New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court has suspended the sentence of a Bihar government officer convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act and granted her bail, while expressing serious concern over the prosecution’s claim that seized bribe money was destroyed by rodents.A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan was hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Aruna Kumari, a former Child Development Programme Officer, challenging a judgment of the Patna High Court…
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Mumbai, March 23 (IANS) Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday told the Legislative Assembly that illegal mining is rampant in the state and will be shut down immediately. He also announced that an ETS mapping (digital system survey) of all mines across the state will be conducted.The issue of large-scale illegal excavation of minor minerals in Raigad, Thane and Palghar districts was raised through a ‘Calling Attention’ motion by Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Sunil Prabhu.Prab…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Calling it a setback to Arvind Kejriwal and the AAP, Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood on Monday said that the Delhi High Court has granted an interim stay on a lower court order that had directed departmental action against a CBI officer involved in the investigation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy case.He said during the hearing, the High Court stayed the order concerned and paused further proceedings for the time being.Sood launched a strong attack on the …
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Bhavish Aggarwal-run electric two-wheeler company Ola Electric on Friday announced to lay off approximately 5 per cent of the workforce owing to the “ongoing structural transformation”.In a statement, the company said it is “doubling down on speed and discipline through increased automation across its frontend operations”.“As part of this ongoing structural transformation, approximately 5 per cent of the workforce will be impacted,” Ola Electric said.It furth…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Tax evasion in the real estate sector is bleeding Pakistan’s national exchequer roughly Rs 500 billion annually, illicit tobacco is costing another Rs 310 billion, and multiple consumer goods industries are operating outside the documented economy, leading to an annual revenue loss for the government of a staggering Rs 1 trillion, an article in the Pakistani media said.An article in the Karachi-based Business Recorder highlights that tax evasion and smuggling on this m…