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Waqf Bill Clears Lok Sabha With 288 Votes In Favour, 232 Against
- Apr 03, 2025 01:58 am IST
- Reported by: Aishvarya Jain
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
The Waqf Amendment Bill sailed through the Lok Sabha early on Thursday after a marathon 12-hour debate that saw the government and the Opposition go toe-to-toe on the contentious bill well-past midnight.
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Asked To Wait A Year To Get Married, Man Stabs Woman, Kills Her Mother In Visakhapatnam
- Apr 03, 2025 00:24 am IST
- NDTV News Desk
Enraged at being asked to wait a year to get married, a man barged into a 20-year-old woman's home in Visakhapatnam, stabbed her and killed her mother when she tried to intervene.
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Man Gets 2-Year Jail Term For Threat Call To Harm PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath
- Apr 02, 2025 23:54 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A Mumbai court has sentenced a man to two years in jail for making a threat call to police and claiming underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was offering him money to kill PM Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
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"Like Mahatma Gandhi, I Tear This Bill": A Owaisi During Waqf Bill Debate
- Apr 02, 2025 23:50 pm IST
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
Asaduddin Owaisi, chief of AIMIM and the MP from Hyderabad, today held a symbolic protest against the Waqf Bill, citing the example of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Delhi Government Tightens Pollution Control Measures, Announces EV Push
- Apr 02, 2025 23:47 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced in the assembly on Wednesday that the Delhi government will introduce a new policy for issuing Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates to vehicles from other states, in a bid to tackle air pollution.
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Passes Resolution Seeking Katchatheevu Islet's Retrieval
- Apr 02, 2025 23:43 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to retrieve Katchatheevu islet, ceded to Sri Lanka, as a permanent solution to protect the traditional fishing rights of the state's fishermen.
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"Will End My Life" If Waqf (Amendment) Bill Is Passed, Says Congress MLA
- Apr 02, 2025 23:24 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
Congress MLA Izharul Hussain on Wednesday claimed that he would end his life if the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 is passed, which is currently being debated in the Parliament.
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Even A Criminal Enjoys Certain Safeguards To Protect Dignity: Supreme Court
- Apr 02, 2025 23:20 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Observing even a criminal enjoyed certain protections, the Supreme Court has directed the director generals of police (DGP) of all the states and UTs to strictly adhere to all safeguards available to persons in custody.
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Assam Woman Fends Off Attack By Sending Location, Thrown Out Of Moving Bus
- Apr 02, 2025 23:01 pm IST
- Written by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Assam's Sribhumi witnessed tension today following an attempted assault reminiscent of the Nirbhaya case that had shocked the country 13 years ago.
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Woman Kidnaps Live-In Partner After Fight In Bhubaneswar, Arrested: Cops
- Apr 02, 2025 23:00 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A 23-year-old woman was arrested in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday along with four people for allegedly kidnapping her live-in partner following a fight, police said.
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Air India's Receives 1st Legacy B777 Plane Back After Heavy Refresh
- Apr 02, 2025 22:53 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Air India on Wednesday received the first of its legacy Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft after heavy refresh and the refresh of the remaining 12 planes is expected to be completed by year-end, according to officials.
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Drunk Man Poses As Ajmal Kasab's Brother, Threatens To Blast Control Room: Cops
- Apr 02, 2025 22:43 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A 28-year-old drunk security guard was arrested for allegedly posing as a "brother" of Mumbai attack terrorist Ajmal Kasab and threatening to blow up the the police control room and Mumbai Central with a bomb, officials said on Wednesday.
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Jaguar Fighter Jet Crashes In Gujarat, 1 Pilot Ejects, Search On For Another
- Apr 02, 2025 22:22 pm IST
- Reported by: Vishnu Som
A Jaguar fighter jet has crashed in Gujarat's Jamnagar. One pilot has ejected and a search is on for the other, news agency PTI quoted a senior official as saying.
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Petition Filed In Allahabad High Court To Stop Justice Yashwant Varma From Taking Oath
- Apr 02, 2025 22:17 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed before the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench on Wednesday seeking a directive to its Chief Justice to refrain from administering the oath to Justice Yashwant Varma, court sources said.
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Halt Ops In 6 Weeks: High Court To Rapido, Other Bike Taxi Aggregators In Karnataka
- Apr 02, 2025 22:03 pm IST
- Asian News International
The High Court of Karnataka has issued a strict directive to the state government to take necessary steps to suspend bike taxis within six weeks.
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US Man Arrested For Entering Restricted North Sentinel Island In Andamans: Cops
- Apr 02, 2025 21:44 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A US national was arrested in Andaman and Nicobar Islands for allegedly entering the prohibited tribal reserve area of the North Sentinel Island, police said on Wednesday.
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"Artificial Urgency": Court Fines Anil Ambani Rs 25,000 Over Tax Case Hearing
- Apr 02, 2025 21:29 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Bombay High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on industrialist Anil Ambani for seeking an urgent hearing of his petition challenging a notice issued to him by the Income Tax department in April 2022, noting it as an "artificial urgency".