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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.

SubscriberWrites: Looking into the disconnect between real issues & political discourse in India

It is hard to govern such a diverse country if there is constant tension between State & Centre, writes Dhawal Malot.

After row with Centre, AAP govt presents its 9th Budget, dedicates it to ‘clean and modern’ capital

Before the Budget was presented in Assembly, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said the work started by jailed ex-minister Manish Sisodia would be carried out with double speed.

‘Uneducated people from top to bottom,’ Kejriwal takes dig at Centre for ‘stopping’ Budget

Speaking at the Delhi Assembly, where the Budget was to be presented Tuesday, Kejriwal said Centre’s move was unconstitutional.

Arvind Kejriwal writes to PM Modi requesting him to ‘not stop Delhi’s budget’

Delhi govt's Budget for 2023-24, scheduled for Tuesday, has been put on hold with Kejriwal dispensation and Centre trading charges over allocations under various heads.

Congress chief Kharge slams Centre over inflation, unemployment

Addressing a Bharat Jodo Yatra rally, Kharge said there is rising inflation and unemployment in the country but the government, led by the BJP does not seem to be bothered.

SC directs Centre & RBI to show 2016 demonetisation records, calls decision ‘deeply flawed’

P. Chidambaram had argued that the Union cannot on its own initiate any proposal relating to legal tender which can only be done on the recommendation of the RBI's central board.

Sedition law stays on hold, as SC gives Centre time to review & take ‘appropriate steps’

In May, SC had put the law on hold till the Centre completed its review of the colonial relic & had asked the Union and state governments not to register any fresh case against it.

7.22 lakh out of 22.05 crore applicants got govt jobs since 2014, Centre tells Lok Sabha

Union Minister Jitendra Singh said 'employment generation coupled with improving employability' was the priority of the government.

Read full text of historic Supreme Court order putting sedition law on hold

Three-judge bench led by CJI Ramana also asked the Centre and state governments to refrain from filing any FIR under Section 124A (sedition) until its provisions were re-examined.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.