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NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2018-20 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 19 | Friday, 19 January 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,817.00 (+28.45) pSENSEX 35,260.29 (+178.47) qDOW JONES 25,067.55 (-48.10) qNASDAQ 7,290.23 (-8.05) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 63.86 (+0.02) nRUPEE/EURO 78.21 (0.00) qGOLD/10GM 30,950 (-150.00) qSILVER/K 39,800 (-270.00) CM VISITS GTB NIA FILES CHARGE NYT TOPS SCREEN TIME HOSPITAL, NOTES SHEET AGAINST TRUMP’S ‘FAKE DOES NOT MATTER DEARTH OF PHARMACY HAFIZ SAEED AND NEWS AWARDS’, TO ME: SONAM COUNTERS PG3 11 OTHERS PG5 CNN IS 3RD PG11 KAPOOR PG15 India successfully NEXT ON RADAR: SIMPLER TAX RETURNS, GST ON PETROLEUM ‘Vinod Rai part of political test-fires Agni-5 conspiracy against UPA II’ ballistic missile Tax rate on 29 items, Ex-telecom minister A Raja also questions MPOST BUREAU Manmohan’s ‘palpable silence’ on 2G policy BALASORE: India on Thursday successfully MPOST BUREAU test-fired its nuclear capable surface-to- NEW DELHI: In a tell-all surface ballistic mis- 54 services slashed book published a month after sile Agni-5 - the most his acquittal in the 2G spec- advanced missile in the MPOST BUREAU trum scam case, former tele- Agni series with a strike These will be taxed less com minister Andimuthu Raja range of over 5000 km NEW DELHI: The all-powerful » Irrigation equipment, sugar has questioned former Prime from a test range off Odi- GST Council on Thursday cut the boiled confectionery, drinking Minister Manmohan Singh’s sha coast. tax rate on 29 goods, including water packed in 20-litre bottles “palpable silence” in defend- The user associate test-flight of the missile has second-hand vehicles, confection- ing the telecom policy that he about defending my wholly jus- further boosted indigenous missile capabilities ery and bio-diesel, while veering » Tamarind kernel power, mehendi had approved. tified actions” was like “silenc- and deterrence strength of the country. around to simplifying return filing paste in cones, LPG supplied by In his book ‘2G Saga ing of our nation’s collective All radars, tracking systems and range sta- process for businesses. private distributors, articles of Unfolds’, Raja slammed the conscience”. tions monitored the flight performance, defence Also, the tax rate on 54 catego- straw, velvet fabric and rice bran then CAG Vinod Rai saying Raja also claimed that the sources said. ries of services, including certain the office of the Comptrol- former prime minister did not Describing the trial as “fully successful”, the job works, tailoring services and » Second-hand medium and large ler and Auditor General was have any clue about the CBI sources said, the sophisticated missile travelled admission to theme parks, has been cars and SUVs from 28 percent “severely compromised” by Rai raids concerning the spectrum for 19 minutes and covered 4,900 km. lowered. to 18 percent and on other old who had “ulterior motives” in allocation. The sleek missile was test-fired from a canis- The panel at its next meeting and used motor vehicles to 12% over-reaching his constitu- In the book, he termed ter launcher, mounted on a mobile platform, at may also consider bringing under tional function while audit- the 2G Scam as a “shameful about 9.54 am from No. 4 launch pad of the Inte- the Goods and Services Tax (GST) » Tax on diamonds and precious ing accounts relating to the 2G blemish on the sanctity of the grated Test Range (ITR) in Abdul Kalam Island, purview items like petroleum and stones slashed to 0.25 percent spectrum allocation. administrative system of the earlier known as Wheeler Island, they said. real estate which are currently out- Arun Jaitley at a GST meeting at Vigyan Bhavan, in New Delhi PTI from current 3% Raja, who wrote the book country”. After four successful developmental trials, side the new regime, Finance Min- during the trial of the case, “It is my conviction conse- this was the first user associate test of Agni-5 ister Arun Jaitley said. Tax rate on irrigation equip- filed every month. also start off with an e-way bill for claimed that he had got Man- quent to the trial proceedings missile, the sources added. The Council cut GST rate on ment, sugar boiled confectionery, The Council discussed the pos- intrastate movement of goods on mohan Singh’s “approval to go that there was a political moti- ‘Agni-5 is most advanced missile in the Agni second-hand medium and large drinking water packed in 20-litre sibility of retaining only GSTR- 3B the same day. ahead” for allocating 2G tele- vation to kill UPA 2 and Vinod series with new technologies incorporated in it in cars and SUVs from 28 percent to bottles, fertiliser grade phosphoric or initial sales return while mandat- Given declining GST revenues, com spectrum to new players Rai’s was the shoulder on which terms of navigation and guidance, warhead and 18 percent and on other old and acid, tamarind kernel power, ing sellers to upload their invoices. the Council, chaired by Jaitley after he explained the whole the gun was placed,” he wrote. engine. It has a range of over 5000 km. used motor vehicles to 12 percent. mehendi paste in cones, LPG sup- Businesses at present have to and comprising his state counter- process and that there was Last month, a special court The missile is so programmed that after Tax on diamonds and precious plied by private distributors, arti- file GSTR-3B as well as GSTR-1, parts, on Thursday reviewed the enough spectrum available. had acquitted Raja and all other reaching the peak of its trajectory it will turn stones was slashed to 0.25 per cent cles of straw, velvet fabric and rice which is the final invoice wise sales collections in the new indirect tax Singh, he went on to claim, accused on charges of corrup- towards Earth to continue its journey towards from current 3 per cent. bran was also cut. returns. regime. was repeatedly misinformed by tion and cheating in the 2G case. the intended target with an increased speed due While tax rate for bio-diesel was The new rates would be effec- The minister further said that a Jaitley said so far the govern- his advisers and that telecom While CAG put the pre- to the attraction of the earth s gravitational pull, slashed to 12 percent from 18 per- tive from January 25. nation-wide roll-out of the e-way ment was relying on the unilateral lobbies had influence over the sumptive loss in allocation of he said. cent, that for public transport buses The Council, in its 25th meet- bill would happen on February declaration made by the business, Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). spectrum at Rs 1.76 lakh crore, Its path is precisely directed by the advanced run on environment-friendly bio- ing on Thursday, also discussed the 1 for interstate transportation of and given declining collections; “The UPA government’s the scam had led to Supreme onboard computer and inertial navigation sys- fuels has been reduced to 18 per- process to make return filing sim- goods through roads. Addition- there was a need for anti-evasion and even more so Dr Manmo- Court cancelling 122 licences tem, the official added. cent from 28 percent previously. pler with just one return to being ally, 15 states have said they will measures. han Singh’s palpable silence sold to companies. The first two successful flights of Agni-5 in 2012 and 2013 were in open configuration. WHEN TIME HEALS South must unite You can’t ban Padmaavat, Quite clearly, it’s a win under Dravidian for freedom of expression identity: Haasan says SC in diktat to states SHYAM BENEGAL MPOST BUREAU told the bench that states have no NEW DELHI: The power to issue such In today’s Supreme Court on notifications ban- Thursday stayed ning the exhibition paper the orders and of a film when the notifications issued Central Board of ... by Rajasthan and Film Certification CITY Gujarat govern- (CBFC) has given ments prohibiting a certificate for its COPS BEEF UP SECURITY IN DELHI 4 CHENNAI: Top actor Kamal the screening of the release. Haasan, who is set to embark controversial movie The producers NATION on a political tour of Tamil ‘Padmaavat’, clear- had approached BSF TO HIT BACK HARD: DG 7 Nadu next month, on Thurs- ing the decks for its the top court chal- day batted for unity among nationwide release lenging the notifi- EDIT Southern states under the on January 25. cation and orders “Dravidian” tag to leverage A bench headed issued by four TACKLING FARM DISTRESS 8 ties with the Centre. by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also states-- Gujarat Rajasthan, Haryana INTERNATIONAL “It is our identity, and it restrained other states from issuing and Madhya Pradesh-- prohibiting will give the southern states a such notifications or orders prohibit- exhibition of the film. WON’T ACT AGAINST HAFIZ: PAK PM 10 leverage with the Centre,” the ing the exhibition of the film. The governments of Haryana, actor said. The bench, also comprising Jus- Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajas- BUSINESS Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu with Mosche Holtzberg and his grand-parents after unveiling the Living Writing in his weekly col- tices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chan- than had declared that they would not umn in a Tamil magazine, drachud, observed that the states are allow screening of the movie.