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Centre announces Rs80,000-cr development package for J&K
23 Jan 2020
Prime Minister Development Package (PMDP) will enable opening of IITs, IIMs and AIIMs as well as development of highways, power generation and irrigation projects
Over to SC as NCLAT rejects RoC plea to modify Tata-Mistry case ruling
07 Jan 2020
The Supreme Court will, on Friday, hear petitions filed by the Tata group against the NCLAT order reinstating Cyrus Mistry as its chairman and challenging the NCLAT ruling against conversion of Tata Sons into a private company
Govt to launch Rs12,696-cr Census 2021 exercise in April
24 Dec 2019
The decennial Census will be conducted in two phases – House-listing and Housing Census - April to September 2020 and Population Enumeration - 9 February to 28 February 2021
BJP loses Jharkhand to JMM-led coalition
24 Dec 2019
The BJP concentrated on publicising the Centre’s welfare schemes and issues like Ram temple, Article 370, illegal immigrants, the National Register of Citizens, and so on, while the majority tribal population in the state felt their land rights and culture were undermined by the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act and the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act
Modi reaches out to Muslims as canards whip up anti-CAA frenzy
23 Dec 2019
Modi said while his government is giving home ownership rights to people living in the city’s unauthorised colonies, the opposition is trying to foment social unrest across the county over a benevolent legislation like the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
Mamata Banerjee leads rally aganist CAA, asks governor to fall in line
18 Dec 2019
Mamata Banerjee, who led a rally against the CAA and the NRC, challenged the centre to implement law in the state and asked governor Jagdeep Dhankhar who called the rallies "unconstitutional and inflammatory," to fall in line
Supreme Court grants bail to P Chidambaram in INX Media case
04 Dec 2019
The apex court, however, restrained Chidambaram from giving press interviews or making statements with regard to the case as also from traveling abroad without the court's permission
Fadnavis refutes allegations of transferring funds back to centre
02 Dec 2019
Senior BJP leader Anant Kumar Hegde had claimed in a social media briefing that Devendra Fadnavis assumed chief ministership in a hurry to facilitate transfer of Rs40,000 crore funds meant for development projects back to the centre before the SS-NCP-Cong government gets holds of it.
Maharashtra gets its first Thackeray CM
29 Nov 2019
Uddhav Thackeray, the son of Shiv Sena founder and Hindituva icon Bal Thakeray will now head a `secular’ government, backed by Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party and Sonia Gandhi-led Congress
Maharashtra CM Fadnavis submits resignaton ahead of Wednesday’s floor test
26 Nov 2019
Supreme Court has ordered a floor test on 27 November in the Maharashtra assembly for government formation before 5 pm, proceedings of which will be telecast live
Govt redraws map of India showing union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
04 Nov 2019
The union home ministry also issued a notification, constituting the new union territories - Jammu and Kashmir comprising all districts of the former state except Kargil and Leh, which will now form part of Ladakh
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