JAIPUR: Governor Haribhau Bagde Wednesday granted assent to Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2025, passed by the state Assembly in Sept this year. Law minister Jogaram Patel said the Act had now also been notified.Putting an end to the traditional notion of ‘chat mangni-pat byaah (prompt wedding)’, the new law mandates that priests…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla made a strong pitch for promoting responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI). Chairing a workshop at the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference in Barbados, Birla said systems like AI-based translation, AI-enabled e-library, and speech-to-text reporting are making parliamentary processes more efficient and inclusive. Addressing the…
LUCKNOW: While paying tributes to Kanshi Ram, the BSP founder and her predecessor in the party and the organisation, on his 19th death anniversary here, BSP national president Mayawati said she was grateful to the incumbent BJP government in Uttar Pradesh.In the commemorative programme organised at Manyawar Shri Kanshi Ram Ji Smarak Sthal (Eco Garden),…
New Delhi: With winter knocking and the mountain passes in Jammu and Kashmir set to become snow-bound, home minister Amit Shah on Thursday reviewed the law and order situation in the Union Territory and asked the forces to be on 100% alert against any attempts by Pakistan and PoK-based terrorists to exploit the snowfall and…
NEW DELHI: PM Modi and his visiting counterpart Keir Starmer discussed initiatives to double down on likely gains from the India-UK landmark trade deal in a bilateral meeting, while also focusing on efforts to deepen their cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and in areas like technology, defence co-production and security.Modi also raised the issue of anti-India…
NEW DELHI: Acting swiftly on projects of strategic significance following suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), an expert committee of the environment ministry has recommended environmental clearance for constructing the Sawalkot hydroelectric project on Chenab in Ramban district of J&K.The 1,856-MW project is a major hydropower initiative on Chenab, one of the western rivers…
Russia Oil Buy Will Be Key Issue For Deal New Delhi: Thursday’s phone conversation between PM Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump was the first since Indian trade negotiators, led by commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, returned from Washington, where external affairs minister S Jaishankar also held talks. Official and political circles unanimously…
In a tragic incident, an 85-year-old passenger on a Qatar Airways flight travelling from the United States died mid-flight after he was served a non-vegetarian meal. The incident has left the world shocked and sad at the same time. The old man, despite having pre-ordered a vegetarian meal, was served a non-veg meal. The event…
A special NIA court Thursday rejected ex-cop Sachin Waze’s plea to drop proceedings against him in the case pertaining to parking of explosives-laden car near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s south Mumbai home and conspiring to kill businessman Mansukh Hiren. Waze had cited lack of jurisdiction, the cognisance being time barred, discrepancies in the probe and want…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission Thursday pointed out falsehoods in affidavits presented before Supreme Court by NGO, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), which alleged that names of people were deleted from Bihar’s final voter list without intimation.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi told ADR counsel Prashant Bhushan, who handed over the affidavits, that…
