Waqf Bill sparks protest against Bihar Minister in Kaimur

Waqf Bill sparks protest against Bihar Minister in Kaimur

Follow Us on Google News Patna, April 22 (IANS) The Waqf Amendment Bill has triggered widespread discontent among sections of the Muslim community in Bihar, with visible anger erupting in Bhabhua, the district headquarters of Kaimur, the native district of State Minority Welfare Minister Md. Zama Khan. On Tuesday, during a protest march organised by … Read more

Rahul Gandhi lacks moral right to call Waqf Amendment Bill ‘unconstitutional’, says Jagdambika Pal

Rahul Gandhi lacks moral right to call Waqf Amendment Bill 'unconstitutional', says Jagdambika Pal

Follow Us on Google News Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) BJP MP and Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf Amendment Bill, Jagdambika Pal, on Tuesday, criticised the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi for not participating in the debate and instead claiming the Bill was “unconstitutional”. “If Rahul Gandhi is … Read more

Karnataka govt hints at moving Supreme Court on Muslim quota bill

Karnataka govt hints at moving Supreme Court on Muslim quota bill

Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) The Congress-led government in Karnataka on Thursday hinted at moving the Supreme Court after Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot sent the Muslim Quota Bill to the President, seeking her assent. The Governor has reserved the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which proposes a 4 per … Read more

Supreme Court to resume hearing batch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of Waqf Amendment Bill today

Supreme Court to resume hearing batch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of Waqf Amendment Bill today

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court will continue hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 on Thursday. The top court will hear the matter at 2 p.m. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K.V. … Read more

Omar Abdullah must apologise for procedural mishandling of Waqf Bill: Sajad Lone

Omar Abdullah must apologise for procedural mishandling of Waqf Bill: Sajad Lone

Follow Us on Google News Srinagar, April 15, (IANS) Peoples Conference President Sajad Lone launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday after the CM acknowledged procedural errors in the J&K Assembly’s handling of the Waqf Bill. Lone pointed out that he had raised the same issue on April 7 but was … Read more

Telangana prepares draft bill for welfare of gig workers

Telangana prepares draft bill for welfare of gig workers

Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, April 14 (IANS) The Telangana government has prepared a draft bill for the welfare and security of gig and platform workers, and the same will be finalised later this month. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday said that this legislation should serve as a model for the entire … Read more

Muslim community upset over LoP’s silence on Waqf Bill, says Mayawati

Muslim community upset over LoP’s silence on Waqf Bill, says Mayawati

Follow Us on Google News Lucknow, April 12 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has launched a broadside on Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi over his silence during the debate on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. Drawing parallels with the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), she alleged that LoP Gandhi’s silence has … Read more

Kangana misled on bill, she’s defaulter: Himachal electricity board

Kangana misled on bill, she’s defaulter: Himachal electricity board

Follow Us on Google News Shimla, April 9 (IANS) A day after Bollywood actress-turned-first timer Member of Parliament Kangana Ranaut claimed that Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd had handed her a monthly bill of Rs one lakh for her Manali residence, the electricity board on Wednesday said her claim was not wrong and she … Read more

Odisha: Turmoil in BJD over ‘U-turn’ on Waqf Bill refuses to die down

Odisha: Turmoil in BJD over 'U-turn' on Waqf Bill refuses to die down

Follow Us on Google News Bhubaneswar, April 7 (IANS) The internal unrest in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is refusing to die down as party leaders on Monday engaged in a war of words over former bureaucrat and ex-Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s close aide, VK Pandian’s role in the unexpected decision of the party allowing … Read more