No check on illegal sand mining at Modhe village

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com Residents of Modhe village near the international border have been worried due to illegal sand mining from a village pond. Irate residents alleged that JCB machines had been extracting sand from the pond for the last one month. They said illegal mining is done in the evening and then loaded in tractor-trailers. The residents

UP govt to submit response on anti-conversion ordinance in Allahabad HC today

Source:-https://www.indiatoday.in The Uttar Pradesh government will submit its response to a petition challenging its recent ordinance on religious conversions. The Allahabad High Court bench had on December 18 asked the UP government to file a response to the petition as it heard public interest litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Saurabh Kumar, who challenged the constitutional

SC directs IBA, banks to meet court-appointed receiver to chalk out proposal for financing incomplete Amrapali projects

Source:-https://www.moneycontrol.com The Supreme Court (SC) on January 4 directed the Indian Bank Association (IBA) and representatives of other banks to meet the court-appointed receiver in the Amrapali case to ensure that funding can be raised for unfinished projects in Noida and Greater Noida. The court’s direction came after the receiver R Venkatramani informed that he

Elections for control of Dudhsagar dairy today: Contest between panels supported by Vipul Chaudhary and Ashok Chaudhary

Source:-https://indianexpress.com The Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited, popularly known as Dudhsagar dairy in Gujarat, will go to the polls on Tuesday. The contest for the six-decade-old dairy, with a turnover of over Rs 4,700 crore per annum is expected to be largely between a panel supported by Vipul Chaudhary — a former chairman

RK’s harsh counters to Jagan’s master plans to shift capital

Source:-https://www.telugubulletin.com Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has been trying his very best to make sure that the Capital is shifted from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam, and he’s even going the extra length as per the latest reports. Recently, YCP Minister Botsa Satyanarayana hinted at the shifting of Capital form Amaravati in the next 2-3

Govt plans OFS for 10% stake sale in RCF, seeks bids for legal advisor role

Source:-https://www.business-standard.com The Union Government plans to sell 10 per cent stake in Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Ltd (RCFL) through offer for sale (OFS). The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management has sought bids from law firms to act as legal advisers and assist the government in the process. A domestic law firm will act

931 bail applications, 141 pleas for suspension of sentence pending in SC, reveals RTI

Source:-https://www.tribuneindia.com Amid controversy over urgent hearing of bail pleas of journalist Arnab Goswami and some others, a response to an RTI query has revealed that 1,070 pleas for bail and suspension of sentence pending in the Supreme Court as on December 18 last year. Responding to RTI activist Saket Gokhale, the Supreme Court’s Central Public

Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Private interest must give way to public interest

Source:-https://www.theindianwire.com The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently emphasised that private interests must give way to the public interest, while dismissing appeals challenging a land acquisition proceeding. The Court also pointed out that it was the consistent view of the Constitutional Courts that the viability or feasibility of the process would not fall within the