Bag full of ration cards found near highway in Shiroor
Byndoor, June 21: A bag containing more than two thousand ration cards was found near national highway in Shiroor on June 21, Thursday afternoon.
The ration cards that belongs to Bantwal taluk were filled in a cement bag and was abandoned near Green Valley school in Shiroor on national highway here, said Tahsildar.
After receiving information at around 12am we went to the spot and during inquiry we found that these were old cancelled cards, he said.
The bag contained ration cards sanctioned during 2008 to 2015-16. It had Antyodaya cards, BPL, APL and other cards said Byndoor revenue inspector.
Bantwal taluk office has been informed about the incident and we are expecting an answer from them, he said. It is yet to be known who had thrown these cards there, he added.
All the cards were seized in front of Byndoor PSI, tahsildar, and revenue department officers. These cards have been handed over to food inspector of Kundapur taluk office, he said.
DC clarifies
The ration cards that were found in a bag near Green Valley in Shiroor have been examined. There were around 2000 ration cards in the bag. These were returned cards to avail new one and belongs to Bantwal taluk in Dakshina Kannada district.
Dakshina Kannada district food, civil supplies and consumer affair departments have been asked to take these cards and dispose accordingly, said Udupi DC Priyanka Mary Francis in a press meet.
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New application filed in SC against Adani group over US indictment
New Delhi: A fresh application has been submitted to the Supreme Court of India, seeking the inclusion of key documents related to the recent US indictment of the Adani Group. Filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari, the petition aims to introduce two critical pieces of evidence into an ongoing case related to the Adani Group's financial practices.
The first document is a formal US court indictment accusing Gautam Adani, his relative Sagar Adani, and other company executives of orchestrating a massive bribery scheme to secure solar energy contracts worth billions of dollars in India. The indictment alleges that over $250 million in bribes were paid to Indian government officials to obtain these lucrative contracts.
The second document is a complaint from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which accuses the Adani Group of securities fraud. The SEC alleges that Adani executives misled investors to raise funds for these solar projects, despite knowing that part of the capital was linked to corrupt activities.
This development follows the US Attorney's Office's recent charges against the Adani executives, who are accused of masterminding a bribery scheme to secure power supply contracts with state-run utilities in India. The contracts were expected to yield up to $2 billion in profits over two decades.
These charges come amid an ongoing investigation by India's Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) into the Adani Group, after allegations of stock manipulation and market irregularities surfaced, particularly following the release of the Hindenburg Report in early 2023. The new US legal documents could play a crucial role in strengthening the investigation into the Adani Group's business operations.
