apr 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said letters from hundreds of Muslim widows led the Centre to amend the Waqf act to take up the task of reforming the management of Waqf properties. He said had Waqf assets been managed well, Muslim youths “wouldn’t have been fixing punctures of bicycle tyres” […]