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2025 Waqf law: SC stays few key provisions, refuses to stall entire law New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold a few key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, including a clause that only those practising Islam for the last five years could create Waqf, but refused to stay the entire law outlining the presumption of constitutionality in its favour.

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SC order on Waqf Act: 'Tight slap' on Modi govt, says Oppn; constitutionality of law upheld, contends BJP New Delhi: Political parties on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's order on the new Waqf law with the Opposition including the Congress saying it has put on hold controversial clauses that "infringed" on the rights of Muslims and the BJP contending that the court has upheld the constitutionality of the law by not staying it.

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PM hails armed forces for Operation Sindoor, inaugurates commanders' conference in Kolkata Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed the Armed Forces for the success of ‘Operation Sindoor’, and urged the defence ministry to implement steps to achieve greater self-sufficiency and innovation to meet future challenges, an official said.

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Punjab: Rahul Gandhi visits flood-hit areas in Amritsar, Gurdaspur; interacts with affected families Chandigarh: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited the flood-hit areas in Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts of Punjab on Monday and interacted with those affected by the natural disaster.

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BMW accident: Woman driver arrested, FIR alleges victims taken to hospital 19 km away at her behest New Delhi: The woman who allegedly drove the BMW car involved in the crash that killed a senior Finance Ministry official and left his wife injured in southwest Delhi's Dhaula Kuan was arrested on culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other charges on Monday after being discharged from a hospital, police said.

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Maoist carrying Rs 1 cr bounty on head among 3 red rebels killed in gunfight in Jharkhand Ranchi/Hazaribag (Jharkhand): Three Maoists, including one carrying a Rs 1 crore bounty on his head, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Monday, police said.

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All efforts on to divert water from rivers under IWT to meet shortages in India: Jal Shakti min New Delhi: Jal Shakti Minister C R Paatil on Monday said the government is making all efforts to divert water from the rivers under the now-suspended Indus Water Treaty to meet shortages in Indian states.

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Heavy rains pummel Maharashtra, IAF and Army rescue stranded people in Beed; four dead Mumbai: Heavy rains pounded several areas in Maharashtra, including Pune and Mumbai, causing widespread inundation, necessitating the airlifting of 11 villagers by an IAF chopper and the evacuation of 40 others by an Army unit in Beed district on Monday.

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Legal volunteers filed over 3000 claims in Bihar SIR, EC claims political parties not assisting New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday informed the Supreme Court that political parties and NGOs have not been assisting individual voters in filing their claims and objections in the Bihar SIR exercise, whereas para-legal volunteers filed over 3,000 online claims over the past fortnight.

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'No contravention of law': SC closes case against Vantara after SIT clean chit New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said there was "no contravention of law" while accepting a clean chit given by its special investigation team to Vantara, the zoological rescue and rehabilitation centre in Gujarat's Jamnagar.

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Will set aside Bihar SIR exercise if any illegality found, can't stop SIR across country: SC New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it was presuming that the Election Commission, being a constitutional authority, was following the law during the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and warned that the entire exercise would be set aside in case any illegality is found at any stage.

FOREIGN FGN27: CHINA-US-TARIFFS-LD REAX

China terms as 'bullying' US call to G7, NATO to impose tariffs for importing Russian oil; Warns of countermeasures Beijing: China on Monday described as a "typical act of unilateral bullying" and "economic coercion" the US call to G7 and NATO countries to impose tariffs against Beijing and others importing Russian oil, as it threatened countermeasures if Washington's call is heeded.

FGN22: NEPAL-2NDLD MINISTERS

Nepal: 3 ministers inducted by new caretaker PM Karki sworn in Kathmandu: Three newly-appointed ministers, including former electricity board CEO Kulman Ghising, in the Sushila Karki-led interim government in Nepal took the oath of office on Monday.

PTI HIG

Waqf law provisions stayed while other provisions remain under presumption of constitutionality pending further review. The court stayed several provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 - notably a clause limiting waqf creation to those practising Islam for a specified prior period - but refused to stay the entire statute and applied the presumption of constitutionality to the remaining provisions, leaving the contested clauses temporarily inoperative pending further proceedings.