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A marriage of a Hindu woman with a Muslim man is not ‘regular or valid’ but the child born out of such wedlock is legitimate, the Supreme Court has held, on January 22, 2019. … READ FULL STORY
The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC), on January 21, 2019, started running its trains in the automatic train operation (ATO) mode, from Transport Nagar to Charbagh station of the north-south corridor. With this, the … READ FULL STORY
A committee, which reviewed the Waqf Properties Lease Rules 2014, presented its report to the union minister for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on January 17, 2019, recommending a slew of changes to bring … READ FULL STORY
Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan, on January 10, 2019, launched the much-awaited National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to improve air quality by 20 to 30 per cent in next five years, with 2017 as … READ FULL STORY
The 29.2-km-long Coastal Road project in Mumbai, will also give rise to the city’s longest promenades, overtaking the iconic walkway at Marine Drive in south Mumbai, a senior civic official has said. The proposed … READ FULL STORY
The Karnataka cabinet, on January 10, 2019, approved the proposal to change the alignment of the metro rail from KR Puram to the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), which will increase its length by another … READ FULL STORY
The GST Council, at its latest meeting on January 10, 2019, decided for form a seven-member group of ministers, to examine the inclusion of real estate and lottery under the Goods and Services Tax … READ FULL STORY
At a public rally in Solapur, Maharashtra, prime minister Narendra Modi launched the four-laning of the Solapur-Osmanabad section of NH-211, an underground sewerage system and three sewage treatment plants. Modi also laid the foundation … READ FULL STORY
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, on January 9, 2019, said her government will ensure that refugees, settled in different parts of state for years, were given land deeds at the earliest. The exercise … READ FULL STORY
Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, on January 8, 2019, dedicated and laid the foundation stones for urban development projects worth Rs 285 crores, in Ahmedabad. The projects of the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) … READ FULL STORY
Corruption exists in the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and it can be checked, only when the entire functioning of the body is fully digitised, union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, on January 8, 2019. … READ FULL STORY
In the tussle over the ownership of the Rs 250-crore property in Mumbai’s Pali Hill area, between veteran actor Dilip Kumar and builder Sameer Bhojwani, the legal heirs of the property’s original owners, Sunit … READ FULL STORY
If a deity in a temple commits an act of encroachment, it has to be dealt with in accordance to the law, the Madras High Court said, on January 4, 2019, while giving direction … READ FULL STORY
