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Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party MP KC Venugopal during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Ahead of the government bringing the Waqf bill amendments, the Congress on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) issued a whip to all its MPs in the Lok Sabha, … Read more
The AFSPA gives armed forces operating in disturbed areas sweeping powers and immunity from prosecution unless approved by the Centre. File | Photo Credit: AP The Centre on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) imposed for six months the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Nagaland’s Meluri district, two days after the law was extended to eight … Read more
Anant Ambani will celebrate his 30th birthday on April 10 with prayers and offerings at the Dwarkadhish Temple. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Anant Ambani, Director of Reliance Industries Limited, has begun his spiritual journey (padyatra) from Jamnagar to Dwarka, the revered city of Lord Krishna, ahead of his 30th birthday. Mr. Ambani, known … Read more
YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia being brought for questioning by the Guwahati Police in connection with his offensive remarks made on ‘India’s Got Latent’ show, in Guwahati, Friday, March 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) filed an undertaking in the Supreme Court saying he would maintain decency in his … Read more
Minister of Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi on April 1, 2025. Videograb: YouTube/Sansad TV Rajya Sabha on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) passed ‘The Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025’ that seeks to give legal effect to certain international agreements … Read more
Representational view of a toll booth on the Kochi-Dhanushkodi National Highway. | Photo Credit: Jomon Pampavalley Commuters on national highways and expressways will need to pay more for their road journeys, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has increased toll charges by an average of 4-5% on highway sections across the country. The … Read more
File picture of a Prayagraj Development Authority bulldozer demolishing shopkeeper Safdar Ali’s properties in the Chakiya area, in Prayagraj, on March 2, 2023. Ali was said to be a close aid of Atiq Ahmad | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government and Prayagraj Development … Read more
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the House during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) asked the government to immediately start the decadal census as well as … Read more
Tushar Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) rejected a plea filed by Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson Tushar Gandhi against the Sabarmati Ashram redevelopment project. A Bench of justices M.M. Sundresh and Rajesh Bindal said it was not inclined to interfere in the plea, noting there was a … Read more
File picture of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. | Photo Credit: ANI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) described as “offensive and strongly condemnable” the interim Bangladesh government calling itself the “only guardian of the ocean” in the region. Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has urged Beijing to extend … Read more