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Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said: “The BJP, which claims to be a custodian of Hinduism, did not hesitate to levy GST on ‘Gangajal’, which is used in Hindu worship and even other rituals, but later withdrew it.” She was referring to the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) clarification issued last week, making it clear that there was no GST applicable on Gangajal. Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is an MP from Varanasi, Shrinate said: “The one who was supposedly called by the Mother Ganga…

Abha (Saudi Arabia), Oct 17 (IANS) After a six-week camp at Bhubaneswar, the Indian senior women’s football team has reached Saudi Arabia for the final leg of their preparations ahead of the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers Round 2 in Uzbekistan later this month.Despite suffering two defeats in the Asian Games in their first appearance in nine years in the Asian Games in Hangzhou recently, the Thomas Dennerby-coached squad is undaunted by the setbacks and is confident of putting up a good show.India were left wanting in their two defeats to Chinese Taipei (1-2) and Thailand (0-1) at the continental games…

The Supreme Court gave decision with a 3:2 majority, holding that a civil union cannot be recognised under the Constitution. It also asked the Union government to set up a high-powered committee to be chaired by the Cabinet Secretary to take steps to decide the rights and social entitlements of same-sex couples. The judgment rendered by CJI DY Chandrachud said that the right to marry is not a fundamental right but a construct of the legislature. In his minority opinion, he held that reading into gender neutral words into Special Marriage Act would amount to judicial legislation and such area…

The court has also ordered confiscation of all seized money and jewellery which was recovered during the searches.The case was registered on June 30, 2005 on a complaint against Pandher.”The accused was allegedly found in possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 13,59,127 during the period January 1, 2000 to May 3, 2005,” said an official.After investigation, a chargesheet was filed on August 31, 2006.”The trial court found the accused guilty and convicted him,” an official said.Earlier, in another case registered on May 3, 2005, the CBI had caught Pandher while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000.”During searches,…

Jena bagged a silver medal behind Olympic Games and World Champion Neeraj Chopra, bringing laurels to the state and nation and sealing his berth in the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics Games, thus creating a historic moment. Jena achieved a personal best of 87.54m to secure the silver medal.CM Patnaik reiterated that Kishore Kumar Jena is a source of pride for the state of Odisha and went on to commend him for the landmark achievement. He further expressed his confidence that Jena would bring more laurels to the state and wished him the best of luck for the Paris Olympics.Jena thanked…

While all the seizures including cash, precious metals and liquor during the entire period of model code of conduct in 2018 stood at Rs 103 crore, the enforcement agencies have made a seizure of Rs 130 crore since October 9 when the Model Code of Conduct came into force.During the last 24 hours that ended at 9 a.m. on October 17, cash, gold, liquor and other items worth over Rs 21 crore were seized. The total cash seized by authorities rose sharply to Rs 71.55 crore with seizure of Rs 12.58 crore.The agencies have also seized 72 kg gold, 429…

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal had ruled in favour of LIC in both the cases pertaining to the assessment year 2013-14. While one of them involves an amount of Rs 1,838.8 crore, the disputed sum in the second case is Rs 3,153.9 crore.”The Income Tax Department has filed an appeal before Honourable Bombay High Court against the decision of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. The communication in this regard was received on October 17, 2023,” LIC stated in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.”These litigations will not have a material adverse effect on the Corporation’s financial position and result of operations,” the…

The court has summoned the officer responsible for this action to provide a written explanation.Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala presided over the hearing on charges against three accused individuals in the northeast Delhi riots case, where the FIR was filed by the Gokalpuri police station.The court observed that while initially, 25 complaints were consolidated into the case, it had directed in April last year that only 17 of these complaints should be considered in the current case.Despite this, the Investigating Officer (IO) filed a new supplementary charge sheet on May 17 for prosecuting 22 complaints.The IO’s decision was based on…

Sources said that the officials have examined about 740 lockers while there are over 300 lockers which have not been opened yet.They further said that the names and addresses of owners of these 300 are not available.According to the Income Tax Department, there are a total of 1100 lockers at Ganpati Plaza. Out of these, 540 lockers are not active. Also, there are still over 300 lockers which have not been opened as information about these locker holders is being collected.Income Tax officials say that the investigation will continue until all the locker owners come and open their lockers.Meanwhile, Kirori…

This, he said, had pushed farmers into losses. “The restrictions have caused distress and losses to farmers who are suffering. Basmati prices have fallen from Rs 3,500-3,600 per quintal to Rs 2,500. Farmers are incurring a loss of at least Rs 1,000 per quintal, which means they are facing a loss of more than Rs 20,000 per acre. Farmers fear that if the exporters’ strike too continues, this rate may fall further,” he said in a statement here. “Rice exporters say the Central government has kept the minimum export price of Basmati rice at $1200 per ton, which is very…