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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (left); Rajasthan HC has ordered the state to ensure 15% cab drivers are women (File Photos)

5 stories you must read today, November 29: From West Bengal accepting Centre’s Waqf Law to Rajasthan HC's order on women cab drivers and more

November 29, 2025 7:00 pm

Read about how a drunk man got trapped in a cage meant for a leopard in UP’s Bahraich, Trump's plan to revoke orders signed by Biden’s autopen and more.

SC on amended Waqf Act: What has been stayed, what remains

September 16, 2025 7:36 am

Supreme Court Waqf Amendment: While refusing to put a blanket stay on the entire amended Waqf law, the SC temporarily put on hold certain provisions. We explain what the court said.

Waqf Amendment Act: As SC passes its verdict, a look back at how Govt, Opposition lined up

September 15, 2025 11:36 am

While Opposition parties and Muslim outfits have argued that the amended law violates Constitutional guarantees of minority rights, the NDA government deemed it necessary to make Waqf property management transparent.

For lone Muslim keeping azaan alive in Bihar’s Sarbahdi village mosque, Waqf law is another reason to stay put

May 25, 2025 3:20 am

Zahid Ansari is the village muezzin, just like his father. 'I heard about the Waqf (Amendment) Bill and thought there was a need to keep a record of the village’s Waqf by user land,' he says

New law designed to capture waqf by non-judicial process: Sibal in SC

May 21, 2025 6:31 am

The court asked if it is a matter of fact that under the enactments of 1913, 1923, and so on, there is a mandatory requirement for registration? Sibal said the language used is, “shall be registered”

Shahnawaz Hussain at Idea Exchange: ‘Opposition support is not a favour. It is every citizen’s duty to be on India’s side’

May 19, 2025 8:17 am

A former Union Minister and ex-MP from Bihar for three terms, Hussain has been national president of BJP’s minority wing in the past and has been the party’s voice and face — from Patna to Delhi.

Kiren Rijiju at Idea Exchange: ‘Those opposing Waqf are the powerful voices among the Muslims... We are not bothered about them’

May 05, 2025 7:23 am

As Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, a four-time MP from Arunachal Pradesh, who tabled the controversial Waqf Amendment Bill, has been very vocal in defending the recent changes passed by Parliament