NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday criticised a strategy of GST defaulters, who undertake before high courts to deposit a substantial sum as security to get bail and then attempt to escape the commitment by moving the apex court on the ground that the onerous bail conditions were contrary to SC’s consistent rulings.“We cannot allow…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand HC has put the upcoming panchayat polls on hold, pointing out that the gazette notification on reservation rules had not been issued by govt. A division bench of Chief Justice G Narendar and Justice Alok Mahra sought a detailed explanation from the authorities in this regard.The court pointed out that the state EC…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court stressed Monday that “hate speech” is not covered under freedom of expression, even as it restrained police from four states from arresting Wazahat Khan, who was instrumental in the arrest of social media influencer Sharmistha Panoli for her communal posts on Pahalgam killings. FIRs have been lodged against him for…
LUCKNOW: A Delhi-based company contracted to operate a toll plaza on NH-19 in UP is under investigation for allegedly sealing a 15-year lease by fraudulently paying Rs 100 as stamp duty instead of the stipulated Rs 63 crore.The lease, signed on March 18, 2023, entitles the firm to collect toll for a 72.64-km stretch of…
Even for the top 5% of urban families by income in Maharashtra, buying a house in Mumbai would take more than 100 years of saving to fund. In Haryana and Odisha, it would take over 50 years of saving by the richest 5% to buy a house in their biggest cities. Chandigarh, by contrast, is…
NEW DELHI: AAP won two, while BJP, Congress and Trinamool Congress picked up one each in assembly bypolls to five seats across Gujarat, Punjab, Kerala and Bengal. Voting was held on June 19, with results declared Monday.In Gujarat, AAP’s Gopal Italia clinched Visavadar seat in Junagadh by 17,554 votes, defeating BJP’s Kirit Patel. Italia, a…
SRINAGAR: J&K National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah announced on Monday the formation of a new human rights body, calling it a temporary alternative to the defunct State Human Rights Commission (SHRC).“Until statehood is restored and a formal SHRC is reestablished, this body will operate in its place,” Dr Abdullah told TOI.The newly formed body…
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari issued a blunt warning on Monday to India over its unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), saying Pakistan would not hesitate to respond if its water rights were violated.Speaking during the budget session of the National Assembly, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman said, “India…
JAMMU: A local court in Jammu on Monday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) a five-day remand of two men arrested for harbouring the Pakistani terrorists behind the Pahalgam massacre on April 22.NIA had arrested the duo — Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar from Batkote, Pahalgam, and Bashir Ahmad Jothar from Hill Park, Pahalgam — on Sunday…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Police Monday attached the property of a terror-accused in Udhampur district. The accused, Mohd Shafiq, is currently in judicial custody in a case registered under several sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, at Basantgarh PS last year.The attachment of the land owned by Shafiq took place under Section 25…