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Staying provision on waqf by user amounts to judicial legislation: Centre in SC New Delhi: The Centre on Friday defended in the Supreme Court a provision of the amended law on "waqf by user" properties and said any interference would create a "legislative regime by a judicial order".

DEL99 PB-TERROR-LD ATTARI

191 Pakistani nationals return home through Attari-Wagah border in Punjab Chandigarh: A total of 191 Pakistani nationals visiting India returned home through the Attari-Wagah land route in Punjab's Amritsar on Friday, after the Centre set a 48-hour deadline for them to leave the country in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, officials said.

DEL79 JK-TERROR-LD HOUSES

Pahalgam attack: Houses of 2 LeT terrorists destroyed in blast Srinagar: The house of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) terrorists, including the prime suspect of the Pahalgam terror attack, were destroyed when explosives believed to be stored there went off, officials said on Friday.

NATION DEL110 TERROR-WATER-LD PAK

India won't allow single drop of water into Pakistan: Union minister Paatil New Delhi: The government is working on a strategy to ensure that not a single drop of water flows from India into Pakistan, Jal Shakti Minister C R Paatil asserted on Friday following a high-level meeting chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah.

DEL95 MEA-TERROR-FOREIGN ENVOYS

Pahalgam attack: India briefs foreign envoys for 2nd consecutive day New Delhi: India on Friday briefed New Delhi-based envoys of around 45 nations on the dastardly Pahalgam terror attack and its link to cross-border terrorism, people familiar with the matter said.

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* Pahalgam attack aftermath: Special flight from Kashmir carrying 232 tourists lands in Mumbai Mumbai: A special flight carrying 232 tourists who were evacuated from Kashmir following the Pahalgam terror attack landed in Mumbai on Friday, said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

* CAL25 AS-TERROR-2ND LD ARREST

Eight arrested in Assam for 'inflammatory' social media posts on Pahalgam attack Guwahati: At least eight people, including an opposition MLA, have been arrested across Assam for their alleged pro-Pakistan stand following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.

DEL86 DL-MEDHA PATKAR-LD ARREST

Delhi: Medha Patkar released seven hours after arrest in 24-year-old defamation case New Delhi: The Delhi Police released social activist Medha Patkar from its custody seven hours after her arrest on Friday in connection with a 24-year-old defamation case filed by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, officials said.

CAL14 SK-LD LANDSLIDES

Tourists stranded in north Sikkim on their way back to Gangtok: Officials Gangtok: Hundreds of tourists who were stranded in Chungthang following landslides in Sikkim began travelling towards Mangan on Friday with the assistance of the administration, officials said.

LEGAL LGD49 DL-COURT-LD NATIONAL HERALD

National Herald case: Delhi court refuses to issue notice to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday refused to issue notice to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and others in the National Herald money laundering case for now.

LGD48 SC-WAQF ACT-PROPERTIES

Over 20 lakh acre waqf land added post 2013 amendment: Centre to SC New Delhi: The Centre on Friday claimed an addition of 20 lakh acre waqf land post the law's 2013 amendment and flagged "misuse" of waqf provisions to encroach upon private and government properties.

BUSINESS DEL101 ITX-TAX COLLECTION-DATA

Direct tax mop up for 2024-25 fiscal hits target; record refunds issued: Data New Delhi: The provisional net direct tax collection for the 2024-25 financial year has met the set target, growing 13.57 per cent to over Rs 22.26 lakh crore with the income tax department issuing the highest-ever amount of refunds ever delivered, official data showed Friday.

DEL88 AVI-PAK AIRSPACE-LD INDIGO

IndiGo to temporarily cancel Almaty, Tashkent flights due to Pakistan airspace closure New Delhi: IndiGo on Friday said it will temporarily cancel flights to Almaty and Tashkent due to aircraft operational range constraints in the wake of the Pakistan airspace closure.

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Equity investors' wealth erodes by Rs 8.88 lakh cr in two days New Delhi: Investors' wealth got wiped out by Rs 8.88 lakh crore in two days of market slump due to profit-taking and growing tensions along the Indo-Pak border following the terror attack at Pahalgam in Jammu & Kashmir.

DEL75 BIZ-FOREX

India's forex reserves swell USD 8.31 bn to USD 686.145 bn Mumbai: India's forex reserves jumped USD 8.31 billion to USD 686.145 billion for the week ended April 18, the RBI said on Friday.

FOREIGN FGN70 US-INDIA-TERROR-LD REAX

‘Will support India as it hunts for those responsible for Pahalgam attack’: DNI Tulsi Gabbard New York/Washington: US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday said America stands with India as it hunts down those responsible for the heinous Pahalgam attack that killed 26 Hindus. By Yoshita Singh

FGN56 PREZ-VATICAN-ARRIVAL

President Murmu in Rome to attend Pope Francis' funeral Rome: President Droupadi Murmu arrived here on Friday to attend the funeral of Pope Francis.

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