V. Senthilbalaji | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The Madras High Court on Wednesday reserved its orders on a plea by former Minister V. Senthilbalaji to grant him bail in a money laundering case. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) had arrested him in the case on June 14, 2023 and he remains in judicial custody since … Read more
V.K. Sasikala. File photograph | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M The Madras High Court on Monday, November 6, 2023, reserved orders on an appeal suit filed by former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s aide, V.K. Sasikala, in 2022, against the refusal of an additional city civil court to declare, illegal and void, a resolution passed by the AIADMK … Read more
NCP’s Chhagan Bhujbal speaks, at Shivaji Park in Mumbai | Photo Credit: PTI The special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has reserved its order on a plea application filed by Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal’s relatives, along with other concerned parties. PMLA judge Rahul Rokde confirmed that the decision would … Read more
The petitioner submitted that the Reserve Bank of India cannot withdraw from circulation or discontinue banknotes and only the Central Government is vested with such powers. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cannot withdraw from circulation or discontinue banknotes and only the Central Government is vested with such powers, the … Read more
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, at the CII AGM in New Delhi. India has a strong foreign exchange reserve and the country is in a comfortable position to meet all the requirements even in any worst-case scenario in the next five-six years, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on May 24. India’s … Read more
The study found that sloth bears avoided areas with high forest fragmentation. | Photo Credit: Kalyan Varma A new study has found that maintaining forest cover and preventing fragmentation of habitats while minimising human disturbance is crucial for long-term conservation of bears outside protected wildlife reserves across India. Scientists from Bengaluru-based Centre for Wildlife Studies, … Read more
India’s strength in the external sector may be shaking as imports sure amidst capital outflows on account of tightening of policy rates by the US Fed. India’s $600 billion strong forex reserves are adequate to finance 12 months’ imports as of March 2022 , down 30 per cent in a year since March 2021 As … Read more
The Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday reserved its order on whether the criminal defamation case filed by BJP MP MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani will be transferred to another court or not. The order in the matter will be announced on October 22. The court said if it is found that the magisterial court … Read more