Inland Indoors conferred with Outstanding Interior Designers award 2020
At the “IDWA 2020 (INTERIOR DESIGN WOW AWARDS)” event, a program organized under the joint auspices of the Indian Design School and AK Group, the award for “Outstanding Residential Apartment Interior Project” was conferred on Inland Indoors, one of Karnataka’s leading Interior design companies.
The award was presented to Mr Meraj Yusuf Siraj by Ar Shamala Prabhu, one of the state’s best known architects and NEC member of IIID, in a glittering ceremony that took place at The Gateway Hotel, Mangalore on Friday, February 7.
The IDWA Awards has been jointly instituted by IDS (Indian School of Design) and Apply Ply. It selects the most distinguished achievers from among the state's outstanding interior design companies to recognise and honour them for their outstanding work in the field of interior design and execution. The awardees were selected after evaluation against several highly demanding criteria by a jury consisting of Ar. Namit Tandon and Ar. Pallavi Prakash, two of the country’s most celebrated architects.
Speaking to the media and fraternity, post the award cermony, Meraj Yusuf Siraj, Managing Partner of Inland Indoors said, “I am indeed delighted with this recognition that comes from two of the most respected organizations in the field of Interior Design that are known for their yeoman service to interior design in the state. Awards such as these will go a long way in motivating young people like me who take the challenging path of entrepreneurship. Interior Design is a fairly new concept in India. It is only recently that people have moved away from focusing on interiors as just furniture and fittings to the concept of making the interior of their office or home reflect their lifestyle or their business philosophy. Interior Design is evolving very rapidly even in small cities like Mangalore. We as a company are very excited to be part of this dynamic field where intangibles like design and creativity are valued very highly. A lot of young talent is now coming into this field and we are very happy to nurture this talent in our company to give customers a wide range of interior solutions.” Meraj took the opportunity to thank his father, Siraj Ahamed, Chairman of the In-land Group, for his unwavering guidance and support as well as his entire team for their contribution in making Inland Indoors an award-winning organization.
Inland Indoors is part of the In-land Group, and specializes in design and execution of interior solutions ranging from budget packages to high-end specialized turnkey projects. In a short span of five years they have made rapid strides in the field and are today recognized as one of the top Interior companies in the state. Their impressive list of clientele range from prominent homes, villas & apartments to corporate offices, high-profile showrooms, restaurants, cafes, hotels, spas, gymnasiums and other commercial spaces. Inland Indoors has a unique system of planning and design which involves initial extensive meetings with clients to take their inputs, pinpoint scheduling and budgeting and rigorously supervised execution for delivering timely and high quality interior work. A combination of top class design talent and highly skilled workforce including supervisors and technicians at their offices in Mangalore and Bangalore have constantly pushed the benchmarks for exciting design and precision quality in the Interior industry.
In a short span of time, Inland Indoors has worked with some of the top builders in Karnataka for interior solutions for apartments and also with highly demanding clientele for office and commercial spaces.
“The future” says Meraj, “is filled with even more exciting times as new concepts and new material from across the world are introduced to Indian customers. You can be rest assured that Inland Indoors will be at the forefront of this coming Interior revolution.”
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Allahabad HC orders FIR against Rahul Gandhi in dual citizenship case
Lucknow (PTI): The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday ordered an FIR be filed against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in connection with an alleged dual citizenship controversy.
The bench permitted the state government to hand over the probe to any central probe agency after registration of the FIR.
The order was passed by a bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi on a petition filed by S Vignesh Shishir, who had challenged a January 28 order of a special MP/MLA court rejecting his plea for an FIR against Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
The special court had earlier held that it was not competent to adjudicate on issues related to citizenship.
The petitioner, a BJP worker from Karnataka, had sought registration of an FIR and a detailed probe into the matter, levelling allegations against Gandhi under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Official Secrets Act, the Foreigners Act and the Passport Act.
The complaint was initially filed before the special MP/MLA court in Rae Bareli. However, on the petitioner's request, the high court transferred the case to Lucknow on December 17, 2025.
The MP/MLA court in Lucknow subsequently dismissed the plea on January 28, 2026, prompting the petitioner to approach the high court, which has now ordered registration of an FIR.
In its order, the bench said that from a bare perusal of the allegations, prima facie cognizable offences were made out against Gandhi and hence the allegations required to be investigated.
The bench said that the special court should have looked into whether the allegations prima facie made out any cognizable offences or not, but it failed to consider it.
Earlier, Deputy Solicitor General of India SB Pandey produced the central government's records in the court relating to the citizenship controversy surrounding Gandhi.
Government counsel VK Singh also consented on behalf of the UP government that the allegations prima facie made out cognizable offences.
After having a detailed hearing, the bench found that the material on records showed that Gandhi had committed "cognizable offences" in having dual citizenship, and these allegations required to be probed.
The petitioner has alleged that Rahul is a UK Citizen and incorporated a company named M/S Backops Ltd in August 2003.
It was further submitted that Gandhi categorically admitted and voluntarily declared his nationality as British, having a Director Identification ID and London and Hampshire addresses.
In his petition, Shishir claimed that Rahul submitted the company's annual returns in October 2005 and October 2006, listing his nationality as British.
Thereafter, the company was dissolved through a dissolution application in February 2009.
According to the petitioner, the material placed before the court includes records suggesting that Rahul Gandhi may have been listed as a voter in the United Kingdom and participated in electoral processes there.
During the course of the hearing, the high court earlier directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to place all relevant records, including classified documents, before the court.
