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Noida@50: How Sanjay Gandhi’s Emergency-era idea turned dusty fields at Rs 4 to Rs 5 lakh per sq yardNoida, established on April 17, 1976, during India's Emergency, was conceived from an aerial view by Sanjay Gandhi to relocate Delhi's fact...
Central banks look through inflation until entrenched, no evidence of second-round effects: Dy Gov Poonam GuptaThe Reserve Bank of India is navigating global economic hurdles and geopolitical tensions. Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta explains the centra...
SC issues pan-India directions for road safety, says expressways should not become corridor of perilThe Supreme Court has mandated new nationwide road safety rules. Heavy vehicles are now banned from parking on expressways, except at desig...
Ordinance raj during Emergency: 48, including 5 to amend MISA, promulgatedDuring the Emergency in India, the Indira Gandhi government issued numerous ordinances, including amendments to the MISA, granting broad de...
This US city has made gun ownership mandatory for residents as per law. Here’s what we knowKennesaw, Georgia, mandates gun ownership for its residents under a law enacted in the 1980s. The ordinance aims to ensure safety and deter...
Constitutional gridlock may come in way of Andhra Pradesh tapping state coffersLegal experts ET spoke to said the state government cannot draw and spend money from the exchequer since both legislative houses — assembly...
Ordinance to punish those attacking healthcare personnel comes into forceThe President had given his assent for promulgation of the ordinance on Wednesday hours after the Union Cabinet approved it. The ordinance ...
COVID-19: Prez Ram Nath Kovind gives nod for promulgating ordinance to punish those attacking healthcare workersPresident Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday gave his assent for promulgating an ordinance making acts of violence against healthcare personnel f...
Parliamentary panel on land bill to meet on MondayA number of Chief Ministers had, during a meeting of NITI Aayog last year, expressed the desire to enact separate land acquisition laws acc...
In a fresh impetus to ease of doing business, government clears two ordinances for speedy settlement of commercial disputesIndia is placed at 186 in a ranking of 189 countries on ‘Enforcing Contracts’ in the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ ranking.
Economic Survey 2015: Government took quick decisions to overcome uncertainty in coal sectorThe auction of coal blocks would be through an e-auction process in order to keep the process transparent, survey said.
Land issue: Congress accuses Modi govt of being 'pro-corporate'While the Congress President was in town, Rahul has taken a two-week sabbatical to reflect on recent incidents and party's future course.
If needed, will call joint Parliament session to clear Insurance Bill, says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley“I am quite hopeful that the insurance Bill will be approved in the Upper House because the principal Opposition party is also in favour,” ...
Mining ordinance set to change rules of the game for mining sectorIt will decide the fate of mines by defining whose leases will get extension and whose will be cancelled, paving way to put them up for auc...
Law amended for time-bound decisions in commercial disputesAccording to the amendments, the presiding officer of a commercial dispute will have to clear the case within a nine-month time frame.
AAP to oppose bill which makes Nripendra Misra eligible to take up the post of Prime Minister's Principal Secretary"It is shocking that the NDA government has overturned an amendment in the TRAI Act, which its own Atal Behari Vajpayee government had brou...
Ordinance for Nripendra Misra negates NDA’s Trai amendmentIt is unlikely that the PM chose him despite knowing about the statutory hurdle Misra faced because of him having worked as chairman of TRA...
Abuse of an emergency measure? UPA-II issues 11 ordinances in 2013, highest in a decadeKey legislative changes have been made this year, with a tool that was supposed to be used at times when 'immediate action' is needed.
- Time to reform Ulips
Govt's final verdict that Irda, and not Sebi, will oversee Ulips is welcome.
- Central excise ordinance to lapse this week
NEW DELHI: The Ordinance issued by the government in January, empowering the Finance Ministry to hike central excise duty on dutiable items...