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GST done, govt to now take up income tax laws overhaul

DHNS
July 2, 2017

New Delhi, Jul 2: After the historic GST, the government may soon take up an overhaul of income tax laws. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hinted at a revisit to the Direct Taxes Code (DTC).it

The finance ministry mandarins said the Prime Minister’s comment that Albert Einstein too found it difficult to understand India's income tax laws is being taken as the beginning of an overhaul of complex income tax laws.

“Once Albert Einstein, an eminent scientist had said that the most complex thing to understand in this world is Income tax. I was wondering if he was present here then how he would have reacted looking at the plethora of taxes,” Modi had said addressing a huge gathering of lawmakers, industry and prominent citizens from social sector soon after launching GST from the Central Hall of Parliament on late Friday night.

His remark came close on the heels of a come Parliamentary Committee on Finance urging the government to implement DTC within a stipulated deadline along the lines of the goods and services tax (GST) regime.

The report of the Standing Committee on Finance which was tabled in Parliament recently went on to say that without implementation of DTC, the intended gains of GST will not be felt.

The Committee headed by senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily said the purpose of a direct tax reform will be defeated that if the government kept on doing piecemeal amendments in income tax laws.

Soon after Modi’s reference, reforms in direct taxation and giving benefits of revenues generated through GST also figured in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s comments late on Saturday.

Currently, the government is busy with implementation of GST. Only 48 hours before the launch of independent India’s biggest tax reform, deregistered and ordered closure of more than 1 lakh companies which were found tampering with their accounts after November 8 demonetisation.

Over 3 lakh companies have been identified for action and the government has been collating data on transactions of more such firms post the note ban as part of a broader strategy to clamp down on corruption and black money.

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Keshavamurthy
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Friday, 7 Jul 2017

i dont know why people are supporting this vote bank protest.

Abdul
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Thursday, 6 Jul 2017

Rightly said, huge respect sir

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Deepak Shetty Qatar
June 19,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 19: A repatriation flight from Doha brought 178 passengers to Mangaluru today. This is the first flight operated from Qatar to Mangaluru under the Vande Bharat Mission. 

The Air India Express flight, which took off from Hamad International Airport in Doha at 12 noon (Qatar time) landed at Mangaluru International Airport around 6.30 pm IST.

Indian embassy had prepared the list of passengers to be flown in the flight. Stranded people who were in need of emergency repatriation such as pregnant women, senior citizens and those in need of emergency medical treatment were given priority while finalising the list of passengers. 

Kannadiga organisations in Qatar such as Karnataka Sangha, Tulu Kuta Qatar, Karnataka Muslim Welfare Association, Mangalore Cricket Club, Bunts Qatar, Mangalore Cultural Association, South Canara Muslim Welfare Association, Qatar Billawas had been striving for the repatriation of stranded Kannadigas by exerting pressure on the elected representatives to operate flights. 

Kannadigas in Qatar have thanked former Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Jayaprakash Hegde for persuading the authorities concerned to facilitate the repatriation. 

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Agencies
July 30,2020

New Delhi, Jul 29: Air Commodore Hilal Ahmad Rather has become a buzz name in Kashmir overnight. Hilal saw off the first batch of Rafale jets which took off from France to India on Monday. Among other things, he has also been associated with the weaponisation of the Rafale aircraft for acclimatisation to Indian requirements.

Hilal is presently India's Air Attache in France.

The career details of this officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) read like the decoration scroll of the best flying officer anywhere in the world.

Born in the south Kashmir's Anantnag district to middle-class parents, Hilal's father, late Mohammad Abdullah Rather retired as a deputy superintendent of police (Dy SP) in J&K police department. He has three sisters and is the only son of his parents. Hilal studied in Sainik School in Nagrota town of Jammu district.

He was commissioned in IAF as a fighter pilot on December 17, 1988, became flight lieutenant in 1993, wing commander in 2004, group captain in 2016 and air commodore in 2019.

He graduated from defence services staff college (DSSC). He also graduated from air war college (USA) with distinction. He won the sword of honour in NDA. Hilal is also the recipient of Vayu Sena Medal and Vishisht Seva medal.

With an impeccable record of 3,000 accident-free flying hours on mirage-2000, MIG-21 and Kiran aircraft, Hilal's name will now forever be associated with Rafale in India.

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News Network
January 21,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 21: Operations at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) are normal, a day after security agencies detonated a bomb recovered from the airport in a controlled explosion, an official said on Tuesday.

"All operations are normal at Mangluru International Airport. Everything is normal," told the airport director V.V. Rao to IANS.

Rao said even on Monday, there was no interruption to the airport operations, except for that one recalled IndiGo flight to Bengaluru.

"As the explosive was isolated and taken away from the airport, there was no disturbance to flights, except one Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight which suffered a few hours delay and took off later," said Rao.

Meanwhile, security has been tightened at the airport.

Mangluru north assistant commissioner of police Belliappa told media that the police are still on the hunt for the culprits who planted the bomb at the airport.

"We are trying to trace the culprits, we got the footage of the suspects," said Belliappa, highlighting that the police are yet to find the name, age and other details of the suspects.

At Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), the number of police personnel has been increased in a bid to tighten the security and 24 hour searching of vehicles is underway.

"We have set up two check posts on the way to the airport and randomly checking vehicles," told Devanahalli assistant commissioner of police Subramanya to media.

All Karnataka airports, including Hubballi and Belagavi, are on high alert.

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