Madras High Court has directed the Nilgiris District Collector, who appeared on summons before the First Bench in connection with illegal quarrying and mining, to take effective steps to stop it in the hill station.Passing orders on a Public Interest ..
The Appellate Commissioner of Income-Tax can no longer levy additional tax if it discovers a source of income that was not taken into account by the income-tax department at the time of assessment. A recent decision of the Mumbai bench of the Income- ..
They may be taking decisions that affect millions, but politicians are a most unscientific lot in India, says a new study based on the opinions of 1,100 Indian scientists.The study, 'Worldviews and Opinions of Scientists in India', carried out by Tri ..
The episodic battle of legal claims and counterclaims between the Ambani brothers is beginning to become a bit monotonous even for the most ardent watchers of the two warring groups. The ordinary investors are left wondering why two of the country’s ..
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition seeking disqualification of 18 Gujjar MLAs from Rajasthan for backing the demand of their community for Scheduled Tribe status in Rajasthan. A vacation bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat a ..
Kerala Government on Saturday approved a state-specific Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) policy seeking to protect traditional knowledge and inventions. Disclosing this after a Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan claimed that Kerala w ..
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which have taken big strides in developing new products, can look forward to central assistance in securing intellectual property rights. The prospect of getting assistance is looking up with the micro, small and ..
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking disqualification of 18 Rajasthan MLAs for allegedly breaching their oath of office by making inflammatory statements on the Gujjar agitation. "We are not inclined to interfere in this petition as th ..
Mumbai, Jun 15 (UNI) The trial against Maulana Gulam Yahya, the Imam of the Haj House mosque at Crawford market in South Mumbai and one of the dismissed employees of Haj Committee of India, will commence tomorrow for his alleged involvement in harbo ..
RBI may again raise repo rate by 25 bps by July: Economists Woes of the UPA government on the price front are likely to continue with inflation expected to reach the double digit mark in the weeks ahead, which may force the Reserve Bank to raise shor ..