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'GST in Present Form Not Acceptable to Bengal' millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 146 | Wednesday, 31 May 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 9624.55 (+19.65) pSENSEX 31,159.40 (+50.12) qDOW JONES 21,080.28 (-2.67) pNASDAQ 6,210.19 (+4.94) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.66 (-0.16) nRUPEE/EURO 72.11 (+0.30) nGOLD/10GM 29,350 (+0.00) pSILVER/K 40,450 (+185.00) ACTOR BIKRAM ‘MILITARY READINESS NIGHT-TIME, EARLY ‘MY MISTAKES CHATTERJEE BOOKED IS BEST DETERRENT, MORNING BOMBINGS HAVE TAUGHT FOR CULPABLE GUARANTEES IN BAGHDAD ME THE HOMICIDE PG3 PEACE’ PG5 KILL 31 PG10 MOST’ PG16 ALL SIX GRANTED BAIL ON A AMIT MITRA DOUBTFUL OF JULY 1 ROLL-OUT PERSONAL BOND OF RS 50,000 Madras HC stays Ayodhya case: Conspiracy Centre’s order on charges framed against ‘GST in present form not Advani, Joshi & Bharti cow slaughter MPOST BUREAU MPOST BUREAU LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: BJP veterans L K acceptable to Bengal’ MADURAI: The Madras Advani, M M Joshi, Union minister Uma Bharti High Court on Tuesday and nine others will stand trial for criminal con- OUR CORRESPONDENT stayed for four weeks the spiracy in the 1992 Babri mosque demolition ACHIEVEMENTS OF BENGAL Centre’s notification ban- case, with a special CBI court here on Tuesday KOLKATA: Heightening uncertain- Tax exemption on food grains, FIGHT CONTINUES FOR LACK OF PREPAREDNESS ning sale and purchase of framing charges against them. ties about the Goods and Services raw vegetables, fruits, green cattle for slaughter, and coconut, fresh and pasteurised Tax exemption on newsprint. Around 40 per cent of suvidha The trial under the serious criminal con- Tax (GST), Bengal finance minis- providers didn’t start network test. sought its response to PILs spiracy charge will commence against them ter Amit Mitra on Tuesday said that milk, chhana, puffed rice, Raw cashew which contended that the after having been dropped by the trial court in its assembly will not move the bills chira, khoi, sindoor, dhoti, Rules and forms not ready rules should have been the past few days against sarees, bio-fertilisers, etc Footwear less than Rs 500 2001. The verdict was upheld by the Allahabad required to roll out the new indi- Large, small and medium approved by Parliament the ban on the sale of cat- High Court in 2010. rect tax. Proposed 12 per cent tax on Cinematograph films industries are still struggling first. tle for slaughter. Protesters The Supreme Court had ordered restora- GST is scheduled to be rolled out processed tea has been Books (apart from text books) for necessary infrastructure A Madurai bench have alleged that it infringed reduced to only 5 per cent. tion of the conspiracy charge against them on on July 1. While the Parliament had Bleached hair like computers and software comprising Justices M V upon the food habits of peo- April 19. passed all the four GST-related bills No tax on doctor fee and All GST rules are not yet Muralidharan and C V ple. The new rules notified The charges were framed against Advani during the budget session, states will diagnostic fee Electrical energy finalised Karthikeyan issued the by the Union environment (89), Joshi (83), Bharti (58), BJP MP Vinay have to ratify the State-GST legisla- interim order on the two ministry banned the sale Katiyar (62), VHP’s Vishnu Hari Dalmiya (89) tion to rollout the new tax. Twenty- sector is against it”. previous meetings of the council to minister Arun Jaitley is the chairman pleas which said that the or purchase of bulls, cows, and one-time Hindutva firebrand Sadhvi Rith- two states have so far passed the Rolling out GST as it stands ensure that tax was not imposed on of the GST Council, where I am just rules should be quashed as camels for slaughter houses ambara (53) — all of whom appeared before SGST Bill, other states have time today will be a double-burden on items of everyday use. As a result of a member. I am fighting under the they were against the Con- or for sacrifice for a religious the court. until the first week of June to ratify it. the states that are yet to recover from Mitra’s staunch opposition, the GST leadership of Chief Minister Mamata stitution, breached the prin- purpose. All six were granted bail by CBI special judge The dissent was expressed by the shocks of demonetisation, said council has decided to exempt tax on Banerjee so that the people of our ciple of federalism and were The right to choice of S K Yadav on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each Amit Mitra, state finance minister the Bengal finance minister, who was food grains, vegetables, fruits, fresh state don’t get unduly harassed.” contrary to the parent legis- food (non-vegetarian or after rejecting the CBI’s opposition to their bail at the state secretariat in Kolkata also the chairman of the empowered and pasteurised milk, puffed rice, He said that Bengal had opposed lation -- Prevention of Cru- vegetarian) was part of the plea. The court will resume hearing tomorrow. on Tuesday. He will raise the West committee of state finance ministers. betel leaf, poultry and cattle feed, the proposed 12 per cent tax on raw elty to Animals Act 1960. right to personal liberty and The accused, who spent nearly three hours in Bengal’s objections in the next GST Moreover, Mitra once again newspaper, health services, etc. cashew. Similarly, they have pro- Referring to the conten- conscience and privacy. the court, had sought discharge for the offence council meeting on June 3, Mitra voiced his doubt over the prepared- Clearing the confusion that he posed 12 percent tax on footwear. tion of the petitioners that A day after students of of criminal conspiracy, which the judge rejected. said. ness to roll out GST on July 1 with had a big say in the imposition of Criticising the move of the Coun- the notification was related IIT-Madras organised a The charge of conspiracy is in addition to Mitra also said that he will object over 40 per cent of the GST suvidha tax on such goods that would leave cil to impose a tax on books, Partha to food and hence ought to ‘beef fest’ inside the varsity the existing charges against them for promoting to the Centre’s proposal to levy GST providers yet to test the network a deep impact on different industries, Chatterjee, the state Parliamen- have been approved by Par- campus, a PhD scholar on enmity between different groups on grounds of on items such as shoes, wig, and ver- from their end. Mitra said: “I was made the chair- tary Affairs minister, said: “It seems liament, the judges asked Tuesday was assaulted alleg- religion for which they are already facing trial. nacular cinema. “I shall also high- In a press conference held in man of the empowered committee that they don’t want people to read the Centre to respond to the edly by a group of ABVP light that there are major objections Nabanna on Tuesday, Mitra said, as on GST of which finance ministers books.” He took a dig at the BJP say- point also in its counter to be members for attending the from different sectors of the state to Bengal’s representative in the GST of 29 states and 2 union territories ing they might want everyone to take filed in four weeks. event. The student, identi- New backward roll out GST from July 1. The services council, he had to fight in the three were members. But, Union finance up swords instead of a pen. The order has come amid fied as R Sooraj, suffered a raging row on the ban, severe injuries and also sus- panel will have more KOLKATA: West Bengal Coun- appeared for the exams this year. candidates. “My congratulations and with non-BJP parties and tained a fracture in his right HIGHER cil of Higher Secondary Education Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi best wishes to all the students who have state governments of Kerala, eye. The AVBP members powers published the result of Higher Sec- congratulated all the successful can- passed Uccha Madhyamik examina- West Bengal and Puduch- had also allegedly issued THAAWARCHAND GEHLOT ondary Examination 2017 on Tues- didates as well as their teachers and tion” she tweeted. Hooghly district’s erry stridently opposing the death threats to all the ‘beef SECONDARY day in which East Midnapore district guardians of this year’s Higher Second- Archisman Panigrahi, a student of Centre’s recent notification. eaters’ on the campus. They recorded the highest pass percentage ary Examination. CM Mamata Baner- Hooghly Collegiate School stood first. Several places in Kerala had reportedly filed a com- RESULTS OUT at 92.87 percent. 7,56,620 candidates jee also congratulated the successful Detailed report on P3 and Tamil Nadu have been plaint against the fest on In today’s witnessing protests during Monday. paper ... New one rupee notes to CITY be in circulation soon FAKE JOB RACKET: TWO ARRESTED 4 MUMBAI: New one rupee Shaktikanta Das, Secretary NATION notes with predominantly in the Ministry of Finance. ho have pink-green on obverse and Rest other currency notes ts, w ‘NAVY READY FOR ANY CONTINGENCY’ 7 reverse in combination bear the signature of the RBI den with other colours will be Governor. The numbering tu ndary Examinat EDIT S Seco ion soon put into circulation. will be in black at right hand the igher CALL FOR POLITICAL SOLUTION 8 The notes bearing the bottom portion of the note.
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