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The court considered the testimonies of the young woman and other prosecution witnesses, besides the medical report and CCTV footage while convicting the monk. A sessions court in Surat on Saturday sentenced a monk of the Jain Digambar sect to 10 years in jail for raping a 19-year-old woman seven years ago. Additional district and sessions judge AK Shah also imposed a ₹25,000 fine on 56-year-old Shantisagarji Maharaj. The court considered the testimonies of the young woman as well as other prosecution witnesses besides the medical report and CCTV footage while convicting Shantisagarji Maharaj, public prosecutor Nayan Sukhadwala said. According…

The Waqf bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha with 128 members voting in favour and 95 opposing it. It was passed in the Lok Sabha early April 3. Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the Waqf Bill, now passed by Parliament, “attacks Muslims” and “sets a precedent to target other communities in future”. In a post on microblogging site X, Gandhi shared an article which claimed that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has now shifted focus to Catholic Church land after the passage of Waqf Bill. “I had said that the Waqf…

Under the scheme, eligible families in Delhi will get an annual coverage of up to ₹10 lakh – ₹5 lakh from the Centre and ₹5 lakh from Delhi government. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Delhi government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre on Saturday to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in the city. The move, which was promised in the BJP manifesto ahead of the Delhi assembly election, was taken to expand people’s access to healthcare in the national capital. With this, Delhi has become the 35th state/Union Territory to implement the health…

Donald Trump claimed his administration was attempting to bring back jobs and businesses to America. Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that China was hit harder than the United States in the ongoing tariff war triggered by the US president’s imposition of reciprocal tariffs on most countries. A day after the US stock markets plummeted, evoking fears of a global recession, the US president claimed his country had been treated “unsustainably badly” by Beijing and other nations. “China has been hit much harder than the USA, not even close. They, and many other nations, have treated us unsustainably badly. We have…

PM Modi met Bangladesh’s chief advisor Muhammad Yunus for the first time after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged Bangladesh chief advisor Muhammad Yunus to avoid any inflammatory rhetoric and instead focus on building a constructive and pragmatic relationship with India, the Ministry of External Affairs said. In his first talks with Bangladesh’s chief advisor Muhammad Yunus, PM Modi said “that any rhetoric that vitiates the environment is best avoided”. The Prime Minister said that such an approach would help both nations. Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who took over as the chief adviser…

In his plea, Congress MP Mohammad Jawed has claimed that the Waqf Bill violates Constitutional provisions. Congress MP Mohammad Jawed and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi have moved the Supreme Court against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, The Waqf Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha with 128 members voting in favour and 95 opposing it on Thursday. It was passed in the Lok Sabha early April 3, with 288 members supporting it and 232 against it. In his plea against the bill, the Congress MP has argued that the bill imposes “arbitrary restrictions” on Waqf properties…

China’s additional tariffs of 34% on all US goods will come into effect from April 10. China on Friday announced that it would impose additional tariffs of 34% on all US goods from April 10, days after Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on several countries. Beijing also announced controls on exports of medium and heavy rare earths, which are materials used in high-tech products such as computer chips and electric vehicle batteries, from April 4. “The purpose of the Chinese government’s implementation of export controls on relevant items in accordance with the law is to better safeguard national security and…

During the Budget session, 10 bills were introduced, and 16 bills, including the Waqf Amendment Bill and the Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, were passed. Congress Lok Sabha MP Manickam Tagore on Friday announced that all opposition leaders have decided to boycott the customary tea organised by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, as the budget session of Parliament concluded. “Again in Lok Sabha, all the opposition leaders boycotted the tea by Hon Speaker. Hope neutrality comes back in the session,” Tagore posed on X. Opposition MPs, including that of Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), DMK, etc earlier staged a protest against the…

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam claimed that Uddhav Thackeray made calls to Lok Sabha MPs from his party forcing them to oppose the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025. Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam claimed on Friday that Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray forced his party’s MPs to vote against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha. “Uddhav Thackeray called his MPs in the Lok Sabha five times, instructing them to vote against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. They (Sena-UBT members) had to vote against the bill because of the whip issued by the party,” he said. Nirupam stated that…

Piyush Goyal had urged the startup community in India to shift their focus from grocery delivery and ice cream making to the high-tech sector. Businessman Ashneer Grover reacted to union minister Piyush Goyal’s remarks on Indian startups on Friday, saying politicians are the only people in the country who need a “reality check”. Speaking at the Startup Mahakumbh 2025 in New Delhi on April 3, Goyal urged the startup community in India to shift their focus from grocery delivery and ice cream making to the high-tech sector, such as semiconductors. He also compared Indian startups with those in China, pointing…