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Muslim parties ‘sack’ lawyer Rajeev Dhavan from Ayodhya review plea but AIMPLB wants him

Muslim side claims senior advocate was removed due to ill health, but Rajiv Dhavan says that's not true. AIMPLB members to meet him today.

These are the new steps Modi govt is planning to make civil services dynamic & attractive

The Modi government is seeking to expand the civil services reforms it began in its first term — introduction of lateral entry for example.

Central pay perks now for govt staff in J&K — grants for children, higher studies allowance

Order issued by J&K Lieutenant Governor G.C. Murmu says Rs 2,250 per month per child fixed as Children Education Allowance. Double amount for special children.

SC dismisses plea to scrap post-poll alliance in Maharashtra — ‘not court’s domain’

Petitioner All India Hindu Mahasabha wanted SC to declare Sena-NCP-Congress alliance void & unconstitutional for breaching 'people's mandate'.

Govt not responsible for providing jobs to ex-Jet Airways employees: Minister Hardeep Puri

The Naresh Goyal-owned Jet Airways suspended all its operations on 17 April due to mounting losses. It had around 18,000 employees.

Modi govt’s new labour code will make it tougher for workers to strike, sacking easy

Labour reforms bill to be tabled in Parliament Wednesday proposes to include fixed-term employment as a new category, mass CL in definition of ‘strike’.

Modi govt keeps affluent Delhi neighbourhoods out of bill to regularise illegal colonies

Bill tabled in Parliament grants ownership rights to those living in unauthorised colonies but excludes 69 affluent neighbourhoods such as Sainik Farms, Chattarpur Enclave.

Bill to protect rights of transgenders passed in Rajya Sabha

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019, aims to provide a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders.

Top PMLA tribunal struggles with vacancies and delays amid Modi govt’s ‘war on corruption’

Former Delhi HC judge Sunil Gaur was set to take over as chairperson of the Appelate Tribunal for PMLA, but the process is on hold, and cases are suffering.

28 private member bills introduced in Lok Sabha

Among the bills introduced were those on tea garden workers wages, compulsory Vedic education and measures to control population.

On Camera

Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?