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NEW DELHI: Dealing with the sensitive issue of ‘faith vs fundamental rights’ emanating from quashing of a Sabarimala Ayyappa temple custom barring the entry of women in the 10-50 age group, a nine-judge SC bench on Wednesday said it would not revisit SC’s three-decade-old ruling of “Hinduism is a way of life”.As counsel after counsel...

Minister of state for Women and Child Development (WCD) Meghana Bordikar PUNE: Nearly 70 lakh beneficiaries under the state govt’s flagship Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana have been found ineligible following a large-scale e-KYC and eligibility verification exercise.The move has led to a sharp decline in the number of women receiving the monthly financial assistance...

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Pokhran II nuclear tests showcased that “no power can bend India”.Codenamed ‘Operation Shakti’, Pokhran II tests were a series of five nuclear bomb explosions in May 1998 that gave India official entry into the global “nuclear club” and the sixth country to declare itself a nuclear-armed...

Prateek Yadav LUCKNOW: Luxury fitness chains and high-end workout studios became common in Uttar Pradesh only after Prateek Yadav established the first such facility in Lucknow, recalled fitness trainers, bodybuilding experts and long-time associates.Prateek Yadav, son of late Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and husband of BJP leader Aparna Yadav, was widely recognised in...

JAMMU: Police on Wednesday arrested two persons, including a teacher, for allegedly aiding foreign terrorists by providing them shelter and logistical support in Kishtwar district.Kishtwar SSP Naresh Singh said, “One of the two, Mashkoor Ahmed, is a teacher in the school education department.”Earlier, one Maneer Ahmed was also arrested for similar offences.Both are residents of...

Kevin Warsh has been confirmed as the next chair of the US Federal Reserve after the Senate approved President Donald Trump’s nominee in a narrow 54-45 vote. Warsh, 56, will replace Jerome Powell after years of increasingly public clashes between Powell and Trump over interest rates. Trump repeatedly criticised Powell for refusing to aggressively cut...

Iran’s foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi arrives in India The sharp differences within BRICS, which India has blamed for the lack of a consensus on the West Asia situation, became public with Iran accusing the UAE of blocking a joint declaration at the foreign ministers’ meeting that India will host over the next 2 days.As...

Yash Yadav, hailed as an achiever by his local school, has been arrested by Rajasthan police in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak. GURGAON: When Rajasthan police arrived at a house in Khurampur village in Farrukhnagar on Monday evening, neighbours watched in disbelief as they took away Yash Yadav, the son of a farmer whose...

Representative Image One of America’s biggest fintech startup Parker has filed for bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down. Widely known to be a well-funded startup, Parker offered corporate credit cards and banking services for e-commerce businesses. The startup was part of Y Combinator’s winter 2019 cohort, and its Series A was led...

India is home to an estimated 101 million people with diabetes and 136 million with prediabetes. Doctors say the real danger is not just high sugar but how silently it damages the body.Type 2 diabetes is a long-term metabolic disorder that occurs when the body cannot use insulin properly or when the body gradually stops...