- Sunday, April 20, 2025
A bill which seeks to provide a legal framework to grant ownership rights to people living in unauthorised colonies in Delhi was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri introduced the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of…
THE government on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha a Bill to merge two Union Territories Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli- into one. The proposed legislation The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Bill 2019 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by…
The government has compulsorily retired another 21 "corrupt" tax officers in the fifth tranche of its crackdown on errant officials accused of corruption and other malpractices, finance ministry sources said. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) the agency that overseas income and corporate tax collections compulsorily retired 21 Group…
Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar should apologise to the people of Maharashtra as their government was "based on lies and fell like a house of cards", the Congress said on Tuesday minutes after the Maharashtra chief minister stated he does not have a majority in the Assembly. Congress' chief spokesperson…
BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain on Tuesday welcomed the Sunni Central Waqf Board's decision not to go for a review of the Ayodhya verdict and said it was in national interest and aimed at maintaining national harmony. Hussain said the Supreme Court's verdict in the Ayodhya case has been accepted by…
The government has asked IAS officers to file details of their immovable property in time or face disciplinary action, according to a personnel ministry order. An officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) shall submit an annual return in a specified form, giving full particulars regarding the immovable property inherited,…
Censorship on web will curtail the freedom to share one's vision, believes "Inside Edge" creator Karan Anushman, who says he is "anti-censorship". Reacting to the reports of the government asking various streaming services to develop a self-regulatory code, Karan, the creator of Amazon Prime shows like "Inside Edge" and "Mirzapur",…
INDIA'S gold imports, which have a bearing on the current account deficit (CAD), dipped nine per cent to £13.69 billion (about Rs 1.25 trillion) during April-October period of the current fiscal, according to country’s commerce ministry ‘s latest data. Imports of the yellow metal stood at £15bn in the same…
WITH Jet Airways shutting down in April, the Lufthansa airline group is planning to "strengthen" its partnership with Indian airlines like Vistara and Air India in 2020, the top Indian official of the largest European carrier said. Moreover, apart from launching a Munich-Bengaluru flight service in April, the airline does…
Asserting that the Opposition is fighting the upcoming Jharkhand Assembly polls on local issues, state Congress chief Rameshwar Oraon on Sunday alleged that the BJP is raising issues such as that of the Ram temple in Ayodhya to divert people's attention from its governance failures. His remarks come days after…
