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Tax levied on 11 Fashion
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UT staff's torchlight
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Arguments
heard by CJM on closure report Compensation
sought for farmers |
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Tax levied on 11 more services CHANDIGARH, Oct 23--The Finance Ministry, while levying service tax on 11 more services, has simplified certain service tax rules. A press note of Central Excise Commissionerate, Chandigarh-I, issued here said today that services which had been included in the tax net were those rendered by the architects, the management consultants, the practising company secretaries, the practising chartered accountants/cost accountants, the real estate agents/consultants, the security agencies, including the detective agencies, the credit rating agencies, the underwriting agencies and the mechanical slaughter houses. While the rate of tax for all services except the slaughter houses in relating to slaughtering the bovine animals would be 5 per cent, the rate on the slaughter houses would be Rs 100 per bovine. While simplifying the service tax rules, the ministry ordered that now the tax returns would now have to be filed on a half-yearly basis instead of the existing requirement of the quarterly filing of returns by the 25th day of the month following the half-year. Individuals, proprietary or partnership concerns will have to pay tax on a quarterly basis instead of the monthly basis till now. The tax in respect of a particular month or quarter will be required to be paid by the 25th of the month following the particular quarter or month. The ministry has, however, granted certain exemptions to the taxable services. The taxable services rendered by the service tax assesses in respect of the oversees projects for which payment was being made in the convertible exchange had been exempted from the whole of the service tax levied thereon. Similarly, the service
provided by a security agency to his client in relation
to the service of providing safe deposit lockers or
security of safe vaults for the security of the movable
property had been exempted. On the same lines, the
services provided by the practising chartered accountants
in their professional capacity to clients other than
auditing and accounting had also been exempted, the press
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Fashion show today CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — Top models of the country, including Mehar Bhasin, Manpreet Brar and Jyoti, besides city's own Inder Mohan will be the star attractions of "Anu Kama" — a fashion show — being organised by the Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology at Hotel Mountview here tomorrow. The show is being organised to commemorate the passing out of the first batch of students of a three-year course in fashion design. Twentysix collections of students will be on display. The SAS Nagar-based Institute was floated following a long-pending need of the textile and garment industry of Punjab for trained professionals. The Department of Industries and Commerce signed an MoU with the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi, in 1995, following which the Institute started functioning from SAS Nagar. The Institute functions under the guidance of the governing council comprising nationally eminent celebrities, industrialists and senior government functionaries, Mr Anurag Aggarwal, executive director of the institute, told newsmen here this afternoon. He said that a team of top models of the country, including male models, would display all 26 creations of the students. Ms Harpreet Kaur, a member of the teaching faculty, said that the garment and textile industry, which has a big base in Punjab, was thriving on innovation and foresight, and had been constantly on look out for professionals who could combine creative ideas with technical knowledge. Both Mr Aggarwal and Ms
Harpreet Kaur maintained that most of the students had
already job offers from leading companies. |
Vajralingam to look after Home CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — The Home Secretary of Chandigarh, Mrs Anuradha Gupta, today proceeded on a week-long training stint in Japan. She is one of two officers from the country selected by the Asian Productivity Organisation for the training programme. The Finance Secretary, Dr
G. Vajralingam, will also look after her charge |
Shun onions, says Jaspal Bhatti CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — Poker-faced small screen star and producer of Punjabi film "Mahaul Theek Hai", Jaspal Bhatti, has appealed to the residents of the Union Territory of Chandigarh to discontinue immediately the use onions to defeat the "nefarious designs of traders and exploiters". "Onions are no more a
commodity for the common man. They are only for those
leaders and bureaucrats who look after planning and
distribution systems in the country. We will daily send 5
kg of onions to our Prime Minister so that his government
does not collapse on this issue. The Prime Minister
should eat the onions sent by us and spare a thought for
the common man's plight," he said in a written
statement here today. |
High-altitude problems reviewed CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — Problems caused due to high altitude could prove fatal, and the actual cure is by descending to a lower altitude, said Prof JS Guleria, a former head of the Department of Medicine, AIIMS. Prof Guleria was delivering the third SK Malik oration at the PGI here today. The subject of the oration was "Problems of high altitude hypoxia". "In the past, only defence personnel used to visit high altitude areas. Now a number of tourist and pilgrims go to heights which are more than 10000 feet above the sea level. Due to this the problem of mountain sickness is bound to increase". The most common problem is acute lung and brain odema. This may prove fatal unless the person is brought back to lower altitude. Some help could be obtained from the oxygen therapy and more recently artificial breathing has been introduced.Minor problems include giddiness, lightheadedness, vomiting and vertigo. Long-term stay causes cardio-respiratory insufficiency, he added. Prof BK Sharma, Director,
PGI , highlighted the achievements of Dr SK Malik, who
has established the department of pulmonary medicine in
the country. |
UT staff's torchlight procession CHANDIGArH, Oct 23 — Members of the Joint Action Committee of UT Employees and Workers will take out a torchlight procession on October 28 to protest against the "callous attitude" of the Administration towards their demands. Mr Ramesh Kumar, convener of the committee, said that a meeting of the working committee was held in Sector 23 today. The major demands of the
committee are treating the employees from various
departments of the Administration to the corporation as
being on deputation, bonus on the Central pattern, equal
pay for equal work, grant of technicians' scale to the
field staff, summer and winter uniforms to Class III and
Class IV employees and an end to contract labour in the
civic body.
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Arguments heard by CJM on closure
report CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sant Parkash, today heard detailed arguments on the closure report filed by the CBI in connection with the death (or murder?) of Mr Inderjit Singh. Inderjit Singh was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his rented house on July 7, 1985. In this case as many as four closure reports had been filed. The first report was filed by Mr Sita Ram, then SP with the Chandigarh Administration who had investigated the case. The second report was filed in 1989. Mr Allah Singh, father of the deceased, had moved an application in the Supreme Court, for handing over the investigation of the case to the CBI. The apex court had accepted his request. When the CBI filed its report, the then Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sekhar Dhawan, had directed the CBI to answer certain points that Mr Allaha Singh had raised. The enquiry was then
entrusted to the DIG of the CBI Mr K.C. Kanungo. He had
disbelieved the investigation report submitted by the
local office of the CBI and filed another report. |
Compensation sought for farmers PANCHKULA, Oct 23 — The Indian National Lok Dal has demanded adequate compensation for the losses suffered by farmers of their crops in the Shivalik area. The general secretary of the party, Mr Pardeep Chaudhary, said the crop of paddy, sugarcane and groundnut in the Shivalik areas falling in the Panchkula, Ambala and Yamunanagar districts had been affected by unseasonal rain. He demanded a compensation
at the rate of Rs 12,000 per acre to the affected
farmers. |
CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — With a view to redressing the grievances of the residents of the Mani Majra regarding sewerage and water supply on-the-spot, an Executive Engineer of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) will visit the Mani Majra office of the civic body every Wednesday. Corporation sources said the decision to send the Xen once a week had been taken after complaints by the residents of the township that they had to rush to the Sector 17 office of the corporation even for the redressal of minor complaints. Meanwhile, Mr Suresh Verma, vice-president, and Mr Shingara Singh, president of the district no 4 of the BJP, have hailed the MC decision. Rally: Members of the Sewerage Employees Union of the Corporation held a rally in Sector 32 on Friday to gear themselves up for the torchlight procession on October 28 and the one-day token strike on November 11, which are being held on the call of the joint action committee of the MC employees and workers. Speakers at the rally condemned the authorities for not treating the transferred employees from the Chandigarh Administration to the MC on deputation. Meanwhile, the Electricity
Streetlight Employees' and Workers' Union has flayed the
MCC for non-payment of arrears of the revised salary for
the daily wagers since January 1,1996. |
CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — The Committee for the Formation of the All-India Federation of University Teachers’ Association today flayed the Central government for its "delaying tactics" in implementing the revised pay scales for the teachers. A press note of the association alleged that though the nationwide strike of the teachers was called off on September 4 after the assurance of the HRD Minister, Mr M.M. Joshi, nothing had been done to amend the notification of July 27 against which the teachers were protesting. Criticised: At least 13 members and former members of the Panjab University Senate on Friday criticised the policy paper document presented by the HRD minister at the ongoing education ministers’ conference in New Delhi on Thursday. In a signed statement they
claimed that it was due to the pluralistist character of
the Indian society that the education agenda of the
BJP-led government, which would have dragged the country
into the dark ages, had been, thwarted at the conference. |
CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — In connection with a fire that gutted a basement of building in Sector 26 and killed two persons, the Chandigarh Police has registered a case against two persons. K.C. Puri and Anil Bedi, partners in the firm located in the basement, have been booked under Sections 304-A and 336 of the IPC. Two employees of the firm had died in the fire. Two arrested: Two persons, including a resident of Faridabad, have been arrested by the local police for allegedly gambling in a public place. Lambi Bansal of Faridabad and Karan Pal of Sector 47 have been booked under the Gambling Act. Assault charge: Two persons, including a woman, have alleged that they were assaulted in separate incidents. Gulab Singh of Bapu Dham colony alleged that he was assaulted by Surjit Singh of the same locality. Meanwhile Suman Sharma of Sector 20 alleged that she was allegedly assaulted by Veena Kumari of SAS Nagar and her companions. Forgery case: The local police has registered a case of cheating and forgery against a resident of Sector 7 here for allegedly preparing a fake rent document. The case has been registered on the directives of the local court. According to the information available, Mr Ram Chander, a resident of NAC Manimajra, complained to the police that Ram Kapila, a tenant in a showroom — owned by his family in Sector 11 here had got a paper signed from him for the release of water connection. Instead of using the signed document for the said purpose, the tenant allegedly prepared a forged document in October, 1997, on account of rent of Rs 3.49 lakh of the above said showroom. The police has registered a case. Cheating: A local astrologer has been booked by the police for allegedly cheating a woman by promising to place the planets of her children in a favourable position. The complainant Mrs Priya Gaind, a resident of Sector 17 here, alleged that the astrologer, took from her over Rs 4 lakh in this connection but could not show any results. She also alleged that the money was not returned. The police has registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC. Motor cycle stolen: A Royal Enfield motor cycle (HR-18-A-0026) owned by Rajesh Kumar of Panchkula has been stolen from Sector 17 here. In a separate incident a resident of Dadu Majra colony, Tulsi Ram, was caught while allegedly carrying 12 bottles and 50 pouches of liquor. A case under the Excise
Act has been registered. |
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