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New Delhi: On a day when Parliament gave its stamp of approval to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2026, amid demands by opposition MPs that the bill be referred to a standing committee for wider consultation, two National Councils for Transgender Persons of the community sent their resignations to the Social Justice Minister….

SRINAGAR: PDP MLA Waheed Parra’s private member’s bill, proposing to create 16 new districts in J&K and two additional divisions in Jammu, has come under fire from the NC and opposition BJP, who have questioned the intent behind the proposed legislation.The NC said the bill was a “deliberate attempt to subvert the government’s intention to…

JAMMU: Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Wednesday detained a Pakistani infiltrator at the international border in Ramgarh sector of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir. Later in the day, Kathua SSP Mohita Sharma conducted a comprehensive security review and inspection of border areas in Kathua.BSF personnel on border duty spotted a suspect near Ramgarh’s…

Nirav Modi’s appeal to reopen proceedings against his extradition to India was rejected on Wednesday by London’s High Court of Justice, King’s Bench Division, which ruled that the appeal did not meet the threshold of “extraordinary circumstances” required to reconsider the case. The court held that the grounds presented, including reliance on the Bhandari judgment,…

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government for its comments that India does not see itself as a “dalal” (broker) like Pakistan, questioning its past diplomatic outreach.Congress leader Pawan Khera said in a post on X, “Was India a ‘broker country’ when Modi was desperate…