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Arrest of Gurugram-based CAs in tax fraud case triggers protests

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GURUGRAM: The arrest of two Gurugram-based CAs for an alleged Rs 15 crore-fraud has triggered a series of protests led by the Institution of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) against officials of the CGST office in the city. ICAI members, who protested at the CGST office in Sector 32, have alleged that the two CAs were being made scapegoats in the case. They also demanded a CBI inquiry against the tax officials allegedly connected to the fraud. The case is related to claims of input credit tax (ICT), allegedly made by fake companies. ICT is the tax that has already been paid at the time that the good or service was purchased. The amount is deducted from total payable tax and refunded. The two chartered accountants — Sunil Mahalawat and Gaurav Dhir — have been accused of issuing audited account statements of fake companies through which ICT was claimed. These statements, or certificates, are necessary to claim input credit tax. The two CAs were called in for questioning by the ...

Chintels seeks lifting of ban, cites Rs 4.5 crore payout

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Gurgaon: The developer of Chintels Paradiso, where two residents died in a vertical collapse of living rooms on February 10, has written to the government to lift the ban on registries on the company’s other projects. Chintels India, the developer, claimed to have paid a compensation of Rs 4.5 crore to the affected families and provided alternative accommodations to them. Of the Rs 4.5 crore, Chintels said it had given Rs 3.5 crore to Arun Kumar Srivastava, the owner of D-103 flat whose wife died in the cave-in and who himself was rescued after nightlong efforts. The owners of six flats in Tower D, whose living rooms collapsed that day, were given other flats in the same project and Chintels Serenity, the builder said. In a letter, Chintels urged the town and country planning department (DTCP) to lift the ban on registries of other projects. The freezing of registries, it said, had dried up the flow of cash and was posing difficulties in the construction of other projects, affecting...

नशे में धुत युवती को चलती कार से धक्का देकर चार दोस्त हुए फरार

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ख़बर सुनें गुरुग्राम। सबसे पॉश सिविल लाइंस क्षेत्र में शुक्रवार सुबह चार युवक एक युवती को चलती कार से धक्का देकर फरार हो गए। युवती दोस्तों के साथ कहीं से पार्टी कर लौट रही थी, वह नशे में धुत थी। उसके कपड़े भी अस्तव्यस्त थे। सड़क पर उसे देख, सुबह की सैर पर निकले लोगों ने इसकी सूचना पुलिस को दी। पुलिस ने युवती को नजदीक के अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया। जहां पूछताछ में उसने बताया कि वह डीएलएफ क्षेत्र की रहने वाली है और रातभर एक पार्टी में थी। सुबह दोस्तों के साथ उनकी कार से घर लौट रही थी। उसने किसी के खिलाफ पुलिस में शिकायत नहीं दी है। उधर, युवती को चलती कार से धक्का देने का वीडियो वायरल हो गया है। विज्ञापन सिविल लाइंस क्षेत्र में सुबह की सैर करने के लिए कुछ लोग घर से निकले थे। इस दौरान तेज रफ्तार से आ रही दो कारों की रफ्तार अचानक कम हो गई। एक कार में सवार युवक, एक युवती को कार से धक्का देने लगे। चंद सेकेंड में युवती कार से सड़क पर गिर गई। वह नशे की हालत में लड़खड़ाती हुई फिर से कार में बैठने का प्रयास करने लगी, लेकिन कार सवार युवकों ने उसे दोबारा धक्का देकर सड़क पर गिरा दिया और फरार हो ...

Dhanush sends legal notice to a couple

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Actor Dhanush and his father Kasthoori Raja have sent a legal notice to a Madurai-based couple who had claimed that the South superstar is their “biological” son. In the notice, which the duo has sent through their lawyer, Advocate S Haja Mohideen Gisthi, they have asked the couple to stop making “specious” claims regarding Dhanush. “My clients hereby call upon you both to desist from making false, untenable and defamatory allegations against them henceforth. Failing compliance my clients will be constrained to approach the competent Courts to protect their rights in this regard and to prevent you from carrying on and making such false, untenable and defamatory allegations against them and you both will also be prosecuted for causing defamation and consequent loss of their reputation,” the notice read. Dhanush and his father have also asked them to issue a press statement stating all the allegations made by them are false and to apologise for making such allegations. Failing to d...

Motilal Oswal Private Equity invests RS 194.4 crore in Pathkind Diagnostics

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India Business Excellence Fund – IV, a fund managed by Private Equity (MOPE) on Friday said it has agreed to make a primary investment of upto Rs 194.4 crore in Mankind Pharma-backed Pathkind Diagnostics – a pathology chain with operations across 23 states in India. Pathkind will use the proceeds for expansion in South India. Established in 2016, Pathkind is one of the fastest growing diagnostics services chains in India with a network of over 75 labs of which 13 are NABL accredited, 2,000 exclusive collection centers and over 5,000 business-to-business clients, across 23 states. The lab chain is promoted by diagnostic industry veteran Sanjeev Vashishta and the promoters of Mankind Pharma. Pathkind operates in the pathology and wellness segment and offers a portfolio of over 4,000 tests “We believe that the diagnostics industry in India is poised to grow to $30 billion over the next 8-10 years, driven primarily by increasing penetration and shift towards organized diagnostics cha...

Country’s first honey trade centre to come up in Haryana’s Kurukshetra: Minister

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KURUKSHETRA: Haryana agriculture minister Jai Prakash Dalal said on Friday the country’s first honey trade centre will be established at the Integrated Beekeeping Development Centre (IBDC) in Ramnagar village of Kurukshetra district. Dalal was speaking at the two-day national conference organised on the topic of beekeeping and pollination in view of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava. The minister said to increase the income of the state’s farmers and motivate the farmers with small landholdings for the beekeeping trade, the first IBDC in country was developed at Ramnagar, Kurukshetra at about Rs 10.50 crore. “Now, we have come up with a scheme of establishing the country’s first honey trade centre in this IBDC. With this, the beekeepers will be able to get a fair price based on the quality of the honey they produce. Moreover, there is also a proposal to establish an export honey testing lab at this IBDC at a cost of about Rs 20 crore”, said JP Dalal. Credit Source – https://ift.tt/dXbLJKu ...

Emraan preps hard for Salman’s Tiger 3 shoot

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Emraan Hashmi has never officially admitted to being part of the Tiger 3 cast, but he’s been spotted travelling to the same locations as Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in the past. Another big clue to his involvement in the spy thriller franchise has been his regular visits to the gym. While Emraan was missing from the gym sessions for the past few weeks, he’s now made a grand return. ETimes has learnt that he is prepping again to return to the sets of Tiger 3. The actor has been spotted visiting the gym in Mumbai and those in the know reveal that he’s back to building a pumped-up physique. This is an effort to portray Pakistan’s version of Tiger, in the film franchise. Reportedly, Emraan’s character will combat India’s Tiger played by Salman Khan. There has never been an confirmation but sources believe Emraan is playing the film’s antagonist. ETimes has also been informed that the majority of the film’s action will take place between Emraan and Salman. They’ve been shooting and prepp...