ByteDance says 'bleeding' due to India bank account freeze, no relief from court
The Hindu
A two-judge bench at the High Court in Mumbai city heard the plea of a ByteDance counsel who said the company was "bleeding"and needed funds to pay staff salaries and rent, but the court gave no relief.
(Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click to subscribe for free.) An Indian court on Wednesday granted no relief to China's ByteDance, owner of the TikTok video app, in a case where the company challenged the local tax authority's decision to block its Indian bank accounts, dealing a blow to its operations. Indian authorities in mid-March blocked ByteDance's bank accounts for alleged tax evasion, prompting the company to ask a court to quash the directive which it feared would hurt its operations, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
Talking to reporters outside the Tamil Nadu Legilative Assembly chamber, Edappadi K. Palaniswami said that even during the Erode (East) assembly by-election, his party fought, while maintaining its relationship with the national party. “As of now, the alliance is in place. Towards the next year’s Lok Sabha polls, we will proceed together,” Mr. Palaniswami observed, replying to a query on the reported comment of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the continuance of tie-up between the two parties.

The construction of a new Assembly complex for Puducherry will commence this year, Chief Minister N. Rangasamy said on Thursday. Winding up the discussion before passing the budget for the next financial year in the Assembly, the Chief Minister said the government was committed to having a new Legislative Assembly for the Union Territory.

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