In a significant judgment, Kerala HC has held that Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, applies to all Indian citizens irrespective of religion. A bench of Justice PV Kunhikrishnan also made it clear that the Act supersedes Muslim personal...
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26th Mar 2026 | Updated at 06:23am 26th Mar 2026
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Punjab govt to move SC against governor
Chandigarh: The two-day Punjab assembly session was cut short by a day after chief minister Bhagwant Mann informed the House that since governor Banwarilal Purohit had not given assent to the three money Bills, his government would resume the...
Gaganyaan test flight's crew module successfully recovered by Navy
Hours after the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists successfully conducted the Gaganyaan failure test, the Navy’s Eastern Naval Command recovered the Crew Module (CM) from the Bay of Bengal. Isro chief S Somanath said the crew...
KCR unveils poll promises to counter Congress' guarantees
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) unveiled its own set of promises ahead of the November 30 assembly polls to counter Congress’s “six guarantees”, setting the stage for a competitive electoral race as the party led by CM K Chandrasekhar...
TMC stands for 'terror, mafia, corruption': Nadda
Kolkata: Launching a frontal attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led regime in Bengal, BJP national president J P Nadda said that the time has come to bid farewell to the jungle raj of the TMC, which stands for ’Terror, Mafia, Corruption’.
Encroachment row: Didi gives Amartya Sen land deed
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over land record documents of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to the celebrated economist, dismissing the claims of the current Visva-Bharati dispensation that he was illegally...
West Midlands delegation visits Ahmedabad to boost ties
A 37-member West Midlands delegation, led by Mayor Richard Parker and officials including Manoj Ladwa and Neil Rami, visited Ahmedabad to strengthen economic, cultural, and educational ties, coinciding with the inaugural Commonwealth Connect...
Somnath Swabhiman Parv honours India’s spiritual resilience
The Somnath Swabhiman Parv, held at the first Jyotirlinga in Gujarat, marks one thousand years since the first attack on the Somnath Temple in 1026. This national event, instead of focusing on destruction, celebrates India’s resilience, faith,...
The Gujarat high court has issued summons to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from the Surat Lok Sabha constituency, Mukesh Dalal, over two petitions challenging his uncontested victory.
The Indian government has slashed the financial aid provided to some neighbouring countries, including the Maldives, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, for the year 2024-25. At the same time, it has significantly increased grants for Sri...
Urging states to provide an investor-friendly environment, PM Narendra Modi asked govt think tank Niti Aayog to prepare an “investment-friendly charter” of parameters which would include policies, programmes and processes for attracting investments.
The Bombay High Court imposed a cost of £400,000 on Patanjali Ayurved Ltd for the alleged breach of a 2023 interim order that restrained the company from selling its camphor products in relation to a trademark infringement case filed by Mangalam...
Four BJP-governed states - UP, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Odisha - said they would give weightage to Agniveers for recruitment to their state uniformed services once the youths had finished their military service. Odisha also said it would reserve...
Strongly defending the Agnipath scheme that has faced criticism from several quarters, PM Narendra Modi said short-term recruitment of soldiers was necessary for keeping the armed forces young and combat-ready at all times, and accused the opposition...
In one of the worst natural disasters in Kerala, at least 123 persons were killed and 128 injured in massive landslides triggered by torrential rains in Wayanad on Tuesday. With hundreds trapped under the debris, sparking fears of mounting fatalities,...
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy was on a two-day visit to India to advance negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement and strengthen the bilateral partnership...
