Guwahati:The decades-old Assam Assembly tradition of a two-hour break to facilitate Muslim legislators to offer 'namaz' on Fridays was discontinued for the first time during the ongoing budget session. The decision to do away with the break was taken in the last session of the House in Augus

New Delhi: 21 February 2025 (Press Release) Dr. SQR Ilyas, Spokesperson of AIMPLB, stated that the Board has filed a petition arguing that the UCC law violates various articles of the Constitution and goes against Muslim personal law, which is protected under the Shariat Application Act of 1937 and

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah holds a video conference with the DCs, project directors, municipality commissioners and chief officers of the municipal corporations and urban local bodies on the issuance of ‘B’ khatas in Bengaluru on Tuesday.   Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

Urdu teachers in Rajasthan on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) registered a strong protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party government’s move to replace Urdu with Sanskrit as third language in some schools. The Education Department has cited insufficient number of students as the reason to discon

New Delhi: What is the Standard Operating Procedure for Electronic Voting Machines after polls are over, the Supreme Court asked today in response to a petition that sought data from the machines not be deleted even after the counting of votes is over. For now, do not delete any data from EVM nor re

New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) romped home wresting the national capital from AAP's control on Saturday, decisively defeating the party that governed Delhi since 2013.  The BJP bagged 48 seats while the AAP managed to win 22 seats.   The resou

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting the Budget 2025-26 on Saturday, introduced some key changes in basic customs duties (BCDs) that will impact the prices of various goods. The budget includes duty exemptions on essential medicines, electronic goods

New Delhi, Feb 1: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her eighth consecutive Union Budget in the Lok Sabha, offering significant tax relief for the middle class and announcing key measures across various sectors. One of the major highlights was the zero tax on income up to Rs

New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and various Muslim religious and community organisations have strongly opposed the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttarakhand, terming it deeply unfortunate, undemocratic, and an attack on constitutional rights. They

New Delhi: A Joint Parliamentary Committee on Monday cleared the Waqf Amendment Bill - which seeks to make 44 changes to the way Muslim charitable properties are managed in the country - with 14 alterations to the draft tabled in the House in August last year. Overall 66 had been proposed - 23 by M

India celebrated its 76th Republic Day on Sunday with a grand display of its military might that included elite marching contingents, missiles and indigenous weapon systems, with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto gracing the occasion as the chief guest. In a first, a tri-services tableau, depict

The Uttarakhand government is slated to implement Uniform Civil Code on January 27 — becoming the first state in India to enforce the law. The law was notified earlier this week and contains ‘legal provisions for marital conditions and protection of individual rights and social harmony&r

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs on Thursday issued notices to cab aggregators Ola and Uber, seeking clarification on reports of alleged differential pricing based on the type of mobile device used to book rides. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) took action following reports that

The joint parliamentary committee of the Waqf Amendment Bill is set to begin clause-by-clause discussion on the proposed amendments on January 24-25, a communique from the Lok Sabha secretariat said, with the meetings expected to set the stage for tabling of the final report during the Budget sessio

Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS): As the new US President Donald Trump began his second innings with signing several executive orders along with sounding threats about impending trade tariffs on certain countries and BRICS nations, both Sensex and Nifty plunged on Tuesday. Trump’s remarks targeti

A big fire broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela on Sunday due to a cylinder blast, engulfing 18 tents in Sector 19, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, the government said in a statement. Kumbh Mela Chief Fire Officer Pramod Sharma said 15 fire tenders were pressed into service to

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that good Samaritans who help a person injured in a road accident will get a reward of Rs 25,000, which is five times more than the current reward of Rs 5,000. Speaking during an event on road safety in Nagpur with actor Anupam Kher, G

Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday embarked on a five-day visit to Saudi Arabia to sign a bilateral agreement for the Hajj pilgrimage of 2025, where India is seeking an additional quota for 10,000 pilgrims. Rijiju is scheduled to meet Saudi Arabian Minister Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al Rabi