J-K: Draft electoral rolls to be prepared by August 31

Setting in motion the process of holding assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the Election Commission has initiated the revision of electoral rolls following the delimitation exercise in the union......

Retired SC judge heads Uttarakhand panel on Uniform Civil Code

Keeping a pre-poll promise, the Uttarakhand government on Friday constituted a panel of experts headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to implement a Uniform Civil Code for the state. Image used......

750-page UCC report to be tabled in Uttarakhand assembly

A government-appointed panel to prepare a draft of the Uniform Civil Code on Friday submitted a voluminous document to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who said the "long-awaited......

POCSO Act: Law panel seeks govt input on age of consent

The 22nd Law Commission, which is looking into the issue of age of consent, held a meeting with officials of the women and child development ministry recently and sought details on the subject,......

Black money: SC irked with Centre for not implementing orders

The Centre on Tuesday faced the ire of the Supreme Court for failing to implement its three-year-old directions, including setting up of a SIT to probe all cases of black money and disclosing......

Black money: Court rejects Centre's plea against setting up SIT

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Centre's plea to recall its order for setting up a Special Investigation Team to probe all cases of black money, saying it stepped in as for over six decades......

Tatas won't return Singur land; keen to return to Bengal

Tata Motors on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it wanted to keep the leasehold rights over the 997 acre land, allotted by the Left Front government at Singur in West Bengal as it is keen on......

Will not invest on R&D in India, says Novartis

Swiss pharma major Novartis said on Monday it will not invest on research and development in India and move R&D to favourable destinations following the Supreme Court order rejecting its patent......