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New Delhi: Nearly a decade after declaring instant divorce through triple talaq unconstitutional and void, Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine the validity of blatant discrimination of Muslim women in property inheritance under the 90-year-old Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi sought...

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah seized on Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav’s demand for quota for OBC and Muslim women to hammer home his party’s avowed opposition to reservation based on religion.He also reiterated govt’s stand that the caste of citizens will be mentioned during the ongoing census to reject SP chief Akhilesh...

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said Washington is “very close” to a deal with Iran to end the ongoing conflict, further claiming that Tehran has agreed to hand over its stockpile of enriched uranium.Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said, “We’re very close to making a deal with Iran.” “We had to...

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police’s state investigation agency (SIA) on Thursday filed chargesheet against 10 people accused in the “white collar” terror module case. One amongst them, Umar Un Nabi, was killed in the Red Fort blast last Nov.The other nine accused are: Arif Nisar Dar, Yasir Ul Ashraf Bhat, Maqsood Ahmad Dar of Nowgam,...

Engineer Rashid (PTI image) SRINAGAR: Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday urged central govt to release Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid, who has remained incarcerated at New Delhi’s Tihar Jail for the past five years, on humanitarian grounds, to meet his ailing father.In a statement, the Mirwaiz said he had visited the jailed MP’s father,...

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had a “very good” phone conversation with his “friend” Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week.“I had a very good talk with him and he’s a friend of mine from India and he’s doing great. We had a very good conversation,” Trump said in response to a...

According to them, three individuals — Rupeesh Roy (Right), Manisha Chauhan and Aditya Anand (Left) — created multiple WhatsApp groups using QR codes, each adding more than 800 members NOIDA: Two accounts on social media site X operated from Pakistan fanned violence during the April 13 labour protest for a hike in minimum wages, Noida...

Prabhsimran Singh and PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer. (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings surged to the top of the IPL 2026 standings with a commanding seven-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians, extending their winning streak while handing the hosts a fourth straight defeat at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Despite a superb century from Quinton...

NEW DELHI: A massive fire broke out on Thursday at three cottages near a beachside property in Mandrem, Goa. According to Namdev Pawar, in-charge of Pernem Fire Station emergency teams rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.This is a breaking story. Details awaited

Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav’s priceless reactions to Shreyas Iyer stunner NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians batters Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav produced priceless reactions that quickly went viral after Shreyas Iyer played a pivotal part in pulling off a stunning catch during the IPL 2026 clash between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium...