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New Delhi, March 30 The Delhi High Court said on Monday that it will hear petitions filed by several private schools challenging the Delhi government's latest fee regulation law on April 18.A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said it wanted to "conclude the matter in...

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 The Joint Action Committee on Transgender and LGBTIQ+ Rights in Kerala, along with national collectives and community organizations, on Thursday, opposed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, describing it as regressive...

New Delhi, March 17 Observing that adoption is part of the right to reproductive autonomy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a law that stated a woman would be eligible for maternity leave if she legally adopted a child below the age of three months.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and...

New Delhi, March 16 Activists advocating for transgender rights on Monday stated that they do not want any provisions from the proposed "Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026" to remain in place, urging the government to withdraw the legislation entirely.They argued...

Itanagar, March 12 Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said on Thursday that his government was awaiting the recommendations of the Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) to undertake a recruitment drive to fill vacant posts in various districts.Responding to a question raised by NPP...

Kolkata, February 28 An association of university professors in West Bengal on Saturday demanded the cancellation of the Jadavpur University notification for elections to representative panels in the institute, alleging that the process has been initiated under "obsolete and legally untenable"...

Dhaka, February 28 – With a two-thirds majority in parliament, the Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government has taken office amidst high public expectations, with restoring confidence in the country’s judiciary emerging as one of its most pressing challenges.According...

Washington, February 28 – Top Senate Democrats have demanded that the Trump administration return more than $130 billion in tariffs declared illegal by the Supreme Court, escalating a political and legal confrontation over what they called illegally taxed money from American businesses and...

Mumbai, February 26 – The makers of the upcoming film ‘The Kerala Story 2 – Goes Beyond’ have approached the Supreme Court after the Kerala High Court granted an interim stay on the film's release on Thursday.The Kerala High Court noted that there was prima facie evidence that the Censor Board...

New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted one week to the Kerala government to file its counter affidavit in response to a plea challenging a series of guidelines issued by the state high court, including requiring clinical establishments to prominently display a list of...

Bengaluru, February 24 As protests by aspirants seeking government jobs intensified in Dharwad, with many being placed in preventive custody, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday blamed the previous BJP regime for the large backlog of vacant positions.According to protesters, who...

New Delhi, February 22 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) on Monday challenging the decision to drastically reduce the qualifying cut-off percentages for the NEET-PG 2025–26 examination.According to the daily cause list published on the website of the...

February 22, New Delhi: U.S. President Donald Trump will now impose temporary tariffs of up to 15% on almost all U.S. imports, from 10% to the maximum level allowed under U.S. law, following a ruling by the country's top court that invalidated his previous tariff program.The new tariffs are...

New Delhi, February 21 The Supreme Court has referred a batch of pleas concerning the validity of the increase in OBC reservation in Madhya Pradesh from 14 per cent to 27 per cent to the state high court.In 2019, the state decided to increase the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota in Madhya...

Shillong, February 19 – Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma informed the state legislative Assembly on Thursday that 817 localities and 427 sub-localities across the state have so far been registered under the Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security Act (MRSSA), 2016, adding that the...

New Delhi, February 19 Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, on Thursday defended the use of copyrighted news articles and opinion pieces in training AI models like ChatGPT, saying it aligns with the US principle of fair use.OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, aims to balance content use with...

New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for final hearing pleas challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law, which prohibits filing a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947.A...

In Bangladesh, political tensions escalated yesterday when newly elected members of the 13th Parliament disagreed over taking a second oath as members of the proposed Constitutional Reform Council. Members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) only took the oath as Members of Parliament at...

Chennai, February 13 The ruling DMK on Friday strongly criticized TVK founder Vijay for his harsh criticism of the party, saying the actor-politician "simply wants to become the Chief Minister".Responding to Vijay's assertion that the TVK would win the 2026 Assembly elections, DMK leader T K S...