The Income Tax department have cracked a money laundering racket and have seized Rs.120 crore worth demonetised notes, new currency and gold. According to Income Tax officials three men — Sekhar Reddy, Srinivasa Reddy and Prem were involved in these transactions. Sekhar and Srinivasa are industrialists whose major business is sand quarrying while Prem was their agent. Shekhar is also […]
» Read moreA Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has put on hold the order of the Executive Officer of the Sree Padmanabhaswami Temple in Thiruvananthapuram allowing chudidhar-clad women devotees into the temple. The Bench, while considering a writ petition filed by four devotees challenging the Executive Officer’s order, ordered that the status quo available prior to the EO’s order be […]
» Read moreThree Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed on Thursday after a six-hour gunfight with security forces in Kashmir, triggering widespread protests across the south of the valley. Mobile phone and internet services were suspended in parts of south Kashmir to prevent rumours and details of the counter-insurgency operation through social media. Police said the slain militants were all Kashmiris and apparently […]
» Read moreFinance Minister Arun Jaitley will table in Parliament a notification that will exempt credit and debit card transactions up to Rs 2,000 from the levy of service tax. The move is aimed at promoting electronic transactions following the demonetisation of high value currency notes from the midnight of November 8 onwards. Mr Jaitley on Wednesday admitted that there was a […]
» Read moreTamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK on Wednesday said 77 persons died due to shock after hearing about the illness and later the demise of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and announced a solatium of R. 300,000 to their families. Ms Jayalalithaa died on Monday evening after suffering cardiac arrest. In a statement issued in Chennai, the AIADMK said a total of 77 […]
» Read moreThick fog engulfed the national capital this morning, leading to cancellation of two train services, while 94 others were running behind schedule “by several hours” due to poor visibility. Flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, however, were not affected in the morning, airport officials claimed. According to a MeT department official, the visibility was recorded at 400 metres […]
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