The Supreme Court is scheduled on Monday (September 15, 2025) to pronounce judgment on a plea to stay the implementation of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which over a 100 petitioners described as a “creeping acquisition” of Muslim properties while the government defended as a necessary counter to “rampant encroachment” on public and private properties. … Read more
Online gaming platform Zupee has laid off around 170 employees, or nearly 30% of its workforce, as it reshapes its business to comply with India’s new Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025. The company said it will now shift focus towards culturally rooted social games and short video content, a move it believes … Read more
Members of Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association (HRDA) at a meeting with Karimnagar District Collector Pamela Satpathy on Thursday. In order to address the growing concern over paraquat poisoning, the Healthcare Reforms Doctors Association (HRDA) has urged the Telangana government to take action against the use of the toxic herbicide. A meeting on the issue was … Read more
The decision was taken to motivate farmers to take up planting of rosewood trees on their patta lands. | Photo Credit: File photo Tamil Nadu will no longer have specific legislation to regulate rosewood exploitation, as the State government has decided not to renew the Tamil Nadu Rosewood Trees (Conservation) Act, 1994, allowing the legislation to … Read more
Getty Images Divya Talwar & Sarah Bell BBC News Maternity services at two Leeds hospitals have been downgraded from “good” to “inadequate” by the healthcare regulator, because their failings posed “a significant risk” to women and babies. Concerns from staff and patients around quality of care and staffing levels were substantiated by the Care Quality … Read more
Getty Images Universities in England have been told to step up efforts to prevent student suicides, in a review commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE). A report, which has been in the works for nearly two years, says they should assess the safety of student halls and involve families more after a student has … Read more
A rally was organized against the Waqf Amendment Act 2025 at Eidgah Maidan in Mysuru on May 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday (May 5, 2025) a batch of pleas challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act’s constitutional validity, weeks after the government paused two central aspects … Read more
Lawyers observe a moment of silence for the lives lost in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, at the Supreme Court premises, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A Full Court of the Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 23, 2025) unanimously adopted a resolution expressing its deep anguish … Read more
Watch: Waqf Act controversy | CM Devendra Fadnavis answers key questions | Video Credit: Gautam Doshi Fadnavis defends the amendments, calling the original Waqf Act “draconian” and prone to misuse. He claims the new legislation aligns with constitutional principles and Supreme Court verdicts, and promises action against Congress leaders allegedly involved in a significant Waqf … Read more
Two POCSO offenders imprisoned under Goondas Act in Kanniyakumari district. The detainee identified as B. Faisal Khan, 40, from Manalikarai and R. Radheesh, 27, from Mekkamandapam was arrested by Marthandam All Women Police Station on charges of abducting and assaulting a 17-year-old girl, in December. As per the recommendation of the Kanniyakumari District Superintendent of … Read more