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Washington, March 10 US Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said Monday that foreign visitors in the United States — including students on college campuses — must obey American laws or risk losing the right to remain in the country.Speaking in an interview to The Brief, Dhillon said...

Jaipur, March 9 – Aiming to implement a decision to enact a special law for the conservation and protection of Khejri trees and other important tree species, the state government on Monday constituted a high-level committee to draft a "Tree Protection Bill."The committee held its first meeting...

Mumbai, March 5 The Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday approved a draft bill that makes conversion mandatory, requiring individuals to obtain permission from a competent authority before converting to another religion.According to an official, a person wishing to convert must provide a 60-day...

Mumbai, March 5 – The Mahayuti government in Maharashtra approved the long-awaited anti-conversion Bill, titled the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act, 2026, during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday.The Bill will be introduced in the Maharashtra Legislature during the ongoing Budget Session...

Bengaluru, March 4 – The Karnataka government has stated that it will not allow processions and protest marches in Bengaluru condemning the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. Home Minister G. Parameshwara said that any protests in this regard must be held within the existing...

Vijayawada, March 1 Mediation in the country is no longer limited to halls or exclusive clubs, but has reached the very heart of villages and streets, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Sunday.Addressing a symposium on mediation here, Justice Kant asserted that mediation is deeply...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court issued notices to the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to impose a cap on election expenditure incurred by political parties.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya...

Islamabad, February 26 Pakistan's Senate took a significant step towards regulating the country's digital finance landscape by approving the Virtual Assets Bill 2025.The Senate, or the upper house, passed the bill on Wednesday after the Standing Committee on the Cabinet Secretariat unanimously...

New Delhi, February 26 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has reconstituted a three-member committee set up to investigate the grounds for the removal of Justice Yashwant Varma after stacks of cash were recovered from his residence here in March last year.The committee has also been granted a...

February 21, New Delhi – Kuwait is considering introducing a regulated freelance visa as part of broader labor market reforms. The proposal was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahd Al Yousef during discussions with representatives from the private sector...

Aizawl, February 19 The Mizoram assembly on Thursday passed a bill aimed at strengthening the legal framework to curb unauthorized occupation of government and community land.The Mizoram (Prevention of Public Land Encroachment) Bill, 2026, introduced by Land Revenue and Settlement Minister B...

Gandhinagar, February 19 – A high-level committee constituted by the Gujarat government to draft a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) reviewed the progress of its work at a meeting held in New Delhi on February 18, officials said on Thursday.The meeting was held under the chairmanship of former Supreme...

Ahmedabad, February 19 The implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Gujarat will create a "progressive and equality-based legal framework," retired Supreme Court Judge Ranjana Desai said on Thursday.She is the chairperson of the high-level committee set up on February 4 last year by...

New Delhi, February 19 The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal's (CAT) decision to transfer his case from Kolkata to New Delhi."The petition is dismissed (as it)...

New Delhi, February 17 The problem of deepfakes is growing rapidly and requires stronger regulation to protect children and society at large, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday, adding that the government has begun consultations with the industry on additional safeguards beyond those...

New Delhi, February 16 India has significant potential in AI, given its proven success in scalable digital infrastructure, a vast talent pool, and a robust legal framework, making the nation an ideal partner for organizations globally in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Ivana Bartoletti...

New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday took note of the issues plaguing the functioning of quasi-judicial bodies and asked the Centre to submit a comprehensive and uniform proposal for the management of all tribunals across the country within four weeks.A bench comprising Chief...

Jammu, February 13 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather urged the government on Friday to strengthen the legal framework to combat food adulteration, as members voiced concern over a large-scale seizure of rotten meat and substandard cheese across the Union Territory...