The monsoon session of Parliament is scheduled to conclude on August 12. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which will amend the law governing Waqf boards, is likely to be introduced in the Parliament today. The bill aims to rename the Waqf Act, 1995, as the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and …...Read More

A key member of the Rohit Godara gang, Amarjeet Bishnoi, has been caught in Italy after he was detected there by the Special Task Force of Rajasthan Police. The man was hiding in a small fishing village in Sicily called Trapani. Amarjeet Bishnoi was the logistics operator for the gang …...Read More

The taxi had 12 occupants, including the driver, an official said. Seven persons returning from a pilgrimage to temple town Pandharpur were killed and three injured on Thursday after a taxi veered off the road in Maharashtra's Jalna district and fell into a well, a police official said. The incident …...Read More

The High Commissioner highlighted the importance of elevating Sri Lanka's engagements with Gujarat. Rakesh Ramanlal Shah, Chairman & Managing Director for GSEC Limited, has been appointed by the Sri Lanka government as the Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad, with consular jurisdiction covering Gujarat. Mr Shah received his Commission …...Read More

Thousands of people pulled the nearly 45-feet tall wooden chariot of Lord Balabhadra Thousands of people pulled forward giant chariots from the 12th century Jagannath temple in Puri towards Gundicha temple, around 2.5 km away, on Sunday afternoon. The chariot pulling started around 5.20 pm after Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalanada …...Read More

File photo West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the central government over the series of train accidents and wondered whether there will be no end to the Centre's "callousness". In a social media post, Ms Banerjee wondered whether this is governance as the train accidents have become …...Read More

Nara Lokesh with students Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh on Monday met 25 specially-abled students, whom he helped by issuing a government order (GO) recently, which enabled them to procure admission in prestigious engineering colleges across the country. Responding to a WhatsApp message from one of the students - Maruthi …...Read More

While extending the ban, the government had said the group has been involved in fomenting terrorism. A judicial tribunal has confirmed the five-year extension of the ban imposed on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), saying the outfit has not abandoned its objective of 'Jehaad' for the cause of Islam …...Read More

The police chief said the police team were identifying them. Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau on Sunday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a YouTuber with regard to inappropriate comments on a child during a chat session. Director General of Police Ravi Gupta said that the FIR was registered …...Read More

A similar stampede-like situation also occurred during the pulling of Nandighosh Rath. In a tragic incident, one person died due to suffocation while several others sustained injuries in a stampede-like situation during the pulling of chariots in Rath Yatra at Puri on Sunday, officials said. According to sources, several other …...Read More