New Delhi, Apr 4: In a dramatic post-midnight session, the Rajya Sabha passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, with 128 members voting in favour and 95 opposing it. The move came just a day after the bill cleared the Lok Sabha following nearly 12 hours of deliberation. Union minister J P Nad

New Delhi, Apr 3: The Lok Sabha passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 after an intense 12-hour debate, with 288 MPs voting in favour and 232 opposing it. The contentious bill sparked sharp exchanges between the ruling party and the opposition, with union home minister Amit Shah delivering a scathing

New Delhi, April 1, 2025 (Press Release) All India Muslim Personal Law Board has appealed to all secular political parties, including BJP’s allies and members of Parliament, to strongly oppose the Waqf Amendment Bill and to not vote in its favour under any circumstances. The President

New Delhi, Apr 1: As the new financial year begins, several important financial and economic changes will take effect from April 1, 2025, impacting taxpayers, digital payment users, credit and debit cardholders, and pensioners across India. Here’s a breakdown of what’s changing:

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