Malhar certified meat for Hindus: Here’s all you want to know about Maharashtra government’s move

Malhar certified meat for Hindus: Here’s all you want to know about Maharashtra government’s move

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto What is Malhar certification? Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane on Monday (March 10, 2025) announced a special move by the Government to provide certification for meat as per Hindu religious traditions. Also Read: Maharashtra budget 2025 Updates: Palghar to get airport, port to be operational by … Read more

Waqf bill: Parliamentary panel seeks details of properties in ‘unauthorised’ occupation of State governments

Waqf bill: Parliamentary panel seeks details of properties in ‘unauthorised’ occupation of State governments

Waqf Amendment Bill JPC Chairman and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagdambika Pal. File | Photo Credit: ANI The parliamentary committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill has sought details from various State governments about the veracity and updated details of Waqf properties which, according to the Sachar committee, they had occupied in an unauthorised manner, … Read more

NGOs ask governments not to politicise Mahadayi issue

NGOs ask governments not to politicise Mahadayi issue

A file photo of the work on the Mahadayi river diversion project in Belagavi district. | Photo Credit: File Photo Members of several non-governmental organisations have written to the Union government and the governments of the riparian states of the Mahadayi river, with a request not to politicise the issue. Activists from Paryavarani, Parivarthan and … Read more

Bilkis Bano case: SC rejects Gujarat government’s plea seeking review of verdict over certain observations

Bilkis Bano case: SC rejects Gujarat government’s plea seeking review of verdict over certain observations

A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 26, 2024) dismissed a plea filed by the Gujarat government seeking a review of the court’s verdict which contained certain observations against the State while quashing the remission granted to 11 men … Read more

All governments, parties and citizens must brainstorm on providing a safe environment to women, says Rahul Gandhi

All governments, parties and citizens must brainstorm on providing a safe environment to women, says Rahul Gandhi

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi during his visit to Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh on August 20. | Photo Credit: PTI Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that crimes like the Badlapur sexual assault incident forces one to think “where are we heading as … Read more

No tangible effort to retrieve Katchchatheevu by three consecutive BJP governments, charges T.N. CM Stalin

No tangible effort to retrieve Katchchatheevu by three consecutive BJP governments, charges T.N. CM Stalin

A view of the Katchatheevu island | Photo Credit: BALACHANDAR L Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, rejected the claim that there was an agreement between the Union and the State governments over the ceding of Katchchatheevu to neighbouring Sri Lanka, and further criticised the BJP government for not having … Read more

What is Karnataka government’s new uniform fare structure for cabs?

What is Karnataka government’s new uniform fare structure for cabs?

The story so far The Karnataka government has introduced a new uniform fare for all cabs in Bengaluru, including those operating using aggregator platforms like Ola and Uber, and traditional city taxis. The new fare system introduces a simple three-tier structure based on the car’s value, eliminating the previous flexible pricing. This new order from … Read more

Opposition protests in the offing ahead of the Kerala government’s Jana Sadassu and Keraleeyam programmes

Opposition protests in the offing ahead of the Kerala government’s Jana Sadassu and Keraleeyam programmes

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government is bracing for a season of Opposition protests. The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have announced, separately, a spate of agitations in the run-up to the government’s mass contact programme and the Keraleeyam gala in November-December. Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan said both programmes were thinly … Read more