Over 83,000 tobacco farmers to benefit as Centre extends validity of licenses to 3 years

Over 83,000 tobacco farmers to benefit as Centre extends validity of licenses to 3 years

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Centre has decided to renew the Certificate of Registration for Virginia tobacco growers and the license for operation of a barn for 3 years instead of a year as at present in order to reduce the burden of mandatory yearly renewal for over 83,000 … 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

Law will be upheld: BJP’s Sudhanshu Trivedi slams pleas challenging Waqf Act validity

Law will be upheld: BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi slams pleas challenging Waqf Act validity

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) BJP Rajya Sabha member Sudhanshu Trivedi on Monday hit out at political parties challenging the recent amendments to the Waqf Act in the Supreme Court, accusing them of politicising a law that has followed due constitutional process. “The Waqf Amendment law has been enacted by … Read more

Pleas challenging validity of Waqf Act mentioned before CJI for urgent listing

Pleas challenging validity of Waqf Act mentioned before CJI for urgent listing

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The pleas in the Supreme Court challenging the recent amendments introduced to the Waqf Act were mentioned on Monday before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna for urgent listing. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal urged CJI Khanna to give an urgent hearing on the petitions … Read more

Plea in SC challenges constitutional validity of Waqf (Amendment) Bill

Plea in SC challenges constitutional validity of Waqf (Amendment) Bill

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) A plea has been filed by Congress MP and party whip in Lok Sabha Mohammad Jawed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025. Mohammad Jawed, the MP from Bihar’s Kishanganj and member of the Joint Parliamentary … Read more

TN CM challenges Dharmendra Pradhan over constitutional validity of trilingual policy

TN CM challenges Dharmendra Pradhan over constitutional validity of trilingual policy

Chennai, Feb 16 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has defended the state’s decision to reject the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, saying that the trilingual policy lacks a constitutional mandate. In a post on social media platform X on Sunday, CM Stalin directly questioned Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, asking, “Can the Union … Read more