Month: April 2025

[ad_1] Mehul Choksi (file photo) NEW DELHI: Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi has not paid maintenance charges of about Rs 63 lakh for his flat at Gokul Apartments in Malabar Hill, Mumbai, news agency ANI reported, quoting a society member on Monday. The member told ANI that Choksi owns three units in the building – on the 9th, 10th, and 11th floors – and has not paid maintenance for more than seven years. "He has seven years of maintenance due. He has three units– 9th, 10th, and 11th floors. The 11th floor is a terrace, he has illegally occupied it. There are maintenance dues of around Rs 63 lakh without interest. In 2020, our condominium had renovation work done, the cost per unit came to Rs 30-35 lakh, so if you add the cost of three units, it will be around […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Can Supreme Court force the President to approach SC under Article 143 of the Constitution seeking its opinion on constitutionality of a bill? This is one of the key questions that has emerged on a closer study of the SC's recent judgment on the President's powers regarding bills passed by state legislatures.Article 201 of the Constitution does not prescribe a time limit or warrant the President to provide a reason for withholding assent to a bill reserved for her by governors. But a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan asked the President to do what is not mandated by the Constitution - to specify elaborate reasons for withholding assent to a bill or returning it to the state legislature. SC also appeared to have stepped into the legislative process, that includes assent of the […]

[ad_1] BHOPAL: If a candidate hides information about a criminal case against him while applying for a job, it amounts to "moral turpitude", regardless of whether he is acquitted later, Madhya Pradesh HC ruled, while upholding the cancellation of a job offer to an applicant at the Itarsi ordnance factory.The petitioner, Ram Bhuvan Yadav from Azamgarh in UP, applied for the post of turner (semi-skilled) in response to advertised vacancies in the factory. He appeared in a written test in May 2016 and then a trade aptitude test. He cleared both and made it to the merit list.After the results were declared, he submitted documents and a self-attestation form. During scrutiny, the office of Azamgarh collector notified the ordnance factory that a criminal case under Sections 254 (delivering an altered coin as genuine), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), and 325 (voluntarily […]

[ad_1] Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis MUMBAI: The state govt has reduced the stipend of eight lakh beneficiaries of its flagship Mukhya Mantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana because they were also receiving benefits under another govt scheme, the Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Nidhi (NSMN).The eight lakh women will receive a payout of Rs 500 instead of Rs 1,500 per month because they already receive Rs 1,000 under Namo Shetkari programme. The Ladki Bahin scheme stipulates that its beneficiaries can avail of other govt schemes only if the benefit is capped at Rs 1,500 per month.This is part of state's move to scrutinise beneficiaries of the Ladki Bahin scheme and to restrict the stipend only to those who fit the eligibility criteria. In Oct, state had around 2.63 crore applicants for the scheme. The scrutiny process reduced that figure by 11 lakh to […]

[ad_1] SS chief Mohan Bhagwat (File Image/PTI) KANPUR: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat praised Ambedkar's lifelong mission to eradicate social inequality, describing his efforts as a force that helped awaken Hindu society, reports Faiz Siddiqui. "If RSS is seen as a catalyst, then Ambedkar's efforts were also catalytic. While RSS acted as an initiator that turned the key, Ambedkar was a force that gave a push, as Hindu society was not listening," he said Monday.Speaking at the inauguration of a Sangh Bhawan named after RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in Kanpur, Bhagwat drew a symbolic connection between Ambedkar and Hedgewar. "Both dedicated their lives to societal progress and held a common aspiration for the nation's growth." [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] MS Dhoni (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India skipper MS Dhoni produced a vintage finishing act, smashing an unbeaten 26 to guide Chennai Super Kings to a five-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL on Monday. The win ended CSK’s run of five consecutive defeats, with Dhoni and Shivam Dube (43*) stitching an unbroken 57-run stand to help the visitors chase down 167 with three balls to spare at the Ekana Stadium.Leading the side in place of the injured Ruturaj Gaikwad, the 43-year-old Dhoni walked in at No. 7 and lit up the night with a flurry of boundaries — four fours and a six — in a dazzling 11-ball knock. The master finisher silenced critics and fans alike, proving he's still got the spark when it matters most.For his game-changing cameo, Dhoni was named Player of […]

[ad_1] Prime Minister Narendra Modi HISAR: PM Narendra Modi accused Congress of humiliating Dr B R Ambedkar during his lifetime and attempting to erase his legacy after his death. "Congress humiliated Baba Saheb Ambedkar while he was alive, ensuring his electoral defeats and conspiring to keep him out of the system," he said, speaking at an event in Hisar marking Ambedkar's birth anniversary Monday."And when he was no longer among us, they tried to eliminate even his ideas. Congress has become the predator of the Constitution," Modi said.He accused the opposition party of distorting Ambedkar's vision of a just and equal society for political gain. "Ambedkar wanted every poor and deprived person to live with dignity and realise their dreams. But Congress reduced SC, ST, and OBC communities to second-class citizens," he said.Modi highlighted development schemes under BJP-led govt, saying […]