Day: January 2, 2019

Former Union Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie, and advocate Prashant Bhushan today moved the Supreme Court, seeking review of its 14 December verdict dismissing all PILs alleging irregularities in the procurement of 36 Rafale jets from France.

Chennaiyin FC midfielder and local fan-favourite Dhanpal Ganesh has signed a new three-year contract with the club, keeping him with the two-time Indian Super League champions till May 2022.

It was a pious beginning to the New Year for devotees at the Arulmigu Adhiparasakthi Siddhar Peetam, Melmaruvathur.

The fee for late filing of returns is Rs 25 per day for Central GST (CGST) and an equal amount under State GST (SGST). However, those businesses who have to file returns but have ‘nil’ tax liability would have to pay a fine of Rs 10 under CGST law, and an equal amount under SGST law.

A division bench of the Madras High Court today vacated the ban on the sale of online medicines passed by a single judge on 17 December till statutory rules to regulate the trade were notified by the Union government.

The import duty on crude palm oil, originating from Malaysia, Indonesia and other members of Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been cut to 40 per cent from 44 per cent, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said in a notification.

Following the retirement of ICF General Manager Sudhanshu Mani on 31 December 2018, South Western Railway General Manager Ajay Kumar Singh took the additional charge as the new ICF General Manager from 1 January.

Soon after the Governor’s address, the business advisory committee met and decided to hold the session till 8 January.

Tamilnadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, in his New Year address to the Assembly today, said the government will give Pongal gift hampers containing raw rice, sugar, raisins, cashew nuts, cardamom and sugarcane to all ration card holders along with Rs 1,000 as cash gift in all districts except Tiruvarur, where election code of conduct is in effect due to the by-poll.

“PPBL has received a formal nod from the RBI to start onboarding new customers while resuming KYC for the bank as well as wallet customers starting from 31 December 2018,” PPBL said in its latest statement.