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Actor and TVK leader Vijay has moved the Supreme Court against the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, joining a wave of political and religious figures challenging the law as discriminatory. Source

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The commotion over the washroom breaks when voting was being undertaken on the Waqf Bill ended only when Speaker Om Birla informed members about what constituted the ‘lobby’ in the new Parliament building. Source

The Bill was passed after all amendments moved by the opposition members were rejected by voice votes. It was passed after a division of votes — 288 in favour and 232 against. Source

The survey said Muslims as a caste have emerged as the single largest community in the state. With a population of 76 lakhs. they constitute 12.83% of the state’s total population. Interestingly, presumed economically and numerically dominant castes like Vokkaligas and Lingayats showed significantly lower population percentages. Source

Dhankar said, “So we have judges who will legislate, who will perform executive functions, who will act as super Parliament, and absolutely have no accountability because the law of the land does not apply to them”. Source

Ramesh’s plea was filed in December and expressed “hope” that the apex court would help “restore the fast eroding integrity” of the electoral process. The government has tweaked an election rule to prevent public inspection of certain electronic documents such as CCTV camera and webcasting footage besides video recordings of candidates to prevent their misuse.…

The cases against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are an attempt to intimidate people by sending a message that even the Gandhi-Nehru family, which gave prime ministers to the country, is not exempt from punitive action, he claimed. Source

Congress Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru, present at the joint press conference, confirmed that a coordination committee had been formed under Tejashwi Yadav’s leadership. “The Coordination Committee will work to take things forward,” he said. The meeting also decided to hold district-level meetings involving all party presidents, followed by meetings at block and booth levels to…