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Lunch at Rs 1,000 per plate for IAS officers and their families, for drivers at nearly Rs 600, taxi fare and a total bill of over Rs 1.2 lakh – a Holi party thrown by the Himachal Pradesh chief secretary has sparked a row, more so since the government has …

New Delhi: 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. Viswanathan was on …

New Delhi: Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates believes that people need to be “pretty hard on” themselves if they wish to work hard and not fool themselves. Last year, Mr Gates appeared in Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath’s podcast series ‘People by WTF. ‘ The two discussed a variety …

Can the Waqf Bill be another turning point in Indian history, just as the Shah Bano episode proved to be in the 1980s? Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of Shah Bano, which mandated that she be granted maintenance by her husband in accordance with the civil law of …

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s tariff move has drawn a rare pushback from Bill Ackman, a billionaire investor among his top supporters. He has listed the perils of tariffs, the most significant of which is a blow to the US reputation as a trading partner. Ackman also claimed the formula …

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill which was passed by both houses of parliament after heated debates. The new law has been challenged in the Supreme Court by the Congress, AIMIM, and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) with separate petitions. The new …

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has become the third opposition party after the Congress and Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM to challenge the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Supreme Court as the controversial legislation awaits the President’s assent after clearing both Houses of the Parliament. The proposed legislation that seeks …

Washington: As tech giant Microsoft celebrates its 50 Anniversary, co-founder Bill Gates shared a bunch of his old photographs during the early days of the company. Gates, who also served as its CEO until 2000, shared a series of rare throwback pictures, which he reminded are from his “awkward photo …

New Delhi: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which has been cleared by both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha after heated, marathon debates, will benefit women from the Muslim community and ensure transparency, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad has said.  In an exclusive conversation with NDTV on Friday, the former …

New Delhi: AIMIM chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill which was passed by the Rajya Sabha last night. One of the main contentions of Mr Owaisi was the inclusion of non-Muslim members in Waqf councils and state boards. In …