NEW DELHI: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has ruled that a family court cannot refuse to formally declare a couple’s marital status as “divorced” merely because the talaq was pronounced privately under Muslim Personal Law and neither party disputes it.A division bench of Justice Alok Mathur and Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi…

NEW DELHI: Medical colleges across the country will now decide faculty appointments and promotions on their own, with the National Medical Commission (NMC) ending routine eligibility clearances. Only exceptional cases involving regulatory ambiguity will be taken up by the regulator for a fee of Rs 25,000 plus GST.The decision comes after it was observed that…

Arunachal gets green nod for 1,000mw hydro-power project (representative image) NEW DELHI: An expert panel of the Union environment ministry has recommended green clearance to the 1,000MW Naying hydro-electric project, paving the way for other statutory clearances and construction of this run-of-the-river project across the Siyom river in Siang and Shi-Yomi districts, close to the…