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Kanal vs Kamra is about mob against citizen

India, April 5 -- In the perfect example of comedy becoming tragedy, and then becoming farce, the Shiv Sena's Rahul Kanal has written to BookMyShow, urging the ticketing platform to not sell any show ... Read More


Dealing with the Waqf Bill storm

India, April 5 -- The contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill was passed by Parliament after a long and intense debate in both the Houses. The Bill is expected to make radical changes in the regulation of I... Read More


Decoding the legal footing of Waqf (Amendment) Bill

India, April 5 -- The contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill of 2024 will soon become a law in force and, in the near future, a law in action. Sidestepping the political overtones of the Bill and of the on... Read More


The red flags in Dhaka's eager embrace of Beijing

India, April 5 -- During his visit to Beijing last month, chief advisor of Bangladesh's interim government, Mohammed Yunus positioned his country as China's gateway to South Asia. He suggested that si... Read More


What saucery is this?

India, April 5 -- What do you think of when you think of an inheritance? Grandpa's furniture; Grandma's saris, Mum's gold earrings. What are we missing? "Recipes!" says Shruti Taneja, 37, the founder ... Read More


Did you just flash me?

India, April 5 -- Seen Mona Lisa? No, not the painting in the Louvre - the flower-seller at the Maha Kumbh who unwillingly found herself in the public eye because hundreds of devotees decided to captu... Read More


How to Reel in a wedding

India, April 5 -- Indian weddings are a circus as it is - a mehendi, a sangeet, a haldi, a bachelorette night, a bridal shower. The day of the ceremony has the baraat, the puja, pheras, and now an exc... Read More


The height of good taste

India, April 5 -- It's not a story that Air India tells about itself, though perhaps that could be because everyone who remembers it has probably left the airline. But in the 1960s and for much of th... Read More


'Watershed', says PM as Waqf bill is passed

New Delhi, April 5 -- The contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which provides for sweeping changes in regulating and managing Islamic charitable endowments, was passed in the Rajya Sabha after a maratho... Read More


Crackdown on exploitation of dilapidated waqf properties likely in Meerut

MEERUT, April 5 -- The passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Parliament paved way for a potential clampdown on those allegedly collecting rent from Waqf Board's dilapidated properties without le... Read More