BHUBANESWAR: Income tax officials seized Rs 50 lakh from a Delhi passenger at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.Directorate of Revenue Intelligence checked the passenger’s baggage on a tip-off from airport authorities at Delhi. “One bag was found stashed with cash. Intelligence officials already knew the amount as officials in Delhi had intimated…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the second regular bail plea filed by former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the money laundering and corruption cases pertaining to the now scrapped liquor policy of 2021-22.The court of special judge Kaveri Baweja dismissed the bail pleas in the CBI and ED cases stating that…
DEHRADUN/HARIDWAR: In a double blow to Patanjali, the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) in Chandigarh has imposed a hefty penalty of Rs 27.5 crore on Patanjali Foods for an irregularity in Input Tax Credit (ITC). The notice comes a day after the Uttarakhand govt suspended the licences for 14 products sold by Patanjali Ayurved…
NEW DELHI: After Patanjali Ayurved founders Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, who had to face contempt proceedings on a plea by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), it now seems to be the turn of the IMA chief to face the music with Supreme Court on Tuesday allowing filing of a contempt application against him for…
BENGALURU: Karnataka govt has been accused of delayed action regarding the sex video case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, leading to a heated debate between Congress and BJP, with questions raised about political motives.Congress’s decision to wait until after the first phase of voting in the state on April 26 is attributed to political…
NEW DELHI: India saved an estimated $7.9 billion in oil import in the 11 months of 2023-24 financial year ended March 31, compared to $5.1 billion over the whole of 2022-23, by purchasing higher volumes of Russian crude at deep discounts, ICRA Research said on Tuesday.The savings leads to a “compression” of 15-22 basis points…
NEW DELHI: Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee has thrown down the gauntlet to Union home minister Amit Shah, daring him to contest against him from the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency. In a bold move, Banerjee declared that if the BJP leader won, he would retire from active politics.Speaking at an election rally…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Tuesday evening announced actor-turned politician Raj Babbar as its candidate for the Gurgaon constituency in the Lok Sabha elections. Raj Babbar, a seasoned Congress leader, has previously served as a Member of Parliament from Firozabad and Agra in Uttar Pradesh.The grand old party has unveiled four candidates in its…
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has removed Vistara’s VP Pilot training, Captain Vikram Mohan Dayal, over alleged lapses in conversion training of pilots, a senior official said on Tuesday.The regulator had conducted an enquiry into alleged lapses in conversion training of some pilots. This conversion training allows a narrow body pilot…
NEW DELHI: Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, on Tuesday took charge as the 26th Navy chief after R Hari Kumar retired from service. Dinesh K Tripathi, earlier served as the director-general of naval operations and the flag officer commanding-in-chief of the Western Naval Command.An official announcement about his appoinment was made by the government on April…
