PATNA: PM Modi said Monday that demographic changes in the border areas of Seemanchal, Bihar, were a serious concern and slammed the opposition for taking out yatras in these border towns to protect infiltrators for what he described as vote-bank politics.Modi said infiltrators posed a threat to identity and dignity of Bihar and promised that…
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB) received an overwhelming 15,75,760 applications for sub-inspector (civil police) and equivalent posts for “direct recruitment 2025”. The recruitment drive, one of the largest in recent years, aims to fill 4,543 vacancies, including posts for women in the newly formed PAC battalions.According to the board, notification for…
Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘The Bengal Files,’ revisiting Bengal’s dark history, experienced a dip on its second Monday, earning an estimated Rs 0.3 crore, bringing its total to Rs 14.4 crore. Despite a modest opening, collections saw weekend growth, but working days led to reductions in shows across India. The makers remain optimistic for a second weekend…
MUMBAI: For years, a rare form of male infertility, in which men are born without the tubes that carry sperm, was blamed on a single gene tied to cystic fibrosis. Now, researchers in Mumbai have identified a broader set of genes in Indian men, including one passed from mothers to sons, that help explain this…
While Tyler Robinson is not cooperating with the investigation into Charlie Kirk’s murder, his boyfriend Lance Twiggs provided cops with key details. The social media profiles of Lance Twiggs remained active even after his name surfaced as the boyfriend of Tyler Robinson, the suspected shooter of Charlie Kirk. Twiggs reportedly helped the FBI by showing…
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Welcoming SC’s order in Waqf Amendment Act, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said Monday the judgment has validated govt’s case for significant reforms in waqf laws, emphasising the amended Waqf Act remains fully operational.Rijiju who piloted the legislation in Parliament emphasised that govt in its affidavit said the Act had been drafted with due…
Lucknow: Major events have been planned across the state to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 75th birthday on Sept 17.This includes a Poshan Abhiyan aimed at the health of women and girls, a Vishwakarma Shram Samman event where chief minister Yogi Adityanath will honour workers, an exhibition on the life of the PM and a…
NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has expressed disappointment over the SC’s interim order on the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, describing it as “incomplete and unsatisfactory” and sharing that the community feels that “those provisions not stayed at this stage shall be abused”.The board said that while SC has granted partial…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court’s prima facie endorsement of non-arbitrariness of provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, was principally based on a 100-year history of mismanagement and misappropriation of sprawling properties and valuable assets donated for charity by benevolent Muslims and the remedial regulations enacted since 1923.A bench of CJI B R Gavai and…
NEW DELHI: Welcoming SC’s negative vote on three key provisions of the Waqf Act as putting a hold on BJP’s “mischievous intentions”, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge accused the governing party of bulldozing a “divisive law” to inflame communal passions and “reopen issues that India had long settled”. Calling the upholding of deletion of “waqf by…
