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The Rajasthan High Court also criticised the Centre’s amendment Bill taking away the right to gender self-determination as something that risks reducing an ‘inviolable aspect of personhood’ to a ‘contingent, State-mediated entitlement’

According to govt officials, there has been a “sharp increase” in price of inputs as LNG, ammonia and sulphur alongside a spike in freight and logistics cost.

While all the four games in the women’s section were drawn for the second consecutive day, there was some drama in the Divya-Vaishali clash. Divya missed Qg4 on the 37th turn which would have made Vaishali rue her 34th knight-move that had tilted the computer evaluation from 0.15 to 2.47 in Divya’s favour. It was not clearly winning but it would have troubled Vaishali a lot.

During the current financial year, the agency has attached assets worth about ₹26,324 Crore, taking the total attachment in the case so far to ₹27,030 crore. They include properties located both in India and Australia

A delegation comprising Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Kiren Rijiju, and Sukanta Majumdar among others submitted the complaint to the Election Commission; the party accused Ms. Banerjee of making ‘grave and disturbing public statements’ during multiple public rallies in Bengal, ‘posing a serious threat to free, fair and peaceful elections’

BJP MP K. Laxman demands review of States’ inclusion of Muslims in OBC lists

Boston Celtics, on a three-game win streak, face the surging Atlanta Hawks in a crucial playoff seeding clash. Both teams grapple with key player injuries, making team depth and rotation pivotal. Boston's Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White are game-time decisions, while Atlanta monitors Dyson Daniels, Onyeka Okongwu, and Jonathan Kuminga.

Karnataka’s anti-honour killing Bill protects and upholds the right to choose

Congress MP Digvijaya Singh says CAPF Bill will make the discriminations faced by the officials permanent as RS takes up discussion on CAPF (General Administration) Bill, 2026

The statement came on the eve of the Centre’s deadline to eliminate Maoism in the country

Two hundred first-time voters in each district will be presented with complimentary halwa as part of the ‘Vote sweetened Kerala

Thamizhachi Thangapandian says that the DMK is very comfortable and confident of facing the poll; she also says that the DMK does not consider the TVK as a serious contender and appeals to youngsters to be more politically conscious

Kerala CM’s Facebook post also lists his government’s achievements. The Leader of the Opposition had repeatedly dared Mr. Vijayan to prove the LDF’s case for a third consecutive term

Capt. Chowta says the Railway Ministry has approved proposal to construct 3,392 sq m shelter on PF 1, and the work will start soon

A meeting chaired by District Collector had decided to undertake fibre plastering as an interim measure to arrest leakage before monsoon, but residents allege little progress has been made