TRUST LAW

Change in land laws: Largest release of farmland from revenue cases in Bengaluru

The govt acted fast as most farmers have been unable to get competitive prices for their plots due to a string of restrictions the earlier ...

View: Prime Minister Modi's changes to taxation are welcome, but are they sufficient?

The three pillars to support a transparent taxation system as laid out by the PM are faceless assessments (which have been in the making fo...

PM Modi launches 'Transparent Taxation' portal, a new faceless tax system

Faceless assessment and taxpayers’ charter will begin from August 13, while faceless appeal will begin from September 25 for all Indian cit...

Diamond traders and jewellers panic as top 'Angadia' vanishes

The angadia, who has an office in the BDB , shuttered it on Wednesday noon , well before normal closing hours, and has been incommunicado s...

Atlanta police chief resigns after fatal police shooting

Police Chief Erika Shields stepped down as the killing of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks sparked a new wave of protests in Atlanta after turbu...

Governor rejects Kerala government's explanation on CAA suit

However, the Governor, who was on his way to Ayodhya, told reporters at the airport that no explanation of theirs (government) can satisfy ...

Rajya Sabha Panel submits report on tackling child porn, recommendations could include changes in POCSO Act

The panel may want the POSCO Act to consider as an offence the act of “advocating or counselling sexual activity” to a minor, and may want ...

Devotee from Andhra offers Rs 1 crore to Lord Balaji

The devotee requested the temple authorities to use the fund for its pilgrims free meal trust called Sri Venkateswara Anna Prasada Trust, a...

Nyas writes to PM, Home Minister: ‘Declare Ramalaya Nyas as the trust to build Ram temple’

The Ramalaya Nyas is headed by Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati and Swami Avimukteshwaranand is its secretary. It said in the letter that it wa...

Karnataka Bypolls: BJP rivals raking up flood sentiments to put party in spot

Candidates who have shifted loyalties go all-out to justify their move

90% of people trust data is safe with Aadhaar: Report

The study relied on insights from two national household surveys on Aadhaar, conducted between May and September 2019 and captured the expe...

Delhi court disposes plea to extend custodial interrogation of Malvinder Singh

The ED had filed an application in a Delhi court seeking five days further custody of Singh, in a money laundering case lodged by the ED in...

View: The real problem with electoral bonds

All the Opposition’s objections to the bonds are valid. But these objections and their object, the bonds, collude to perpetuate the essenti...

Revise mechanism for setting up, expansion of industries in polluted areas, NGT directs CPCB

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also warned that it will "coercive action" against the heads of SPCBs for faili...

Growing trend of Speakers acting against constitutional duty of being neutral, says SC

​​A bench of justices N V Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari said the Speaker, being a neutral person, is expected to act independent...

Congress asks for dismissal of Karnataka govt

The court on Wednesday struck down the portion of the order of then Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar by which the legislators were disqualified til...

Disqualified Karna MLAs welcome SC nod for contesting by-polls

Hailing the top court order, BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel said already the election date has been announced and the party would c...