Delhi High Court dismisses Congress pleas against income tax re-assessment
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday turned down the pleas of Congress challenging the initiation of income tax re-assessment proceedings for the fiscal years 2017-18 to 2020-21. The division bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav upheld their stance consistent with a previous judgement that dismissed similar petitions concerning reassessment for the years 2014-15 to 2016-17. The court’s decision comes after it noted March 25 that the Congress party had delayed its legal challenge until the brink of the deadline for assessment completion, hinting at a strate ..read more
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‘Operation Lotus’ underway in Punjab: Saurabh Bharadwaj
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New Delhi: ‘Operation Lotus’ has started in Punjab, senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged Thursday, a day after the party’s lone Lok Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Rinku joined the BJP. ‘Operation Lotus’ is the term used by opposition parties to describe what they call “poaching” of MLAs by the BJP to topple governments. Addressing a press conference here, Bharadwaj said AAP MLAs in Punjab had said on Wednesday that the majority of them were getting calls and being offered money, Y category security and tickets for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls to join the BJP. “The BJP is conducting ‘Operation L ..read more
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Dera karseva chief of Uttarakhand’s Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara shot dead
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Dehradun/Rudrapur: The dera karseva chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara in Uttarakhand was shot dead within the premises of the shrine by two motorcycle-borne assailants early Thursday, police said. Baba Tarsem Singh was rushed to a hospital in Khatima where he died during treatment, Udham Singh Nagar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manju Nath told reporters. “We have clear (CCTV camera) videos of the assailants. They are both Sikhs,” he said and added that they fled after the incident. The Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara is a revered Sikh shrine located on the Rudrapur-Tanakpur route in U ..read more
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India launches new database to record crimes against UN peacekeepers
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United Nations: Indian Ambassador to the UN Ruchira Kamboj announced the launch of a new database designed to record crimes against peacekeepers during a high-level meeting of the India-led Group of Friends (GOF). India launched the GOF in December, 2022 during its presidency of the UN Security Council with Bangladesh, Egypt, France, Morocco, and Nepal as its co-chairs to promote “accountability for crimes against the Blue Helmets. “Delighted to announce the launch of a new database designed to record crimes against Peacekeepers & monitor progress in holding perpetrators accountable,” Amb ..read more
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Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal to launch homegrown fashion label
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Mumbai: Actor-couple Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal Thursday announced they will soon launch a fashion label that will empower and place a spotlight on local artisans. The two stars share a strong affinity for handmade clothes and with their new endeavour, they plan to breathe new life into one of the oldest forms of art deeply embedded in Indian culture, according to a press release. The initiative aims to help the community of local artisans from Lucknow, it added. Chadha emphasised that in today’s era, many local artisans are facing challenges as technology and mass-produced items dominate the ..read more
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Adani starts $1.2 billion copper plant
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New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani-led group Thursday announced the start of the first phase of the world’s largest single-location copper manufacturing plant at Mundra in Gujarat, which will help cut India’s dependence on imports and aid energy transition. Kutch Copper, a subsidiary of group’s flagship firm Adani Enterprises Ltd, “commissioned the first phase” of $1.2 billion “greenfield copper refinery by dispatching the maiden batch of cathodes to customers”, the company said in a statement. The first phase of the facility that will produce 0.5 million tonnes a year of refined copper has ..read more
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Sensex surges more than 700 points led by gains in financial stocks
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New Delhi: The BSE Sensex Thursday was trading at 73,755 points, up by 758 points or 1.04 per cent, led by gains in the financial stocks. The charge is being led by the Bajaj twins — Bajaj Finserv and Bajaj Finance — both up more than 4 per cent. SBI is up more than 1 per cent while ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank are up more than 1 per cent each. IT heavyweights like Infosys, Wipro, and TCS are up more than 1 per cent. VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services said the upward directional move expected from early April has been confirmed by the strong rally in Nifty Wedn ..read more
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FIR lodged against BJP’s Dilip Ghosh for remarks on Mamata Banerjee
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Kolkata: An FIR has been lodged against senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh at Durgapur Police Station for his remarks on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, an official said Thursday. Ghosh has been booked under IPC sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), he said. The FIR was lodged based on complaints lodged by an advocate at Durgapur court and another person, the official said. Ghosh, the former state BJP president, had apologised Wednesday for his comments on Banerjee, which had tr ..read more
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Sri Lankan PM Gunawardena meets Chinese President Xi Jinping
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Colombo: Chinese President Xi Jinping has assured continuous support to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena for Sri Lanka’s efforts for ‘political and socio-economic progress’ and also said Beijing will stand for safeguarding the island nation’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. China and Sri Lanka agreed to continue to act under the friendship, peace, mutual respect and fivefold principle in international affairs that do not interfere in the internal affairs of a country during a meeting between Xi and Gunawardena Wednesday at Great Hall in Beijing, the prime minister’s office said in a s ..read more
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Group of lawyers including Harish Salve write to CJI against ‘vested interest group’ trying to ‘pressure’ judiciary
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New Delhi: A group of lawyers, including senior advocate Harish Salve and Bar Council of India chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra, have written to the Chief Justice of India, alleging that a ‘vested interest group’ is trying to pressure the judiciary and defame courts “on the basis of frivolous logic and stale political agendas”. “Their pressure tactics are most obvious in political cases, particularly those involving political figures accused of corruption. These tactics are damaging to our courts and threaten our democratic fabric,” their letter, dated March 26, addressed to CJI DY Chandrachud ..read more
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