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Mumbai: The Income Tax (I-T) Department searched 394 suspicious entities and 36 professionals, including CAs, across the country, including six firms in Mumbai, for allegedly remitting large amounts of foreign exchange.Among the searched entities 117 were located in districts-states along the country’s land borders that had remitted significant amounts of money abroad, said the I-T Department in a press released issued on Tuesday.Sources stated that the searched premises included a firm engaged in software business in Mumbai suburbs and a firm engaged in engineering work.On Tuesday, the I-T Department launched a nationwide detailed verification exercise to verify these foreign remittances,…
New Delhi: National Green Tribunal has directed Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to submit a further progress report on its ongoing study into exposure to potentially cancer-causing flame-retardant chemicals inside cars. The research is now expected to be completed by May 2027.The direction was issued by NGT’s principal bench on Aug 13 in a case initiated after a report on exposure to flame-retardant chemicals used in vehicle materials.Appearing before the tribunal through video conferencing, an ICMR scientist said the study had commenced on Nov 3, 2025, and would take 18 months to complete. The study is being conducted across…
Namma Metro’s Blue Line opening has been delayed to early 2027 due to pending construction and depot connectivity work Bengaluru: Which should take priority: Metro or concrete roads? Or should construction of both happen in tandem? While the debate continues with no easy solution, tens of thousands of tech workers clutch their noses and ride through columns of dust in the heart of technopolis. The Rs 450-crore white-topping and other road works on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) stretch between Central Silk Board and KR Pura have hit a hurdle. Outer Ring Road Companies’ Association has urged the civic authorities…
HC extends local quota benefit to children of central govt employees Hyderabad: In a significant interim relief with implications for medical admissions in Telangana, the high court has directed that children of central govt employees be treated on a par with children of state govt employees for determining local candidature in MBBS and BDS admissions, pending a formal rule amendment.The court’s order extends the benefit to children of employees of central govt corporations and central public sector undertakings who were compelled to study outside Telangana due to their parents’ official transfers.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and…
Operational guidelines being prepared Chennai: Finance minister N Marie Wilson in the state assembly said the Tamil Nadu assured pension scheme for govt officials will be implemented.“The recommendations given by the committee, headed by IAS officer Gagandeep Singh Bedi is taken by us. We are preparaing the operational guidelines for it. It will be implemented,” he said.TAPS guarantees state government employees and teachers an assured pension equal to 50% of their last-drawn basic pay plus dearness allowance (DA)ENDS Source link
Ahmedabad: District education officer (DEO) City has directed all govt and grant-in-aid secondary and higher secondary schools to submit proposals for scholarship benefits under the War Concession Scheme for the 2026-27 academic year.Schools must submit completed proposals along with certified documents to the designated office by Aug 20.The scheme is available to students whose parents were martyred or injured in war, as well as children of ex-servicemen. There is no annual family income limit for availing benefits under the scheme.Eligible students can receive concessions such as tuition fee waivers, assistance for uniforms and educational materials, scholarships, and hostel expenses. Schools…
Bhubaneswar: With the Centre set to rate cities under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to reintroduce the restriction it imposed in Jan on the sale and use of charcoal.Around April, the civic body had adopted a lenient view on charcoal use and cooking in coal-based chullahs given the crisis surrounding the availability of LPG cylinders in the aftermath of the West Asia conflict, which started on Feb 28. With the LPG crisis easing a bit, BMC has planned to bring the restriction back in a phased manner, targeting the manufacturers and sellers first…
Gurgaon: Security had been stepped up in a Nuh village to prevent any escalation of tension following a killing.On Monday, a group of 10-12 armed men arrived on two motorcycles and a vehicle and opened fire at a 28-year-old man in Leherwadi village falling under Punhana.Azruddin’s killing is being seen as a fallout of a murder eight years ago. In 2018, Azruddin was named as the main accused in the murder of a man, Wasim, in which a case was registered against 13 named accused and others. Monday’s killing has brought back memories of the incident that took place in…
Agartala: TIPRA Motha, BJP’s coalition partner in Tripura, has stepped up pressure on the saffron party over implementation of the Tiprasa Accord ahead of elections to village committees under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).TIPRA Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma said after a meeting with party members in Agartala on Monday, the party would not work with BJP in the village committee elections unless progress was made on implementing the agreement.The agreement was signed by TIPRA Motha with Centre and Tripura govt ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to address issues concerning the state’s indigenous population.…
Times News NetworkKanpur: Two teenagers, Krishna (16) and Shiva (17), who went to bathe in the Ganga on Monday at Dyodhi Ghat in the Maharajpur police station area of Kanpur, went missing. Even after more than 24 hours since the incident, no trace of them was found, and a large-scale rescue operation continued on Tuesday.At 6 am on Tuesday, PAC teams reached the spot and carried out a search operation in an area of about 50 kilometres up to Chandika Ghat in Unnao. At around 2 pm, an NDRF team reached the incident site and began the search.NDRF Company Commander…