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New Delhi, Aug 23: Arindam Chaudhuri, Director of Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) was arrested by the Central Goods & Services Tax (CGST) South Delhi Commissionerate on Friday under Section 89 of the Finance Act which enlists penalties for evading payment of service tax. Chaudhuri faces charges relating to an alleged undue claim of Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT) of service tax

Mangaluru: As a part of its corporate social responsibility, Allied Industrial Services Corporation chartered a flight on August 22 for repatriation of stranded Kannadigas from Dammam to Mangaluru. Allied corporation, owned by Mangalureans Ameer Hussain and Thouseef Ahmed is been operating since 2011 in the city of Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, employing numerous Kannadigas on sectors of petrochemical

New Delhi, Aug 23: Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi, 73, is learnt to have asked her colleagues to find new party chief and expressed her desire to step down in a letter in the wake of many senior leaders questioning the party’s top brass. Though the contents of Ms. Gandhi’s letter have not officially been made public, the move has prompted several other seniors leaders like Punjab Chief Minister

New Delhi, Aug 23: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday announced the reopening of the film and TV production industry that has been shut for several months since March due to the coronavirus pandemic, subject to Covid-19 restrictions. "The new SOP will be like a 'Sanjeevani' for the media production industry. Social distancing and masks will be an integral part

New Delhi, Aug 23: A Delhi-based mushroom farmer, who had sent 10 of his workers to their home state Bihar by plane in May during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, has now booked air tickets for them and 10 other migrant labourers to return and join work here. Pappan Singh has booked tickets worth over Rs 1 lakh so that the workers, who have toiled for him, some for over 20 years, can join him in

Bengaluru, Aug 23: Karnataka on Sunday reported 5,938 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total infection count to 2,77,814, while the toll reached 4,683 with 68 deaths. The day also saw 4,996 people getting discharged. Bengaluru Urban accounted for the maximum numbers of fresh cases reported at 2,126. As of August 23 evening, cumulatively 2,77,814 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Karnataka, which

Mysuru, Aug 23: The Karnataka government has transferred Mysuru Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Prashanth Kumar Mishra without posting for allegedly abetting suicide of a Covid doctor at Nanjungud, an official said on Saturday. "Mishra has been transferred from the executive post, as an inquiry has been ordered into the death of Nanjungud taluk health officer S.R. Nagendra, who

New Delhi, Aug 23: India's COVID-19 cases tally crossed 30-lakh mark with a single-day spike of 69,239 cases, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Sunday. The COVID-19 tally in the country stands at 30,44,941 including 7,07,668 active cases, 22,80,567 cured/discharged/migrated patients, and 56,706 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health. 912 deaths have also been reported

Islamabad, Aug 23: Pakistan has for the first time acknowledged the presence of Dawood Ibrahim on its soil after the government imposed sweeping sanctions on 88 banned terror groups and their leaders which also included the name of the underworld don wanted by India. There was no official confirmation on Pakistan government including Ibrahim's name in the list of terror groups and its leaders on

Mangaluru/Udupi, Aug 22: The covid-19 tally in coastal Karnataka’s twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi today cross 20 thousand-mark. So far 20,153 people have been tested positive for the coronavirus in these two districts. While Dakshina Kannada’s tally reached 10,137, Uudpi’s tally reached 10,016. In past 24 hours Dakshina Kannada reported 228 fresh cases and four deaths while Udupi