One of the biggest change that is going to happen in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh post the amendment to Article 370 is that non-residents would now be allowed to purchase land in there, something that was so far not allowed. Now, just days after the government withdrew the special status and bifurcated the state …

The Upper House of Parliament, Rajya Sabha passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 also known as the Triple Talaq Bill, which aims to criminalize the practice of instant triple talaq.  Lok Sabha had passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill last week and with Rajya Sabha now approving it, the practice of …

They say that justice delayed is justice denied. But the unfortunate reality of our judicial system is that, due to the sheer number of the pending case and the shortage of judges to address them, cases often get dragged for years and sometimes even for decades, which in effect takes away the concept of natural justice. This is exactly what …

The financial fraud involving Bhushan Power And Steel is turning out to be something, unlike anything that has happened in the country in the past.  Days after the Punjab National Bank (PNB) reported a fraud worth Rs 3,805.15 crore by BPSL, Allahabad Bank has reported a fraud of over Rs 1,774 crore by the company.  BCCL According to a regulatory …

Everyone realises the importance of doctors in the society, yet, there are some people who don’t really care and end up attacking doctors. It is unfortunate that we get to hear about doctors being beaten at hospitals while performing their duty. There have been several demands that the government make certain laws that could deter the attackers.     Recently, there …

The alarming trend of mobs taking the law into their own hands and mob justice seems to have no end at sight as every day there are new reports of mob lynchings coming up. In yet another case, a 45-year-old man was beaten to death by a mob in an Assam village after he allegedly raped two girls. The man, …

Continuous rains have thrown Mumbai completely out of gear. People are unable to reach their work places as most of the streets are chocked with waterlogging. According to reports, at least 16 people have been killed overnight in Mumbai and Thane as heavy rains continue to lash most parts of Maharashtra.  Most of these deaths were reportedly due to wall …

Union food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the government is working towards a ‘one nation one ration card’, to strengthen the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the country.  Paswan, while addressing the meeting of state food secretaries and government officials on Food Security issue in the national capital, said that integrated management of PDS is creating a central repository of …

Maharashtra, which since 2018 has imposed one of the toughest restriction on the use of plastic in the country has taken yet another step that can other states can follow. Ever since the ban which came into effect last year, production, sale and use of almost all single-use plastic items like carry-bags and PET bottles has taken a hit. One …

In a tragic incident, a 14-year-old girl in Assam committed suicide allegedly after the names of members of her family were missing from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft which was released.  The girl, Noor Nahar Begum, a resident of Roumari chapori village in Nagaon hung herself on a dupatta after learning that the names of her family members …