Bhubaneswar: Taking stern action against mining lease violators, the Odisha government today cancelled licenses of six mining leaseholders. The licenses of Arjun Lodha, Mineral Trading, H.G.Pandya & Others, BD Patnaik, Bhanj Mineral and M.R. Das Mines were cancelled after they failed to pay the stipulated penalty imposed by the government for illegal mining. It is […]
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) today slapped Rs 1 cr penalty on Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), the organiser of a scheduled Cyclothon event in Bhubaneswar, for putting up hoardings in prohibited areas. The BMC cited that the organiser of the event put up hoardings without permission from the concerned authorities thereby violating advertisement […]
Bhubaneswar: A day after the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced taxes for demonstrators, the Commissionerate Police on Thursday said agitators would have to pay fine if any damage caused to government or private property during their strike with effective from January 1, 2018. In a notification, the Twin City police said any organization or person […]
Bhawanipatna: The family of Jogi Sabar was finally delivered justice 25 years after his brutal murder as the Kalahandi District Sessions Court awarded life imprisonment to two accused today. Giving details to the media, public prosecutor Bhabani Shankar Mishra said there was a murder in Bondakotara village under Junagarh police station limits 25 years ago […]
Bhubaneswar: The Special Vigilance Court today sentenced Himanshu Sekhar Samantray, a retired IAS officer and former managing director of Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation (OLIC), to a three-year jail term and a fine of Rs 20 lakh on the charge of amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income. Samantray will have to undergo an […]
Washington: Facebook is facing a “record-setting” fine from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its handling of user data and privacy violations. According to a report in The New York Times citing sources late Friday, the FTC “is in the advanced stages of its investigation into whether Facebook violated privacy rules and is expected […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh each on Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir for not furnishing details on the mid-day meal scheme in their states. A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Hemant Gupta also imposed the […]
Ranchi: A special CBI court here on Saturday sentenced RJD chief Lalu Prasad to seven years in jail each in two cases pertaining to the fourth fodder scam case and fined him Rs 60 lakh. It was not immediately clear whether the two sentences would run concurrently or consecutively. Lalu Prasad’s lawyer said that a […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked real estate major Jaypee Associates to deposit Rs 275 crore — in two instalments — by December 31, telling it to “behave like a good child”. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud asked the firm to deposit another Rs […]
Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday waived penalty on delayed filing of initial GST returns for the months of August and September. “To facilitate taxpayers, late fee on filing of GSTR-3B for August and September has been waived,” finance minister Arun Jaitley tweeted. He said the late fee which has been already charged to businesses will […]
Mandi: Twenty-one private polytechnic colleges in Himachal Pradesh have been slapped with a cumulative fine of Rs 2.93 crore for flouting admission norms and accepting about 2,100 students who allegedly did not even appear in the required entrance test. The state Technical Education Board?has been conducting mandatory tests for entry into the three-year diploma course […]
New Delhi: BCCI Ombudsman D.K. Jain has asked all-rounder Hardik Pandya and opener K.L. Rahul to pay a sum of Rs 1 lakh each, to widows of 10 constables in paramilitary forces who have lost their lives on duty. They have also been asked to deposit Rs 10 lakh each in the fund created for promotion […]
New Delhi: In view of the rising Covid cases across the country, Indian Railways on Saturday said that it will impose a fine of up to Rs 500 on the…
Bhubaneswar: Once again the working of police personnel has come under scanner after a youth was allegedly assaulted by cops for not paying Rs 100 fine for illegal parking near new airport road in the State capital city. As per reports, the youth, identified as Ananta Behera, was sitting on the road after parking his […]
Bhubaneswar: When was the last time you took your vehicle for repairs, maintenance or servicing? Many motorists would not care for timely maintenance of their vehicles which is one of the essential requirements under the amended Motor Vehicles (MV) Act. As per the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, timely maintenance of vehicle is a […]