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Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government in the Lok Sabha over the Waqf Amendment Bill and said the ruling saffron outfit does not have the right policies and intentions on the issue.
The Indian Army shot down four to five infiltrators after Pakistani Army personnel intruded into Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Tuesday, media reports said.
Hyderabad/IBNS: Indian actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu films, has backed the protests against the deforestation in the Kancha Gachibowli land of Telangana's capital city Hyderabad.
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said several important public properties including the Parliament building would have been taken over by the Waqf board had the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government continued its rule.
New Delhi/IBNS: A heated debate is expected to take place in Lok Sabha on Wednesday as the Centre is set to table the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the lower house of Parliament.
The third India-Japan Space Dialogue was held in Tokyo on April 1 when officials discussed Quad space cooperation and commercial space collaboration.
Droupadi Murmu received Gabriel Boric Font, President of the Republic of Chile, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday, where she also hosted a banquet in his honour.
Shima is set to get Asia's longest ropeway with the construction of a project spanning 13.79 kilometers, media reports said.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh recently said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the first Vande Bharat Express from Jammu to Kashmir.
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka government on Tuesday announced a hike in sales tax on diesel, raising it from 18.44 percent to 21.17 percent.
Bengaluru/IBNS: A Bengaluru teacher has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing and extorting money from a student's father with whom she had been having an affair.
Washington/IBNS: A day before announcing the reciprocal tariffs globally, US President Donald Trump said that he heard India would drop tariffs on US imports substantially.
New Delhi/IBNS: The INDIA bloc has once again come together and unanimously decided to vote against the Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament on Wednesday.
INSV Tarini entered the South African city of Cape Town after completing the fourth leg of the Navika Sagar Parikrama II expedition.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said the development of China-India relations demonstrates that it is the right choice for the two nations to be partners of mutual achievement and realize the 'Dragon-Elephant Tango', the dance of their emblematic animals.
Chennai/IBNS: K Annamalai, who has created a buzz in the political circle of Tamil Nadu in recent times, may step down as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president amid the escalation of talks between the saffron party and AIADMK for a reunion, media reports said.
Indian PM Narendra Modi and Chilean President Gabriel Boric met in New Delhi on Tuesday when they discussed ways to expand 'strong' bilateral ties.
White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt on Monday targeted India for imposing a 100 per cent tariff on agricultural products from the United States and warned that there would be no exemptions on the reciprocal tariffs planned to be imposed by President Donald Trump's administration on April 2.
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that taking a giant stride towards building a Naxal-free Bharat, our nation achieved a new milestone by significantly reducing the number of districts most affected by Left-Wing Extremism to just 6 from 12.
New Delhi/IBNS: A 2014-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Nidhi Tewari has been picked as the new private secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.
The fourth edition of the bilateral Tri-Service India-US Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise will begin on Tuesday, officials said.
Srinagar/IBNS: A fresh encounter broke out in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, where three terrorists were trapped by the security forces by cordoning off the Panjthirthi area in the district, media reports said.
Mumbai/IBNS: Popular stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra took a dig at the Mumbai Police on Monday, asking them not to "waste time" and "public resources" by visiting his parent's house where he has "not lived for the last 10 years" in connection with a case about his remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's reference to the religion which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) follows as "ganda dharm" has triggered sharp responses from Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to people to "stay united" in a bid to thwart the aggressive Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is aiming to consolidate the Hindu votes eyeing to unseat the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the 2026 assembly elections.
An Indian-origin CEO has claimed he was chased and shot twice close to a hotel in San Francisco in the USA.
The Studio Ghibli-style trend has touched not only celebrities and common people alike but even the French Embassy used it to strengthen India-France diplomatic ties.
Noida/IBNS: A speedy Lamborghini hit two pedestrians on the streets leaving them injured in Sector 94 of Noida, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, media reports said.
Dehradun/IBNS: Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Lok Sabha MP Trivendra Singh Rawat's remark against a Dalit IAS officer Brajesh Sant on "illegal mining" has triggered a massive controversy, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
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