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Union govt works on scheme to help states, UTs streamline land & property records in urban areas

Consultations ongoing, solutions may be presented at meeting with PM later this year. This comes after impact of similar efforts to bring reforms in land, property records in villages.

Can Parliament amend Constitution to strip Delhi govt of ‘services’? SC’s ordinance plea stumper

3-judge bench led by CJI Chandrachud hearing Delhi govt plea, says two previous Constitution bench judgments on distribution of powers in Capital didn’t cover this question of law.

Why Delhi drowned: Jammed gates of crucial ITO barrage & a Delhi-Haryana blamegame

Flooding that hit parts of north and east Delhi last week was not just caused by heavy rains and water release from Haryana's Hathnikund barrage.

‘UCC should not undermine tribals’ customary laws’, RSS affiliate tells Law Commission

Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram has urged govt not to bring in Uniform Civil Code without consultations, warning that doing so could lead to mistrust within tribal communities.

30 years of law to empower municipalities: Why agencies remain ‘toothless’ & mayors ‘weak’

The Constitution (74th Amendment) Act, 1992, came into force on 1 June 1993 and had a list of 18 critical functions for the state governments to transfer to urban local bodies (ULBs).

Like father, like son? PWD minister Vikramaditya puts Himachal Congress in a spot with ‘illegal mining’ remark

Shimla: The Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, finds itself in an embarrassing spot after Public Works Department...

Agra & Varanasi among 4 UP cities set to issue municipal bonds to raise money for infra development

New Delhi: The municipal corporations of four Tier-2 cities in Uttar Pradesh — Agra, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Varanasi — will issue municipal bonds by...

Delhi flooding: Experts warn against DDA plan to rework floodplain norms to protect unauthorised colonies

The draft MPD-2041 proposes to split the river zone into active floodplains and regulated parts, but environmental experts say it will encourage encroachment.

No heavy rains for 2 days in Delhi, but Yamuna beyond danger mark. CM says situation to ease by Friday

Several areas in Delhi swamped with floodwaters from Yamuna. Authorities say rise in Yamuna level due to water from Hathni Kund, a concrete barrage in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana . 

Union Cabinet clears commercial mining of lithium & 5 other critical minerals

Bill to amend Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act to be tabled during monsoon session. Govt also seeks to allow commercial mining of mineral resources in offshore areas.

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Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


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?