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New passport rules for children have come into effect in India, with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) changing the validity period for ordinary passports issued to children below 15 years of age. Under the Passports (Amendment) Rules, 2026, a 36 page ordinary passport issued to a chi...

New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has changed its planned programme for September 17 after Delhi Police reportedly denied permission for the Board’s proposed protest at Jantar Mantar. The AIMPLB had earlier announced that it would launch a nationwide “Consti...

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi has strongly opposed the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and questioned the BJP-led NDA’s plan to pursue its implementation in 21 states before 2029. Owaisi said India is a diverse country with different communities, traditions and personal laws. He argued th...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented in all 21 states governed by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) before 2029. Shah made the statement on September 13, 2026, while addressing reporters in Mumbai. He said the UCC has alr...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, in a significant effort to further stabilise India-China relations. The meeting is important because relations between the two Asian powers h...

NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has announced a nationwide campaign focusing on issues related to the Constitution, Muslim personal law and religious rights. The campaign is scheduled to begin with a major programme at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on September 17, 2026...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to hold an important bilateral meeting in New Delhi on Friday, September 11, 2026, on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit. The meeting comes at an important time for India and Russia, as both countries...

A controversy involving a teenage girl who was earlier in the news over alleged abusive remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi has resurfaced after a new video attributed to her began circulating online. In the video, the girl, identified in several reports as 15 year old Ruchika Sin...

India and China have reached an eight point consensus following the 25th round of Special Representatives talks on the boundary question in Beijing on August 25. India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi held detailed discussions on the b...

A devastating flash flood and landslide disaster along the Nepal-Tibet border has triggered a massive rescue operation, with hundreds of people dead or missing and a large number of Indian nationals among those unaccounted for. According to the latest reports on August 27, at least 359 peo...