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New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), reprimanded senior lawyer and West Bengal government counsel Kapil Sibal during the Supreme Court hearing when the latter allegedly laughed amid the proceedings. The Supreme Court was hearing over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College on Thursday. During the proceedings, Mehta raised concerns over Kolkata Police’s delayed response in registering the ‘unnatural death’ of the victim and Sibal allegedly laughed during the exchange of arguments. This irked the Solicitor General who schooled Sibal during the exchange of arguments. “…so…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Hundreds of vendors queued up outside the office of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) on Friday to collect the forms for setting up stalls at the annual Ashtami fair on the Mandovi Promenade from August 26 to September 6. “As per the decision taken by the CCP’s standing committee, forms will be sold at Rs 500 each. Vendors will be charged Rs 250 per square metre per day and Rs 2400 will also be charged as sanitisation fees,” the senior official said. CCP said that Forms for the Ashtami fair will be offered on…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: The Goa Government has promoted Nitin V.S. Neurekar, Superintending Engineer to the post of Chief Engineer on Ad-hoe basis in Public Works Department, Group “A”, Gazetted in Level 14 in the Pay Matrix under 7th Pay Commission with immediate effect till the date of retirement on Superannuation or till the post is filled on regular basis, whichever is earlier and stands posted as Project Director, JICA on deputation. The order says the above promotion will not bestow any claim for regular promotion and the services rendered on an ad-hoc basis in the grade will not count for…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today arrived in war-hit Ukraine and is expected to share perspectives on peaceful resolution of the ongoing conflict when he meets President Volodymyr Zelensky later today. Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk said India could play an essential and constructive role in resolving the Russia-Ukraine war. PM Modi’s visit to Kyiv comes nearly six weeks after his high-profile trip to Moscow which triggered criticism from the US and some of its Western allies. This is the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Ukraine since the country became independent in 1991. “I look forward…

New Delhi: Markets regulator SEBI has barred industrialist Anil Ambani, 24 other entities, including former key officials of Reliance Home Finance from the securities market for five years for diversion of funds from the company. SEBI has imposed a penalty of ₹ 25 crore on Anil Ambani and restrained him from being associated with the securities market including as a director or Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) in any listed company, or any intermediary registered with the market regulator, for a period of 5 years. Also, the regulator barred Reliance Home Finance from the securities market for six months and slapped…

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the Kolkata doctor rape and murder case, told the Supreme Court on Thursday that they were handed the investigation on Day 5 and everything was “altered” by then. Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, who was representing CBI, told the top court, “CBI entered the probe on the fifth day and everything was altered by then.” The central probe agency submitted its status report in compliance with the Supreme Court’s Tuesday directive and flagged issues with the date and time recorded by the Kolkata Police. The CBI also informed the…

Goemkarponn desk NEW DELHI: Concerns regarding the relocation of airline operations from Dabolim International Airport to the new Manohar International Airport in Mopa were brought up with the Center once more by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. In the presence of Union Secretary for Civil Aviation Vumlunmang Vualnam and Chairman of the Airport Authority of India M Suresh, CM brought up the problems during a meeting on Thursday in New Delhi with Union Minister for Civil Aviation K Rammohan Naidu and Union Minister of State Murlidhar Mohol. “Raised concerns over shifting of operations of airlines from Dabolim to MIA. Discussed various…