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HC asks police to file status report in Sunanda Pushkar case

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July 20, 2017

New Delhi, Jul 20: The Delhi High Court today asked the city police to file a status report with regard to the ongoing probe into the death of Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanada Pushkar.Sunanda

A bench of Justices G.S. Sistani, and Chander Shekhar directed police to place within three days their report during hearing of Subramanian Swamy’s plea for a court-monitored probe by the CBI-led SIT into the matter.

The direction was issued by the bench after Delhi Police standing counsel Rahul Mehra informed the court that the status report of the investigating agency has been given to him in the court room so he wants to go through it before placing it on record.

Mehra further informed the court that SIT has been constituted in the matter. He also said that the BJP leader’s petition has raised serious allegations against the police probing the matter, so the agency be given time to place their stand.

Considering the request made by Delhi Police counsel, the court fixed the matter for August 1 while directing them to supply an advance copy of the status report to Swamy, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the CBI.

During further hearing, the Delhi Police told the court that a lot has happened in the matter and many more things has to be revealed which they have come across during the probe in the matter.

“We (police) are pretty close to it (finishing the probe),” Mehra said, adding that, before transferring the case to any other agency, the police should be given chance to place their progress report.

“We have nothing to hide in the matter,“ he added. Additional Solicitor General, Sanjay Jain, appearing for the MHA, submitted that the Delhi Police should also supply him with the copy of the status report in advance.

Swamy has alleged that “inordinate delay” has been caused in the investigation “which is a blot on the justice system“. The high court had on July 12 sought the Centre’s stand in the case on a plea filed by the BJP leader seeking a court-monitored CBI-led SIT probe into the death of Pushkar.

Swamy claimed that many of the evidences in the case have been destroyed and alleged that Tharoor was influencing the investigation in the matter. “This matter is of national and international interest as the victim was about to disclose about alleged corruption in cricket. She had also called for a press conference before her death to disclose about the same,” Swamy had submitted.

The plea, which was filed on July 6, has sought setting up of a multi-disciplinary Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Intelligence Bureau, the Enforcement Directorate, RAW, the Delhi Police and headed by the CBI to probe the case.

Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a five-star hotel in south Delhi here on the night of January 17, 2014.

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May 6,2020

New Delhi, May 6: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has extended the validity of electronic way (E-way) bills, whose expiry date fell between March 20 and April 15, till May 31.

"Notification No. 40/2020-Central Tax issued to extend the validity of e-way bills till May 31 for all those e-way bills which were generated on or before March 24, 2020 and had expiry between the period from March 20 to April 15, 2020," the CBIC tweeted on Tuesday.

E-way bill is produced by transporters and businessmen before a Goods and Services Tax (GST) inspector for moving goods worth over Rs 50,000 from one state to another.

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January 9,2020

Dubai, Jan 9: A roadshow promoting Gujarat as an education hub of India will be held here from January 17, officials said.

Representatives of 22 universities and four colleges from Gujarat will be part of the two-day event organised by the Indian Consulate in Dubai.

"The roadshow will provide a glimpse of the thriving education sector in Gujarat and enable the interested candidates to get a first-hand understanding of the rich resources of the state in order to pursue higher education," according to a statement released by the Indian Consulate here on Wednesday.

A delegation led by Gujarat's Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama will take part in the event under the 'Study in Gujarat' campaign, the statement said.

The Principal Secretary of the state's Higher and Technical Education, Anju Sharma, will participate in the roadshow, which will conclude on January 18.

The participating educational institutions include Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gujarat Forensic Science University, Nirma University, LD College of Engineering, Gujarat Arts and Science College, Vishwakarma Government College and SAL College.

"In the last decade and a half, Gujarat has been successful in establishing its identity as the leading educational hub of India. State of the art infrastructure, safe environment, curriculum at par with international standards and industry exposure gives students an edge during the course of their study," the statement said.

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