NEW DELHI: The Ministry of the Interior (MHA) on Tuesday notified new laws for the territories of the Union of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The Center has repealed or replaced 26 state laws. According to the notification, any Indian citizen can buy land in J&K and Ladakh. The Center …
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NEW DELHI: On Tuesday, the Supreme Court tasked the Allahabad High Court with overseeing the IWC investigation into the gang rape and murder of a Dalit girl in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh. The Supreme Court was hearing a series of allegations that have sought a court-supervised investigation into the Hathras …
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NEW DELHI: Former CBI Director RK Raghavan, in his autobiography, he has said that he faced bullying from PM Narendra modirivals for concluding that there was no evidence of the complicity of the then Gujarat CM Gujarat riots of 2002. “They designed petitions against me, accusing me of favoring the …
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Written by Manish Sahu | Lucknow | Updated: October 27, 2020 11:28:18 am The UP Cow Slaughter Prevention Act prohibits the slaughter of cows and their progeny in the state, with a penalty of up to ten years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh. …
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At a Covid-19 testing center in New Delhi. (Express Photo: Amit Mehra) Maharashtra Dy CM Ajit Pawar tests positive Maharashtra’s Chief Deputy Minister Ajit Pawar said he tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday and had been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai. “I have tested positive for Covid-19. My health …
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Written by MAYURA JANWALKAR, Sadaf Modak | Mumbai | Updated: October 27, 2020 7:09:18 am Measures like MNREGA, which helped in rural areas, are not feasible in cities, as there is little work that is not based on contractors, said Abhay Pethe, professor of economics at the University of Mumbai. …
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the liquidation of United Breweries Holding Ltd (UBHL) to recover fees payable for Kingfisher Airlines to creditors, including banks, and dismissed the company’s claim against its settlement. A bench of judges UU Lalit, Vineet Saran and S Ravindra Bhat defended the Karnataka …
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NEW DELHI: Without rejecting a single question of the hundred-odd question that the Gujarat riots of 2002 SIT, Narendra Modi as the then Gujarat Chief Minister He “remained calm” throughout the 9-hour interrogation marathon and did not accept a cup of tea from investigators, the head of the investigation team …
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SRINAGAR: In Ladakh’s first electoral exercise since it became a Union Territory, Bjp on Monday it maintained its grip on the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council even as its footprint was reduced from 18 seats to 15, and an even bigger setback was the defeat of the outgoing executive councilor. …
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By: PTI | New Delhi | October 26, 2020 11:33:37 am Ray was Minister of State (Coal) in the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (Proceedings) Former union minister Dilip Ray was sentenced to three years in prison by a Delhi court on Monday in a coal scam case related to …
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