Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) The West Bengal Finance Department has issued a notification making advance payments of all state excise-related duties mandatory for liquor manufacturers, breweries and bottling plants. Technically, this means that, henceforth, all such units will have to pay the relevant state excise duties in full before any product is removed from the manufacturing company, brewery, or bottling plant concerned.The crucial notification was issued just ahead of the presentation of the f…
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Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has given a notice to the popular south Kolkata club Suruchi Sangha to vacate the land it has forcibly occupied by July 18. LIC said if the land is not vacated by July 18, strict legal action will be taken against them. A notice regarding this was posted on the wall of the Suruchi Sangha club on Saturday. LIC made it clear through its lawyer that the area must be vacated within a specified time frame.Former state minister Aroop Biswas …
Male, June 20 (IANS) Pakistan’s governance failures have extended beyond domestic politics and are increasingly affecting its global standing. The United States Trade Representative has concluded that Islamabad has failed to effectively enforce prohibitions against forced labour, while the European Union (EU) has pressed Pakistani authorities to deliver meaningful progress on human rights, labour protections, and governance reforms, a report has stated. Recently, Pakistani media has increasingly…
Guwahati, June 19 (IANS) Assam Water Resources Minister Sushanta Borgohain on Friday asserted that the state government would adopt a zero-tolerance approach against corruption and substandard work in embankment and flood-control projects, warning that even influential contractors would face strict action if found guilty of wrongdoing.Speaking to reporters here, Borgohain said the Water Resources Department has been closely monitoring ongoing anti-erosion and flood-protection works across the st…
Dehradun, June 19 (IANS) Taking strict action in the Haridwar land purchase scam, the BJP government in Uttarakhand has recommended that former Municipal Commissioner Varun Chaudhary be immediately dismissed from service and imposed a major punishment on former District Magistrate (DM) Karmendra Singh after he was found guilty of serious negligence in discharge of his official duties.According to sources, recommendations for action against both officers, in accordance with rules, are being sent …
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Delhi government’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has arrested Dr Vinod Kumar Ranga, former head of the Central Procurement Agency (CPA), over alleged involvement in the illegal procurement of medicines, surgical items, consumables and medical equipment, officials said on Friday. The ACB, in its investigation, found that the doctor failed to give satisfactory answers regarding the missing records of the case.On Friday, Dr Ranga was produced before the court, which reman…
Chennai, June 19 (IANS) K. Annamalai on Friday said the White Paper released by the TVK government on Tamil Nadu’s finances has laid bare the extent of fiscal deterioration over the past five years and underscored the need for immediate corrective measures to restore the state’s financial health.In a statement issued after reviewing the document, Annamalai said the findings contained in the White Paper came as no surprise, as many of the issues highlighted have already been known to economis…
Amaravati, June 14 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday accused the N. Chandrababu Naidu government of suppressing the voice of the people and the opposition.He slammed the coalition government in the state for what he described as targeting the social media handles of the YSR Congress Party.In a post on X, he alleged that the state government continues to suppress the voices of the people and the opposition.“After the ta…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Rezaul Khan, the former Trinamool Congress president of Indpur block in Bankura district, has been arrested by the police on charges of assaulting a BJP worker and allegedly molesting his wife.A senior officer of the Bankura district police said on Sunday that the arrest was made on the basis of a complaint lodged by the BJP worker.The BJP worker alleged that Rezaul attacked him at his residence and assaulted him. He further alleged that the Trinamool Congress leader mole…
Srinagar, June 14 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Sunday that it has arrested three forest department personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on corruption charges.CBI sources said the arrested persons include two Forest Department officials and a casual labourer of the same department.Sources said the arrested persons have been identified as Ranger Manzoor Ahmad Malik of Kawoosa, Magam; Forester Manzoor Ahmad Dar of Nusgam, Khansahib; and casual labourer Bash…