Month: April 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Centre has put a three-year limit on NGOs and associations working on specific projects to receive foreign funds after being granted 'prior permission' under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010, besides setting a four-year timeframe for their utilisation. "Any receipt or utilisation of the foreign contribution beyond the above said time limits shall be a violation of FCRA, 2010, and in case of any violation, necessary punitive action shall be taken," the home ministry said in a public notice issued on Monday.At the same time, the ministry left a window open for NGOs unable to receive or utilise foreign contributions in the specified three and four year validity period, respectively, for genuine reasons. It said an extension may be allowed in the validity period for an association/organisation "on a case-to-case basis, based on the merits of […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: For three decades, lawyers were virtually assured of becoming high court judges once their names were recommended by the HC collegia to the CJI-led three-member Supreme Court collegium. The success rate was 85-90% then, but now it has become much tougher as less than 50% of those recommended were cleared by the SC collegium, which subjected the persons, aspiring to become constitutional court judges, to a suitability test through interview/interaction, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.Earlier, the SC collegium had a liberal scrutiny of antecedents by focusing only on the number of important cases argued by the lawyers and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) report detailing their reputation among the advocate community. Almost all the lawyers recommended by HC collegia — barring 10-15% who were dropped because of adverse IB reports or below par income signifying lack of practice — made […]

[ad_1] Nomura has a ‘neutral’ rating on FSN E-Commerce (Nykaa) with a target price of Rs 190. Analysts expect the company’s beauty & personal care segment’s GMV growth is expected to be in the low 30% level on an annualised basis while its net revenue growth would be in the mid-20%. They expect Nykaa’s consolidated revenue growth to be about 26% on an annualised basis for Q4FY25, with some downside risks.Morgan Stanley has an ‘equal weight’ rating on Delhivery with a target price of Rs 320. Analysts feel its acquisition of Ecom Express is a step towards consolidation. For the company, the key to value realisation would be revenue retention, cost structure reduction and lower capex.HSBC has a ‘buy’ call on Dixon Technologies with a target price of Rs 20,000. Analysts feel the US’s new tariffs could benefit Dixon since […]

[ad_1] A blast occurred around 1am outside BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia’s residence in Jalandhar. Kalia, who initially mistook it for thunder, later alerted police. A forensic team is inspecting the scene, with CCTV footage under review. "There was a blast at around 1 am...I was sleeping, and I thought that it was the sound of thunder...Later I was informed that a blast had taken place...after this, I sent my gunman to the police station...CCTV is being investigated; forensic experts are also present here," Kalia said.DCP Manpreet Singh confirmed the incident and said a detailed report will follow after the forensic examination. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The US Supreme Court has denied Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana's application seeking a stay on his extradition to India. Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. He had submitted an 'Emergency application for stay pending litigation of petition for writ of habeas corpus' on Feb 27, with Elena Kagan, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the US and Circuit Justice for the Ninth Circuit.Last month, Kagan had denied the application. Rana had then renewed his emergency application previously addressed to Justice Kagan and requested that a renewed application be directed to Chief Justice Roberts.An order on the Supreme Court website noted that Rana's renewed application has been "distributed for conference of 4/4/2025" and "application" has been "referred to the court". On Monday, […]