New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave relief to veteran actor and director Kamal Hassan in an income tax case by rejecting the petition filed by the government regarding transfer of overseas telecast rights of his film Kuruthi Punal. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia dismissed the petition filed by the Income Tax department in 2007 against Kamal Hassan. Earlier, the Supreme Court had issued a notice to Kamal Hassan on November 2007. The actor had claimed Income Tax deductions in a matter related to transfer of overseas telecast rights of Kuruthi Punal. The Income Tax department had moved after the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and the Madras High Court gave orders in favour of Kamal Hassan. (PTI)
7-yr-old killed by teenager
Jalandhar: A seven-year-old boy was on Tuesday killed by another monior here following a scuffle over a trivial matter, police said. The body of the victim, son of head constable Mohanlal, bearing wounds apparently caused by a sharp-edged weapon was found in Punjab Armed Police(PAP) residential area here today, ADCP(crime) R P S Sandhu said. The 16-year-old accused boy, whose father is also a policeman, has gone absconding following the incident, he said, adding that prima facie it seems a scuffle broke out between them while playing which resulted in victim’s death. (PTI)
Poisonous gas kills three in Bengal
Kolkata: Three labourers in West Bengal’s South 24-Parganas district died on Tuesday after inhaling toxic gases in a well when they were conducting a water treatment operation, police said. “Three people died after inhaling poisonous gases in a well at Bantala leather complex area,” South 24-Parganas Superintendent of Police Lakshmi Narayan Meena said. “One of the labourers dipped into the well while conducting a water treatment operation. When he did not surface for a long time, one of his colleagues plunged into the well, followed by another labourer. When none of them came up, the locals informed us,” Meena told IANS over phone. (IANS)
ATM with Rs.7.60 lakh hijacked
Pune: Unidentified criminals decamped with an ATM of a public-sector bank with an estimated Rs.7.60 lakh in it, an official said on Tuesday. The incident occurred in a commercial-cum-residential complex, Plaza Building, in Purna Nagar in Chikhali area early Monday. The ATM belonged to the United Bank of India. An estimated Rs.7,60,000 in cash in the ATM — which weighs at least 400 kg — has been listed as stolen, investigating officer BD Mohandhule said. “The thieves first cut off the CCTV wires and alarm systems, and then the power supply lines to the ATM before decamping with it,” Mohandhule told IANS. Given the bulk and weight of the ATM, he said it could be the handiwork of at least five people and a medium-sized tempo could have been used in transporting it. This is the second incident of its kind in Pune. On Oct 28, 2009, an ATM weighing 350 kg and containing cash of around Rs.10,50,000 was stolen from the Kasarwadi area. The ATM, contracted to Union Bank of India, itself was worth Rs.300,000. (IANS)
Murli Deora offers to quit
NEW DELHI: Minister of Corporate Affairs Murli Deora has offered to resign ahead of talk of a possible Cabinet reshuffle.
Deora, 74, said he has submitted his resignation and sought to dismiss reports that he has asked for his son Milind Deora’s inclusion in the council of ministers.
“Yes, I have offered to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to step down from the Union council of ministers… Have not asked for anything more… It is not a sudden decision,” Deora said.
Deora, however, clarified that he hasn’t resigned yet and had offered to relinquish charge of his ministry “orally” to Sonia a few weeks back.
There is talk of a Cabinet reshuffle after President Pratibha Patil’s return from her sojourn in Hyderabad on July 8. (PTI)