BELAGAVI: The Karnataka Assembly on Thursday passed the Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025, overruling strong opposition protests and paving the way for a new law that makes hate speech a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment. The...

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NEW DELHI: Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday said the government is implementing a range of measures to tackle air pollution, adding that the impact of these steps will become evident in the coming years. Speaking at the Times Network’s India...

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DEHRADUN: In Uttarakhand’s hill villages—long marked by outmigration and dwindling populations—a quiet political transformation is underway. A new generation of Gen Z pradhans, many of them women and barely out of college, is stepping into local governance with...

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NEW DELHI: On Thursday, the Supreme Court collegium, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, recommended the appointment of five high court judges as Chief Justices of various high courts. Additionally, the collegium decided to transfer the current Chief...

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NEW DELHI: In the past five years, nearly one million Indians have renounced their citizenship, with annual figures consistently surpassing 200,000 since 2022, according to government data presented in Parliament. This rising trend has sparked renewed debate about why...

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CHENNAI: Some of Chennai’s century-old trees will soon be accorded special heritage status following a scientific health assessment using Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT), a non-invasive diagnostic technique. The evaluation will be conducted by experts from the...

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