On a day the joint parliamentary committee on Waqf bill tabled its report in Parliament, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Thursday made it clear that the bill is unacceptable to Muslims as the panel’s report has completely neglected the community’s views and sentiments. The board and other influential Muslim organisations have urged […]
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday said the much-reiterated ‘bail is the rule and jail is the exception’ principle attaching importance to personal liberty of undertrial prisoners did not extend to hardened criminals and gangsters accused of committing multiple heinous offences.“The biggest challenge for prosecution in this country is to bring witnesses to the court
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NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman hit back at Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan’s criticism of the government’s handling of the film industry.Responding to Bachchan’s plea for relief measures, Sitharaman clarified that entertainment tax falls under state jurisdiction and not the Centre’s purview. “Jaya Bachchan ji, honourable member, spoke passionately about how the film
TOI Correspondent from Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with top Trump aides, including US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and tech titan Elon Musk, ahead of talks with the US President where the MAGA-fuelled leader is expected to strong-arm India on trade and tariffs despite their personal bonhomie and strategic ties between the two
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NEW DELHI: A CRPF jawan allegedly shot and killed three of his colleagues and injured seven others before taking his own life at a camp in Manipur on Thursday, officials said.The incident occurred around 8.20 pm at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Lamphel, Imphal West district. According to sources, Havildar Sanjay Kumar,
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Visuals that surfaced on Thursday showed a junior student tied to a cot, his body repeatedly pierced with a compass while being taunted and mocked by senior students. NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of the disturbing ragging incident at the Government Nursing College in Kottayam, Kerala, calling it “morally
NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs on Thursday announced that President’s Rule has been imposed in Manipur. This came days after Manipur CM Biren Singh tendered his resignation to the governor of the state.“Whereas, I, Droupadi Murmu. President of India, have received a report from the Governor of the State of Manipur and after
NEW DELHI: In a move which may create a conducive atmosphere for talks with protesting farmers in Chandigarh on Friday, the Centre has revised the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) guidelines that now increases the procurement limit of production quantity of select non-MSP perishable agricultural/horticultural crops from the existing 20% to 25%.The revised guidelines, issued on
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-profile meeting with US President Donald Trump, the Congress on Thursday questioned whether he would “summon up the courage” to raise India’s concerns over the treatment of deported Indian citizens and other critical issues, including trade, immigration, and climate policies.Congress questions Modi’s stance
