Mumbai: Income tax raided residences of director Anurag Kashyap and actress Taapsee Pannu. Producer Madhu Mandena’s residence is being raided at the same time. According to national media reports, the house was raided in connection with a tax evasion case related to Phantom Films.
Anurag Kashyap and directed by Vikramaditya Motwani and Madhu Mandena started the company. Later in 2018, the company ceased operations.
Anurag Kashyap and Taapsee Pannu have come out to criticize the various measures taken by the central government.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Enforcement Directorate has registered a case against Kifb for violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act. Kifb sent notices to CEO KM Abraham and Deputy CEO. He asked to appear for questioning next week.
The ED found that foreign funds were received without central approval. Axis Bank, Kifb’s flagship bank, has also been issued a notice.
New Delhi: Assembly elections begin in five states. Notice has been issued for the first phase of polling in Assam and West Bengal. The BJP’s first list of candidates will be released the next day.
The notification was issued for 47 seats in Assam and 30 seats in West Bengal. The last date for submission of nomination papers is March 9. The first round of voting is scheduled for March 27. In West Bengal, the first two phases of polling will be in East Medinipur, West Medinipur, and Jargram. This time, the Election Commission has divided the constituencies in the same district into two phases. Nandigram will go to the polling booth in the second phase.
The BJP Central Election Commission will meet the next day in the presence of the Prime Minister to release the first list of candidates. The announcement will be made on Friday for the second phase of voting on April 1.
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has granted bail to Partho Gupta, former head of the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), in a case of television rating point (TRP) inflation. Bail was granted by a single bench of Justice Prakash D Naik. A bail of Rs 2 lakh is required and an equal number of sureties are required.
The court granted a one-and-a-half-month extension personal in bail. The Mumbai Crime Branch, which is probing the case, has to appear before Mumbai on the first Saturday of the month. The trial court and the investigating officers must appear in person as required. Passport must be kept.
Dasgupta was arrested on December 24. WhatsApp chats between him and Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami are key evidence in the case. Of these, Arnab’s disclosure of information related to national security was controversial. Dasgupta had approached the Bombay High Court after the lower court denied him bail. Dasgupta’s request for permission to be shifted to a hospital, citing his health condition, was rejected by the court after a lengthy debate on his bail application.
Thiruvananthapuram: Government Medical College doctors in the state will strike to protest against non-payment of salary arrears and allowances.
The indefinite boycott will begin tomorrow. The OP will boycott and protest on the 17th of this month. Doctors said they would also boycott pre-arranged surgeries.
Pay ward duty and VIP duty will be boycotted. Non-Covid meetings will also be boycotted. Black Day will be observed every day from tomorrow.
New Delhi: MP dies due to Covid infection. BJP MP Nandakumar Singh Chauhan from the Khandwa constituency in Madhya Pradesh has died. He died at Medanta Hospital in Delhi. Nandakumar Singh was undergoing treatment after Covid became positive.
Mumbai: Police have registered a case against Maharashtra BJP president Devendra Fadnavis for allegedly defaming a deceased woman. The move follows a complaint against Fadnavis and five BJP leaders.
Shyam Sardar Rathore, head of the youth wing of the Rashtriya Banjara Parikshit, had lodged a complaint against Fadnavis and other BJP workers. Sections IPC 500 and IPC 501 have been imposed.
A 23-year-old woman died in February in the Hadapsar area of Pune. The BJP and the Shiv Sena have been at loggerheads over allegations that Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Rathore was linked to the death. Rathore said the protest would start if strict action was not taken against the accused in the case of defaming the girl.
Thiruvananthapuram: Health Minister KK Shailaja received the covid vaccine. The first dose of the Covid vaccine was given at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College. The first Covid vaccine was taken by Kadannapally Ramachandran among the state ministers. He received the first dose of the Covid vaccine at the Kannur District Hospital.
At the same time, the response to the vaccine in people over the age of 60 is getting better in the state. In many districts, more people were vaccinated yesterday than targeted. Attempting to register more people at the same time has led to technical glitches and delays on the Cowin portal. People with serious illnesses over the age of 45 can also register for the vaccine.
You can register through the Arogya Sethu app or on the website cowin.gov.in. Name, age, gender, Aadhaar number, and mobile number should be given. Vaccine center, date, and time can be selected. The vaccine cannot be selected. The mobile message will be received two days before the vaccination is scheduled. If it is difficult to get the vaccine on that day, the date can be changed.
Kochi: The NIA in Kochi will consider the bail pleas of nine accused, including Swapna Suresh and Sarith, seeking bail in the gold smuggling case through Thiruvananthapuram airport. The main argument of the accused is that there are no serious findings against them in the charge sheet filed by the NIA. Earlier, Swapna Suresh was granted bail in customs and ED cases Defendants have informed the court that there is not enough evidence for the existence of UAPA in the case and that the High Court has pointed out that this is only a customs case. Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair were arrested by the NIA on July 12, 2020.
Thiruvananthapuram: Tomorrow’s SSLC Higher Secondary and Vocational Higher Secondary model examinations have been postponed in the wake of the forthcoming motor vehicle strike in the state. MG, Kerala, and Technical Universities have postponed their examinations scheduled for tomorrow.
Trade unions and employers in the state’s motor industry will go on a joint strike tomorrow to protest the hike in petrol and diesel prices. The strike will last from 6 am to 6 pm.
All trade unions and vehicle owners except BMS are on strike. The strike is being led by a joint strike committee to demand a change in the central government’s policy of fuel prices soaring daily.
Autorickshaws, taxis, light vehicles, freight vehicles, private buses, and KSRTC buses will not be allowed on the road. Milk, newspapers, ambulances, general election vehicles, and weddings have been excluded from the strike. The Joint Strike Committee appealed to the public and workers and employers to co-operate with the strike by not allowing private vehicles, including two-wheelers, on the road and postponing travel.
