New Delhi: Delhi High Court has initiated contempt of court proceedings against a superintendent at Tihar jail, taking a dim view of the “flimsy and untenable excuses” he made while delaying the release of a convict on parole despite the court’s directions.Justice Purushaindra K Kaurav said the jail administration made a “mockery” of the legal…
Mumbai: Income Tax Appellate Tribunal’s (ITAT) Mumbai bench recently held that genuine business expenditure cannot be disallowed merely because it was initially paid through a spouse’s credit card and later reimbursed to her.This order is relevant for small business owners, professionals and family-run businesses, where personal and business payment arrangements may sometimes overlap for practical…
Bengaluru: Lokayukta police Thursday trapped a Central GST official while accepting a bribe of Rs 8 lakh through a middleman.GST superintendent Mohit Pratap Singh (south division-4, A-range, south commissionerate), had demanded Rs 20 lakh from a businessman dealing with iron materials to close a case registered against him, according to Lokayukta police. Besides Singh, police…
File pic for representation Vasai: Several Ganesh idols immersed in an artificial pond were allegedly found dumped near the jetty at Vasai Fort on Wednesday night, sparking outrage among residents. Local activists have demanded strict action against those responsible.Locals found that idols lying scattered near the jetty and alerted Vasai police and the civic administration,…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) member Shanta Hosamani, who went incommunicado after CID took over the KPSC cash-for-job scam probe, appeared before investigators Thursday after a local court rejected her anticipatory bail plea last week.Sources said investigators found Hosamani had been in touch with several candidates who cleared the veterinary doctors’ exams. She was…
Chennai: Gem Granites owner R Veeramani, 84, was taken into the three-day custody by the Central Crime Branch’s Anti-Vice Squad on Thursday for questioning in connection with a case of rape of a minor girl. Citing his age and health condition, an Egmore magistrate directed police to question him within the court premises.Veeramani was among…
Hyderabad: Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Wednesday questioned BRS working president KT Rama Rao’s claim that former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) was born into a family that owned hundreds of acres, pointing to the landholdings declared by Rao in his election affidavits.Responding to KTR’s remarks on X, Ponguleti shared KCR’s 2004 Karimnagar…
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Kite, Viswakarma Puja, Flight Kolkata: The state tourism department is all set to host the kite festival at the Eco Park in New Town on Friday despite objections from the Kolkata airport authorities.The latter had asked the tourism department, which is organising the fest, to change the venue as the Eco Park is located within…
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath launched the city bus service on June 12 with 100 buses — 50 in Noida and 25 each in Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway area Noida: Noida Authority is planning to add 225 electric buses to its existing fleet of 100 and set up bus stops across the city to strengthen…
