New Delhi: National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday dismissed the two petitions filed by Vedanta Ltd challenging Adani Enterprises‘ selection for debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL).A two-member bench comprising chairperson Ashok Bhushan and member (technical) Barun Mitra said, “No grounds have been made out by the appellant (Vedanta) to interfere with the decision…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court has directed the state government to refund Rs 3 lakh in stamp duty to a homebuyer who had mistakenly paid the amount under an incorrect stamp duty head. The petitioner represented by advocate Charanjeet Singh Chandrapal had purchased electronic stamps in March 2018 for registering a flat purchase agreement. However,…
Bengaluru: The severely delayed Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP) secured a boost with the govt issuing a notification to acquire nearly 31,000sqm of land near Devanahalli to set up a primary depot for the Majestic-Devanahalli corridor. The Sampige Line (Corridor-1) will connect Majestic and Devanahalli via Yelahanka, and officials plan a primary depot for this…
TVK supporters celebrate in Madurai on Monday. Photo by K Antony Xavier MADURAI: While the two Dravidian majors DMK and AIADMK won in five assembly constituencies each out of the total 10 constituencies in Madurai district in the 2021 assembly election, actor Vijay’s TVK which is facing its maiden election has made its inroads into…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes has expressed its happiness over the state cabinet approving the recommendations made by the BC Commission on two issues — changing the names of several castes that are considered derogatory and approving the list of eligible nomadic communities for schemes such as SEED being implemented by the central…
Gurgaon: Investigators probing the Sector 45 firing incident have found that members of the accused gang conducted a recce of the target house and its occupant, Saurabh Yadav, a former associate of singer Rahul Yadav alias Fazilpuria, days before the attack.Investigators said that Deepak Nandal, a wanted gangster who was accused of firing at Fazilpuria…
Kolkata/Howrah: BJP made significant gains in the Barrackpore and Howrah industrial belts, with results shaped largely by economic grievances linked to industrial decline and factory closures.In Barrackpore, Bhatpara, Noapara, Jagaddal, Naihati and Bijpur, BJP’s performance marked one of the sharpest reversals for Trinamool in a region it had dominated since 2011. Voters in these densely…
Noida: A 35-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman jumped from the terrace of a three-storey house in the early hours of Monday in Noida’s Sector 22 area. The man died on the spot, while the woman was critically injured. The incident happened in Choura Raghunathpur village around 3:45am.The man, identified as Puneet Chauhan, was a…
Panaji: Governor Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, who is chancellor of Goa University, has sought a detailed report from vice-chancellor Harilal B Menon on the integrated five-year master’s degree programmes that were announced for the academic year 2026-27 without taking prior govt approval.The governor requested the details based on a letter from the forum of principals…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has issued notices to the Bar Council of Gujarat and the elected and non-elected candidates in the recently concluded elections, in response to a petition filed by a woman candidate. She had alleged that the outcome failed to ensure adequate representation of women advocates in line with Supreme Court directions.Advocate…
