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Rajasthan high court: Drop ‘Maharaj’ from petition or case will fall | India News

JAIPUR: Princely states are long gone, but the ‘Maharaj’ has lingered. Now, Rajasthan high court has drawn a line.Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal directed descendants of the former Jaipur royal family to drop the prefixes “Maharaj” and “Princess” from their ongoing petitions or see their 24-year-old case dismissed. The court set Oct 13 as the final […]

Lingayat is a separate religion, says CM Siddaramaiah; hits out at caste system | India News

File photo: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said on Sunday that Lingayat is a separate religion, a statement that is likely to reignite the opposition’s allegations made during 2013-18 that he was trying to divide Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.Speaking at the closing ceremony of Basava cultural campaign 2025, which was organised by Lingayat Seers’ […]

West Bengal rains: Several dead as landslides hit Darjeeling district; iron bridge collapses | India News

NEW DELHI: West Bengal’s Darjeeling region faced multiple landslides on Saturday after continuous heavy rainfall, disrupting traffic and daily life.Raju Bista, BJP MP for Darjeeling, expressed concern over the damage caused by the rainfall and said that there have been multiple deaths.In a post on X, Bista said, “I am extremely anguished to learn about […]

No fee needed for kids’ Aadhaar biometric updates till October next year | India News

NEW DELHI: Unique Identification Authority of India waived off all charges for mandatory biometric update of Aadhaar for children, an official statement said on Saturday. The fee waiver has kicked in effective Oct 1 and will be in force for a period of one year.“In a pro-people measure, UIDAI has waived off all charges for […]

European vacay turns fatal: Indian couple killed in road accident in Italy; children sustain injuries | India News

Indian couple killed in road accident in Italy Two Indians were killed in a road accident when a van collided with a nine-seater minibus on Thursday morning in Grosseto, Italy, authorities said. Reputed hotelier Javed Akhtar, 57, owner of Gulshan Plaza at Sitabuldi, and his wife Nadira Akhtar lost their lives in the accident, leaving […]

India-UK relation: PM Modi to meet Keir Starmer in Mumbai on October 9 | India News

NEW DELHI: UK PM Keir Starmer will travel to Mumbai on October 8-9 for his first official visit to India. Starmer will be in Mumbai to address the 6th edition of the Global Fintech Fest along with counterpart Narendra Modi and both leaders will also have a bilateral meeting there in which they will review […]

‘All future updates only through Facebook Live’: Assam CM Himanta Sarma on Zubeen Garg case; seeks to prevent ‘miscommunication’ | India News

Himanta Biswa Sarma; Zubeen Garg (File photos) NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced that he will provide all future updates on the Zubeen Garg case and make all statements regarding the singer’s death only through Facebook Live to prevent “miscommunication.”The Assamese cultural icon, 52-year-old Zubeen Garg, passed away on September […]

‘Confiscate diplomatic passport’: Nishikant Dubey hits out at Rahul Gandhi over Colombia speech; calls remarks ‘baseless’ | India News

Rahul Gandhi and Nishikant Dubey (ANI images) NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday demanded that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s diplomatic passport should be confiscated and legal action initiated.This comes after Gandhi’s visit to Colombia, where he accused the BJP-led central government of mounting a “wholesale attack on Indian democracy” during an interaction at […]

‘Relief must rise above politics’: Priyanka Gandhi hits out at Centre after Wayanad floods; questions insufficient aid | India News

Priyanka Gandhi (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Congress General Secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday sharply criticised the Central government for its insufficient response to the recent landslide disaster in Kerala’s Wayanad district.She highlighted that while the state requested Rs 2,221 crore to support relief and reconstruction efforts, the Centre approved only ₹260 […]

National Medical Commission still to act on junketeering doctors | India News

National Medical Commission (NMC) is yet to act against 30 doctors found guilty of accepting a foreign trip funded by pharma company AbbVie as the matter is still “under consideration”. An audit committee of the department of pharmaceuticals had in Dec last year found them guilty, and their names were sent in July to the […]