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Parliament panel calls for legal validity for digitally signed land records

Parliament's rural development panel has proposed legal recognition for digitally signed land records, automatic online mutation and expanded financial and skilling support for rural women

Land supply, urban planning reforms key to affordable housing growth: Gauba

States and municipal authorities need to unlock land, ease development norms and improve access to finance to lower project costs and attract private investment

Datanomics: Small increase may not fix deepening shortage of judges

India's judicial strength has risen since 2019, but pending cases have grown faster, leaving the country with a severe shortage of judges relative to its population and workload

Deepti Gaur Mukerjee takes charge as govt pushes higher education reforms

The new higher education secretary takes charge amid examination reforms, student unrest and efforts to address long-standing challenges in India's education system

Panel reiterates recommendation to examine statutory status for NSC

Finance panel says statutory backing could strengthen the NSC's authority to enforce uniform standards and methodologies across public and private data producers.

Rajasthan govt transfers 69 IFS officers, promotes 22 RFS officers to IFS

The Rajasthan government has made widespread changes across the Forest Department, with senior officers moved across key forest, wildlife and environment positions.

Maha Gazetted officers association seeks retirement age of 60 for employees

In a letter to Fadnavis dated August 10, the federation said the Union government raised the retirement age of its employees to 60 years in 1998, and 25 states adopted the same policy subsequently

State FDAs raid dark stores, warehouses, hotels in food safety crackdown

Expired food, poor hygiene, suspected adulteration and improper storage have emerged from recent food safety inspections across Maharashtra and Karnataka

Delhi Police busts pan-India cyber fraud network with Qatar, Dubai links

Police said the network used shell firms and mule bank accounts to layer cyber fraud proceeds, with suspected foreign-based operatives linked to Qatar and Dubai.

SC asks states to declare cancer 'notifiable disease' for early detection

The top court's direction came after it was informed that 17 of the 36 states and UTs have so far notified cancer as a 'notified disease' in light of the recommendations made in a report

Use power judiciously, not like sword to kill mosquito: Bombay HC warns FDA

The court directed the regulator to give Cadila Pharmaceuticals a hearing before taking drastic action, warning of heavy costs over what it called an excessive use of powers

Actor Prakash Raj claims his name deleted from Bengaluru electoral rolls

Actor claimed that he was one of the 6.5 million voters whose voting rights have been deleted after the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls

Dhruv Rathee's defamatory YouTube video withheld in India, Google tells HC

Google, which owns YouTube, made the statement before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on a petition filed by lawyer Amita Sachdeva

4 Chandigarh schools receive bomb threat emails, nothing suspicious found

No bomb or suspicious object was found during the searches, officials said

Ram Temple Trust set to get first CEO as selection panel begins interviews

The Trust had decided to appoint a full-time CEO after the alleged Ram temple donation embezzlement came to light

Jharkhand student protest enters 18th day amid BJP bandh, ABVP march

The saffron party called the bandh from 8 am to midnight to protest against the police action on demonstrators during their march to Vidhan Sabha on Monday

Nagaland CM urges HM Shah to reconsider FCRA amendments, seeks review

Rio proposed that the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act amendments be referred to a parliamentary committee for comprehensive examination

Delhi gets rainfall; IMD issues yellow alert for more showers, disruptions

Very heavy rain is likely in Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh, with several states under heavy rain warnings; IMD has also forecast thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds in parts of India

ED freezes 182 bank accounts, seizes ₹1 crore in chit fund scam probe

The ED has also issued freezing orders for 182 bank accounts along with seizure of six high-end luxury vehicles of WBEPL and its Directors

BJP calls for Jharkhand bandh over police action on protesting students

Most schools and business establishments remained closed, while vehicular movement was very low in the state capital Ranchi and several other cities