Hyderabad: The Hyderabad bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld a finding that Gemini Edibles and Fats India Ltd misdeclared 2,304 tonnes of imported palmolein as crude palm oil to avail concessional customs duty. However, it reduced the redemption fine from Rs 2 crore to Rs 1 crore and…
Gurgaon: A 33-year-old worker died three days after he was allegedly beaten with an iron rod and a hockey stick following a dispute over work in Badshahpur, police said.The assault on Shrikesh Kumar, a native of Bhagalpur in Bihar, took place on Oct 4. Shrikesh and his brother, Abhinav Kumar, worked as labourers in the…
A Durga puja pandal on CIT Road Kolkata: A day after an intense thundershower lashed parts of the city, Wednesday’s rain forced Durga Puja organisers to step up efforts to protect pandals, installations and workers, with barely a week left for several pujas to open. Committees have covered outdoor areas, halted work during showers, shifted…
Of the 16 stalled Supertech project, four are in Noida Noida: National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has asked Apex Court Committee (ACC), set up to supervise construction, fund management and distribution of receivables of the 16 stalled Supertech projects that are being completed by National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), to share the dates by…
Panaji: The persons who handled and operated the sparkler machines at Birch By Romeo Lane at Arpora were not arrested during investigation and the disparity in treatment of persons who were at the spot and those who were not goes in favour of the Luthra brothers, the Mapusa court observed while granting bail to Saurabh…
Varanasi/Lucknow: Sonbhadra police seized assets worth Rs 5.32 crore in five cases involving people allegedly linked to the illegal narcotics trade.According to the police, properties worth Rs 5.32 crore have been seized or frozen under sections 68E and 68F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in five cases registered at Robertsganj, Anpara,…
Ahmedabad: Can police confiscate a vehicle allegedly used to ferry liquor while the criminal trial is still pending? Gujarat High Court has put the question under scrutiny, staying an order passed by a DSP for confiscation of a vehicle seized under the Gujarat Prohibition Act.The court issued notice to the state govt after the vehicle…
Drug supply in jail; 6 face FIR, 2 held Ludhiana: A suspected drug supply racket inside Ludhiana’s Borstal and Central jails has come to light after searches at the two prisons led to the recovery of 30 intoxicant capsules, around 170 grams of heroin and other intoxicants. Police have registered cases against six persons and…
Mad Sandhu aka Madhusudan Singh was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants outside a car washing centre on Loharka Road in Amritsar on Oct 3 Amritsar/Ahmedabad: Amritsar police have arrested six men in connection with the murder of social media influencer and LGBTQ personality Mad Sandhu, including the alleged shooter, Parminder Singh alias Kaka, in a…
People cross the dried-up Vena Lake on the outskirts of Nagpur City. Maharashtra and Goa are completely dry, and monsoon withdrawal has covered parts of north Telangana and most of Chhattisgarh, an IMD official said Pune: Large parts of India have recorded significantly above-normal maximum temperatures in the first week of Oct, with the heat…
