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Enthusiasts thronged planetariums across the country to witness the rare phenomenon of a super moon, a blue moon and an eclipse. * ARUNANGSU ROY CHOWDHURY NEARBY CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Moonstruck Budget expected to focus on direct taxes Key accused arrested in Eort will be to ensure any cut in rate doesn’t hit revenue Kasganj case: police LUCKNOW TCA Sharad Raghavan The Uttar Pradesh police on NEW DELHI Wednesday arrested Saleem, one of the main accused in While there are unlikely to the murder that took place be any major changes in in­ during the violence in direct tax as most of them Kasganj on Republic Day. It is are now under the purview alleged that the bullets that of the Goods and Services killed 22­year­old Chandan Tax Council, Budget 2018 Gupta were red from could have several positive Saleem’s house. changes on the direct tax NEWS Ī PAGE 11 side, according to analysts. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD However, the key consid­ L­G assured me of eration while reducing di­ immediate solution: CM rect taxes, either for indivi­ NEW DELHI duals or corporates, would Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal be to ensure that the chang­ The last thing is that the in­ and the government is going met Lieutenant­Governor es don’t reduce government come tax slabs could be to be thinking about it con­ Anil Baijal on Wednesday revenue too much, as there tweaked.” stantly,” Mr. Subramanian over the ongoing sealing is already the possibility of Ms. Sirwalla echoed Chief said. The moon seen in partial eclipse on the outskirts of Guwahati on Wednesday. * RITU RAJ KONWAR drive, following which he said overshooting the scal de­ Economic Adviser Arvind Ms. Sirwalla also said the that Mr. Baijal had assured cit target. Subramanian, who in an in­ government may introduce a him of an immediate solution “One of the things I have terview to The Hindu, made long term capital gains tax to the issue. Mr. Kejriwal said there was an “urgent need” been reading is that the Bud­ it clear that changing the in­ on equity shares, or may re­ India can’t be refugee capital: govt. get could introduce a stan­ come tax slabs to reduce the move the dividend distribu­ to stop the sealing drive, being carried out by the dard deduction for salary tax burden on the salaried tion tax. BJP­led municipal Centre says Rohingya issue is not a matter for the Supreme Court to intervene in payers,” Parizad Sirwalla, and middle class was one of There could be some corporations. Partner and Head, Global the government’s key focus changes on the corporate tax Mobility Services – Tax, at areas. “I think the fact that front as well, according to DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Krishnadas Rajagopal Chief Justice of India Dipak said the government was KPMG told The Hindu. we have set up this commit­ analysts, who added that the NEW DELHI Misra. He submitted that the “constitutionally obliged” to “The other thing that tee and the government has government will be careful BJP, Congress ght “We do not want India to be­ government was in talks and decide on the Rohingya could change is the medical invested a fair amount of with these to minimise the over Rahul’s jacket come the refugee capital of should be allowed to take a issue. reimbursement limit of thought into this for the fu­ impact on the exchequer. SHILLONG/NEW DELHI the world,” the Centre told decision. There was no con­ 15,000, which is an archaic ture is something that shows #4 1 3 9 7 5 The BJP and Congress tore the Supreme Court on tingency as of now and this ‘No scope for leniency’ limit. So that could go up. it is an important subject, CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 into each other after the Tuesday. was not a matter for the He also submitted that “this Meghalaya unit of the BJP, in The government was res­ court to intervene in. is not a matter in which we an apparent bid to get even ponding to a submission Mr. Mehta said he needed can show any leniency.” with Rahul Gandhi over his made by Rohingya refugees time to respond to the allega­ Mr. Bhushan submitted Army version “suit­boot” jibe at Prime A Rohingya boy at a refugee ‘30% law seats wasted that the Border Security * REUTERS tions of the refugees, repre­ that welcoming refugees, Minister Narendra Modi, camp in Bangladesh. included in claimed the Congress chief Force was “pushing back” sented by advocate Prashant who had ed persecution, their compatriots eeing country will ood our coun­ Bhushan, about being driven with violence was against In­ in DU every year’ wore a jacket worth 63,000 Shopian FIR to a concert in Shillong on persecution in Myanmar try,” Additional Solicitor back. The court gave him dia’s international and hu­ Tuesday. with chilli spray and stun General Tushar Mehta, for time till March 7, the next manitarian commitments. Students treat it as back­up option, says plea grenades. the government, orally sub­ date of hearing. Peerzada Ashiq NEWS Ī PAGE 10 Dinakar Peri “People from every other mitted before a Bench led by At one point, Mr. Mehta CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 Staff Reporter the LLB seat as a back­up DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Srinagar/New Delhi New Delhi plan. Punjab seeks 90% farm A plea alleging that 30% of The Jammu & Kashmir pol­ funds from the Centre the LLB seats in Delhi Un­ Mandatory bond ice have incorporated the CHANDIGARH Sonia Gandhi to chair Opposition meet iversity are wasted every Petitioner Subhash Vijayran Army’s version on the se­ Punjab Chief Minister Captain year by "non­serious" stu­ sought a direction to the quence of events leading to Amarinder Singh has written dents was moved before the varsity, its Faculty of Law the ring in Shopian on Sa­ to Prime Minister Narendra Delhi High Court on and Bar Council of India for turday as part of the ongo­ Modi urging that the fund­ Move highlights role of former Congress president in forging tie­ups Wednesday. taking a mandatory bond of ing investigation. sharing ratio between the Sandeep Phukan A Bench of Acting Chief 5 lakh or an appropriate A 19­year­old youth in­ Centre and the States be New Delhi namool Congress leader Ma­ Left parties during the nu­ Justice Gita Mittal and Jus­ amount from students tak­ jured in the Army ring restored to 90:10 for various In a signal that Sonia Gandhi mata Banerjee seem to have clear deal in 2008, he [Mr. tice C. Hari Shankar direct­ ing admission in the law succumbed in a Srinagar agriculture development will play an active political positioned themselves as Pawar] managed to be part ed the case for listing before course. hospital on Wednesday, programmes. role ahead of the 2019 gener­ capable of leading a non­BJP of the UPA at the Centre and an appropriate Bench on Fe­ taking the death toll to NORTH Ī PAGE 3 al elections, the former Con­ alliance. the LDF in Kerala,” said a se­ bruary 5. Examination system three. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD gress chief is scheduled to While Ms. Banerjee’s Tri­ nior Left leader. The plea, led by a se­ Claiming that the current ex­ “We have included the chair a strategy meeting of namool Congress (TMC) has Recently, the NCP supre­ cond­year law student of amination system was ruin­ Army’s version, which was all Opposition parties on been talking about her pro­ mo hosted back­to­back DU's Campus Law Centre, ing the talent of students, issued on the day after the Thursday. ven leadership and numeri­ events to bring non­BJP par­ alleged that 500­700 seats in the plea said that the topics incident, as part of the in­ The meeting will frame a cal strength in the Lok Sabha ties together. On January 26, what is one of India’s most­ for the theoretical semester vestigation. There is no common agenda for the Bud­ (the TMC has 33 MPs in the he held a Save Constitution sought­after law pro­ exams were specic and separate FIR lodged in the get session. Sonia Gandhi lower house), Mr. Pawar is march in Mumbai, followed grammes got “wasted” an­ predictable. case,” Superintendent of While the meeting aims to known for his friendship by a meeting of Opposition nually as the students take The plea claimed that a Police­Shopian, Ambarkar present a picture of Opposi­ still boss when it comes to across the political spec­ parties in Delhi on Monday admission either to secure a majority of the students do Shriram Dinkar told The tion unity, it has also been forging alliances. trum. even though it was thinly at­ hostel seat to prepare for va­ not read case materials but Hindu planned to convey to former Former allies like NCP “Even when the Congress tended. rious entrance exams or pick up guidebooks instead DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES UPA allies that Ms. Gandhi is chief Sharad Pawar and Tri­ had a bitter parting with the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 competitive exams or block to clear the exams.