Comedian Khyali Saharan has been booked for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman in a Jaipur hotel room. Police said the complainant and another woman came in contact with Khyali seeking help for a job. At the hotel, he allegedly consumed beer and forcibly asked the women to drink. Later, one of them left and he raped the other, police said.

Home Minister Amit Shah said Waqf Boards in India owned 18 lakh acres of land from 1913 to 2013 (100 years). However, this increased by 21 lakh acres in last 12 years (2013-2025), bringing the total to 39 lakh acres, Shah said. He said 20,000 properties were originally recorded as leased, but in 2025 none of these are leased properties.

Certain commodities have been kept out of the ambit of US President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs announced on Wednesday (April 2). Pharmaceuticals, Bullion (physical gold and silver of high purity), energy, some minerals not available in US, copper, steel, aluminium, semiconductors and lumber articles are among them. Pharma products comprise nearly $9 billion worth of exports from India.

Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni called the US reciprocal tariffs "wrong", while Canada's PM Mark Carney said, "We're going to fight these tariffs." Japan said the levy was "extremely regrettable". "It is the American people who will pay the biggest price for these unjustified tariffs," said Australian PM Anthony Albanese. British PM Keir Starmer said, "Trade war is in nobody's interests."

Russia didn't feature on the list of reciprocal tariffs released by US President Donald Trump, who earlier said he'd "tariff the entire world". "Russia isn't on this list because sanctions from the Ukraine war have already rendered trade between the two countries to zero," a White House official told news outlet NOTUS. Trump imposed a 26% reciprocal tariff on India.

A senior Indian government official said the Commerce Ministry is analysing the impact of the 26% tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on Indian goods. "It's a mixed bag and not a setback for India," the official told PTI. The official said that 10% universal tariffs will come into effect from April 5 and remaining 16% from April 10.

Canada and Mexico were excluded from list of countries on which US President Donald Trump imposed new reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday (April 2). However, this doesn't mean they don't face any action as existing 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods are in effect, while some tariffs on automotive products will take effect on Thursday. India faces 26% reciprocal tariffs.

RCB have dropped to the third position on the IPL 2025 points table after suffering their first defeat in the tournament against GT on Wednesday. PBKS are on top of table with two wins and NRR of +1.485. They are followed by DC, who have two wins and NRR of +1.320. KKR are placed last on the table.

US President Donald Trump has imposed a 26% reciprocal tariff on India, 34% on China, 20% on EU, 10% on UK, 32% on Taiwan, 24% on Japan, 25% on South Korea, 36% on Thailand and 49% on Cambodia. He imposed a 37% reciprocal tariff on Bangladesh, 44% on Sri Lanka, 10% on Ukraine, 29% on Pakistan and 10% on Iran.

US President Donald Trump announced that 26% "discounted" tariff will be imposed on imports from India. Trump called India "very, very tough", saying, "PM [Narendra Modi] just left. He's great friend of mine, but I said, 'You're a friend of mine but you've not been treating us right'." India charges 52% tariff on goods it imports from US, Trump noted.

The Lok Sabha passed the Waqf Amendment Bill with 288 votes in its favour and 232 votes against it, after a discussion that lasted over ten hours. The changed bill said that at least two non-Muslims should be part of Waqf Boards. During the debate, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said even the Parliament building was being claimed as Waqf property.