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HC: Adopted child entitled to take adoptive parents' caste

MUMBAI, Feb. 1 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday held that an adopted child is entitled to take the caste of his or her adoptive parents and ordered revenue authorities to issue a Special Backward Cl... Read More


MMRDA cannot force TDR for acquired land, says high court

MUMBAI, Feb. 1 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday held that the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) cannot unilaterally foist TDR (Transferable Development Right) as compensation ... Read More


NMIA to operate 24x7 from today

MUMBAI, Feb. 1 -- The Navi Mumbai International Airport, which began operations from December 25, will become a 24-hour operational airport from Sunday. When it opened, it was operational for 12 hours... Read More


Contractor booked for setting up RMC plant inside mangroves

MUMBAI, Feb. 1 -- A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation contractor has been booked after he allegedly set up a Ready-Mix Concrete Plant (RMC) plant 50 m inside mangroves without seeking permissions fro... Read More


Ex-Citibank India CEO Pramit Jhaveri to step down from Sir Dorabji Tata Trust

India, Feb. 1 -- Former Citibank India CEO Pramit Jhaveri has decided not to seek another term at the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, one of the two principal trusts that controls the $300-billion Tata group ... Read More


Did you see this week's news coming?

India, Feb. 1 -- He's Senegalese-Italian. He went from laid-off factory worker to world's most followed TikToker. He's $975 million richer after cutting a monetising deal. Wordless comedy. Deadpan rea... Read More


Part B at centre stage? Budget speech to break convention

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will break with tradition on Sunday when she delivers a Union Budget speech that places unprecedented emphasis on Part B of the document, gover... Read More


Bihar recommends CBI investigation

PATNA, Feb. 1 -- The Bihar government on Saturday decided to hand over the probe into the mysterious death of a 17-year-old NEET aspirant to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), with the parent'... Read More


Warm, dry February likely to pose threat to Rabi crops: IMD

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday predicted warm and dry weather in February, warning that above-normal temperatures are likely to accelerate crop growth and s... Read More


India dismisses PM's reference in Epstein files, calls it 'trashy'

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- India on Saturday dismissed a reference to the Prime Minister in the latest investigative files related to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein released by US authorities, des... Read More