Supreme Court asks Modi govt to file status report on confidential proceedings in UK on Vijay Mallya’s extradition
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday asked the Narendra Modi government (Centre) to file status report in six weeks on the confidential legal proceedings pending in the United Kingdom on extradition of fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya to India. The Centre had on October 5 told the apex court that Mallya cannot be extradited to India […]
Registration of residential properties in Mumbai region up 36% in October : Report
NEW DELHI: The registration of residential properties in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) during October rose 36 per cent year-on-year at 7,929 units on higher demand during festive season and reduction in stamp duty by the Maharashtra government, according to Knight Frank. Knight Frank India on Monday released a report ‘Mumbai Residential Snapshot October 2020′ that […]
10 Rajya Sabha candidates elected unopposed from Uttar Pradesh
LUCKNOW: All 10 candidates to the Rajya Sabha have been elected unopposed on Monday which was the last date for withdrawal of names. Of the 10 seats, BJP won eight and the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party got one each. The BJP candidates who have been elected include Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Arun […]
90% of Jammu and Kashmir land cannot be sold to outsiders
NEW DELHI: The government has repealed 11 land laws that existed in the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) replacing the old, regressive, intrinsically contradictory and outdated laws with a set of modern, progressive and people-friendly provisions. The new land laws will not only afford protection to over 90 per cent of the land […]
Gujarat’s Horse trading: Amit Shah paid 10 crores says former Congress MLA Soma Bhai Patel on camera
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the November 3 bypolls in eight assembly seats in Gujarat, the Congress on Sunday released a video, claiming it showed a former MLA of the party accepting that he was paid crores by the BJP to switch sides. Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda released the video at a press conference in […]
Rajiv Jalota appointed new chairperson of Mumbai Port Trust
NEW DELHI: The government of India on Saturday appointed senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official Rajiv Jalota as new Chairperson of Mumbai Port Trust under the Ministry of Shipping for four years. The 1988-batch Maharashtra cadre official, Jalota, will succeed incumbent IAS official Sanjay Bhatia, a 1985-batch Maharashtra cadre official. The Appointments Committee of the […]