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A bench of Justices S.K. Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia dismissed the public interest litigation as withdrawn, while granting liberty to the petitioners to approach any other appropriate forum for availing alternative remedies. “If this is about environmental concerns, why cannot the NGT (National Green Tribunal) hear it? Why should everything come directly to the Supreme Court,” the bench asked. Senior advocate P Wilson, appearing for the DMK government, argued that the plea is “politically motivated”, having “no public interest”, and coastal regulation clearance has been obtained for the memorial. He submitted that there is no harm either to fishermen or…

The couple, known to be close confidants of Trinamool Congress’s Birbhum District President Anubrata Mondal, has been asked to be present at the ED’s New Delhi office on August 4.Mondal is currently in judicial custody at Tihar Jail in New Delhi.Neither the Bolpur municipality chair nor her husband has confirmed whether they will be present at the national capital on August 4 to face the questioning by the central agency officials.Trinamool Congress Birbhum district leadership has claimed that such actions by the central agency are meant to destroy the morale of the common Trinamool Congress workers.CBI, which is conducting a…

The court observed that considering a difference of opinion had arisen between the Lok Ayukta and Upa Lok Ayuktas, the only way is to refer the matter in order to decide the same by the full bench of three members, whereby the decision of the majority would prevail. “In view of the above, we do not find any reason to interfere in this matter. The application is dismissed,” it said. Petitioner R.S. Sasikumar had cited a few instances of the state government allegedly misusing the provision of providing financial assistance which included giving aid to the family of late Uzhavoor…

IBC India Pvt. Ltd., President Venkatesh Valluri and Principal Secretary for Department of Commerce and Industries Selvakumar signed and exchanged the MoU in the presence of Large and Medium Industries Minister MB Patil.Minister MB Patil said that the company will set up the unit on a 100-acre parcel of land in the Bengaluru Rural district.Priyadarshi Panda, Founder and CEO, IBC stated that the pilot plant in Korea is on the verge of completion and the first set of test batteries is ready to be tested by the potential customers of the company.Meanwhile, the IBC team explained the importance of recyclable…

The Minister said this in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.A total of 129 terrorist related incidents were reported in 2021 and 125 in 2022 in Jammu and Kashmir. Till June 30, 26 incidents have been reported so far this year, as per the data shared by the Minister.The total number of infiltration recorded in 2021 were 34 and 14 in 2022.No infiltration has been recorded so far this year.The government has a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and the security situation has improved significantly in Jammu and Kashmir, the Minister added.Among the measures taken…

This was 16.1 per cent more than the 5.83 crore ITRs which were filed for the assessment year 2022-23, till July 31, 2022. The filing of ITRs peaked on July 31, which was the last date for filing returns for salaried taxpayers, the department said, with over 64.33 lakh ITRs being filed on a single day. The e-filing portal also observed its highest per hour rate of 4,96,559 of ITR filing between 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on July 31. The department also received 53.67 lakh ITRs till July 31, from first time filers, a fair indication of widening of…

The court, however, allowed Gehlot to appear before a metropolitan magistrate through video conference.Gehlot on Monday challenged before the sessions court the summons issued to him by a magistrate’s court in the matter.Special Judge M K Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday said that Gehlot’s physical and personal appearance before the magisterial court on August 7 may not be practically convenient and necessary, but he saw no ground for staying the proceedings.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal had, on July 6, issued summons to Gehlot in the case, and had ordered him to appear on August 7.The judge…

New Delhi, August 1 (IANS) Kuldeep Yadav’s re-emergence in ODI cricket for India has been one of the biggest plus points in the team’s build-up to the all-important Men’s ODI World Cup, set to be held in home conditions from October 5 to November 19.Since 2022, after recovering from a knee surgery, Kuldeep has featured in 18 matches for India in 50-overs format, picking 32 wickets while averaging 21.43 and economy rate of 5.01, while stepping up to be an integral figure to pick wickets in the middle overs.More recently, Kuldeep bamboozled West Indies batters in the first ODI at…

San Francisco, Aug 1 (IANS) Tech majors like Apple, Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk and NVIDIA, along with the Joint Development Foundation (JDF) which is an affiliate of the Linux Foundation, on Tuesday announced the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) to promote the standardisation, development, evolution, and growth of Pixar’s Universal Scene Description technology.The alliance seeks to standardise the 3D ecosystem by advancing the capabilities of Open Universal Scene Description (OpenUSD).By promoting greater interoperability of 3D tools and data, the alliance will enable developers and content creators to describe, compose, and simulate large-scale 3D projects and build an ever-widening range of 3D-enabled products…

Paris, Aug 1 (IANS) Barely a month of its journey to explore the Universe’s mystery of dark matter and dark energy, European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid mission has snapped its first test images.The mesmerising images indicate that the space telescope will achieve the scientific goals that it has been designed for, and that the telescope and instruments are working well.”After more than 11 years of designing and developing Euclid, it’s exhilarating and enormously emotional to see these first images,” said Euclid project manager Giuseppe Racca, in a statement.”It’s even more incredible when we think that we see just a few…