Source:-https://www.ndtv.com Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, currently in jail, on Sunday took a shot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “double engine” slogan for the BJP-Janata Dal (United) coalition terming it a “trouble engine”, ahead of the second phase of elections in Bihar.“It is a trouble engine, not a double engine. Where

Source:-https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com SRINAGAR: The Centre on Tuesday cleared the decks for people from across the country to buy land in Jammu and Kashmir by amending several laws, a move which mainstream political parties in the union territory said was akin to putting the erstwhile state up “for sale”. The BJP, however, said the amendments, which came

Source:-http://www.daijiworld.com Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 2 (IANS): Devotees look for divine intervention to pacify the anger of gods and goddesses over not allowing them to participate in the just concluded weeklong Kullu Dussehra festivities in Himachal Pradesh amid the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. For this, a rare congregation of deities has been called at the historical

Source:-https://www.business-standard.com The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday reserved its order in the Hathras case, while expressing concern over the Uttar Pradesh government not taking any action against District Magistrate Pravin Kumar for fairness of the probe. The state government, however, assured the court of a decision in this regard by November 25,

Source:-https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday asked the trial courts to expedite hearing in the pending cases against foreign Tablighi Jamaat members for alleged visa violations.A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna listed the pleas filed against blacklisting of foreign members of Tablighi Jamaat for attending the Nizamuddin Markaz

Source:-https://www.telegraphindia.com The United Employees Union (UEU), a frontal organisation of Binay Tamang’s Gorkha Janmukti Morcha comprising pay-band employees of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) on Monday announced its decision to disaffiliate from the party and go independent. The Binay Tamang camp immediately reacted to the development and said that many GTA employees were not happy

Source:-https://theshillongtimes.com SHILLONG: An advocate of the Calcutta High Court has written to the state Chief Secretary, MS Rao, demanding a reply within a week on the alleged atrocities meted out to non-tribal residents of Meghalaya.In his letter to the chief secretary, Nripendra Krishna Roy, Advocate, Calcutta High Court, said, “As the Executive authority of the

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com DEHRADUN: The district-level COVID-19 monitoring committees of Uttarakhand have stated that there is a need to increase manpower in the state hospitals. The submission was made by the committees in a weekly hearing of the Uttarakhand High Court on Saturday. Counsel for the petitioners Shiv Bhatt said, “The honorable court praised the committees for

Source:-https://www.financialexpress.com However, SC lawyer Sunil Fernandes noted that, however well-intentioned an Act passed by the state legislature may be, unless the governor signs on it, the Act doesn’t become enforceable. The laws passed by Opposition-ruled states Punjab, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to override three central laws governing agriculture trade and food stuffs may stumble upon the

Source:-https://www.financialexpress.com An establishment with 300 or more workers will have to seek government’s approval 15 days ahead of resorting to lay-off and 90 days in advance for closure as per the draft rules under the Industrial Relations Code. For retrenchment, the establishment will have to seek government’s permission 60 days prior to the intended action.