SC stays enhanced land compensation in defence project near LAC

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order that enhanced the compensation awarded for acquiring 537 acre of land for the establishment of a defence-related project near the India-China border in......

Bihar's Revision Of Voters List: What's Cooking?

'The Election Commission is conducting the National Register of Citizens in Bihar through the backdoor.' IMAGE: Bihar Chief Electoral Officer Vinod Singh Gunjiyal, along with Election Commission......

'Everybody wants publicity': SC says no to fresh pleas against Waqf law

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to examine a couple of fresh pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, saying everybody wants name in newspapers. IMAGE:......

SC asks HCs to clear execution pleas in civil courts within 6 months

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked all high courts to direct civil courts in their jurisdiction to decide the execution petitions within six months, failing which presiding officers would be held......

Big business in India's small towns

The land registry office is possibly one of the best-known addresses in Singur today. The girl who directed me to it could not have been more than 16-years old and all the rickshaw and paanwallahs......

DLF's 350-acre Haryana land allotment axed

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday set aside the Haryana government’s decision to allot 350 acres of land in Wazirabad, Gurgaon, to the country’s largest real estate......

Covid impact: Million dollar M&A deals sealed on phone, Zoom calls

Some buyers are insisting on a clause in the agreement that the whole deal hinges on physical verification at a later date with some part of payment kept in escrow, reports Dev Chatterjee.......

How the blockchain can transform the financial world

The blockchain, the public ledger that tracks every bitcoin transaction, is changing commerce as we know it, says Devangshu Datta. Photograph: George Frey/Getty Images Columbus famously found a......