Busy traffic of trucks and mini-trucks loading and unloading textile bales and finished goods keeps Surat’s Ring Road abuzz. The oldest among the textile markets here is the Surat Textile Market (STM), inaugurated on Vijaya Dashami in October 1972 by Morarji Desai, the MP who went on to become the prime minister. Harbanslal Arora, 65, the STM’s acting president who is from Sonepat in Haryana and opened his shop in 1978, recalls how Desai had warned in his speech that the textile business would soon be dominated by “outsiders”. He…
Category: Income Tax for the West Bengal Govt employees
Service Tax Can’t Be Payable on TDS for Foreign Service Provider
No service tax is liable to get paid on TDS paid on behalf of a foreign service provider, The Chennai Bench of Custom, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled. TDS deposited to the Income Tax Department concerning the payment completed to the foreign service provider over and above the invoice value of the services is not levied to service tax, the bench of P. Dinesha (Judicial Member) and M. Ajit Kumar (Technical Member) mentioned. The appellant/taxpayer are service provider under intellectual property rights, scientific and technical consulting services,…
Bigg Boss OTT 3: Armaan Malik slaps Vishal Pandey. Will the content creator be evicted? | Television News
The Malik family is facing tough times. While outside the house, Payal Malik is single-handedly addressing all wrong claims about her, Armaan and Kritika Malik’s relationship, Armaan has committed an action that can lead to his eviction from the show. As per the latest promo, Armaan slapped Vishal Pandey hard. The fight erupted after the Weekend Ka Vaar episode, following a discussion in which Vishal told Lovekesh Kataria that he was developing a liking towards Armaan’s wife Kritika. Following this, Armaan planted one tight slap on Vishal’s face, thus violating…
FMGE conducted successfully for 35,819 candidates: Ministry of Health | Education News
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), an autonomous body of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, conducted the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) for 35,819 candidates on July 6. FMGE 2024 was conducted in 71 centres, spread across 50 cities in 21 states. “As a measure towards stringent examination security, NBEMS appointed more than 250 appraisers to supervise the conduct of examination. This was further augmented with a flying squad comprising of 45 faculty members. “As directed by Union Health Minister, Director General…
CLAT 2025 notification released; application begins on July 15, exam on December 1 | Education News
CLAT 2025: The Consortium of National Law Universities on Sunday announced that the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 will be conducted in December 2024. The registration form will soon be made available at the official website — consortiumofnlus.ac.in. As per the official schedule, the online application process for CLAT 2025 will begin on July 15 and conclude on October 15. The exam will be held on December 1 from 2 to 4 pm (2 to 4:40 pm for PwD candidates). CLAT 2025 eligibility criteria For the under-graduate programme (five…
As Biden digs in, more supporters look to push him out | World News
Numerous officials, lawmakers and strategists in President Joe Biden’s own party increasingly see his candidacy as unsustainable — and their private anxieties are slowly but steadily spilling into public view, interviews with more than 50 Democrats this past week showed. Growing swaths of Democrats now believe that by remaining on the ticket, the president is jeopardizing their ability to maintain the White House and threatening other candidates up and down the ballot. The moment is setting up an extraordinary clash between a defiant president of the United States who insists…
Judge declines to throw out charges against Trump valet in classified documents case | World News
The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against Donald Trump refused Saturday to throw out charges against a co-defendant of the former president. Lawyers for Walt Nauta, Trump’s personal valet, had asked US District Judge Aileen Cannon to dismiss the indictment against their client. They argued, among other things, that Nauta was charged because of insufficient cooperation with prosecutors’ investigation and because of a personal animus that they say prosecutors harbored against one of Nauta’s attorneys. Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has denied all the claims, and Cannon…
Gujarat confidential: Repeat Of History | Ahmedabad News
Prof Kamal Dodiya, head of ophthalmology department of PDU Government Medical College in Rajkot took over as the acting vice-chancellor (V-C) of Saurasthra University (SU) on Friday, a day after the state government announced his appointment. He replaces Prof Nilambari Dave, the dean of home science faculty of SU. This is repeat of history of sorts. In 2018, after then V-C Prof Pratapsinh Chauhan’s tenure ended, Prof Dodiya was appointed the acting V-C. But three months later, the government appointed Prof Dave as acting V-C in place of Prof Dodiya.…
Biden should step aside, says former Obama senior adviser | World News
Former Obama senior adviser David Axelrod has publicly called for President Joe Biden to step aside from the 2024 race, citing concerns over Biden’s age and performance. In an op-ed for CNN, Axelrod emphasised that he believes Biden’s duty to the country should prompt him to withdraw, suggesting that failing to do so could overshadow his legacy. Axelrod’s stance underscores growing pressures within the White House following Biden’s lacklustre showing in a recent CNN presidential debate. Axelrod’s commentary adds to existing doubts about Biden’s campaign, which were not assuaged by…
‘Immense disrepute’: Unease in Jaipur’s Johri Bazar as US woman, sold fake jewellery worth Rs 6 crore, awaits justice | Jaipur News
An American jewellery designer, a viral news report on the sale of fake jewellery and an FIR have led to unease in Jaipur’s famous Johri Bazar, one of the biggest markets for coloured precious stones in the country. During a trunk show in Kansas City, US, on April 11, US-based Cherish Nortje, 43, was informed that the 478 jewellery pieces designed by her — and manufactured by a Jaipur-based jeweller for $4,50,000 (around Rs 4 crore) — were “fake”. Two months later, sitting in a restaurant in Jaipur, where she…