Saturday, February 21, 2026

Author: Worldsnap Staff

Ahmedabad
Worldsnap Staff

AMC to implement single health licence system

Now, selling multiple items under one roof is not going to be a taxing affair for businessmen. They will, at least, not have to undergo torturous procedures to procure separate licences for different items they sell under one roof. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)’s standing committee, in their meeting on Thursday, sanctioned the implementation of a single health licence system. The AMC’s health department in 2003 had increased the health licence fee assigned to the edi…

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Pune
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Industries to get PDCC loans

The Pune District Central Cooperative Bank Ltd (PDCC) will provide financial assistance to industries following increase in its deposits by Rs1,167 crore in a single year. Addressing newspersons on Tuesday, chairman of the bank Digambar Durgade said that by March 2009 the bank had deposits of Rs4,285 crore which increased by Rs1,167 crore to Rs5,452 crore by the end of March 2010. As the deposits have increased substantially, the bank has decided to lend the money to industries. Durg…

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India
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Government says it will tap phones of tax evaders

Your phone can be tapped if the government thinks you are evading tax. Home minister P Chidambaram clarified in Parliament on Thursday that government agencies were fully authorised to tap the phones of suspected tax evaders. The law did not say that tapping should be restricted only to persons who were a threat to national security.Chidambaram said the Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) and other enforcement agencies were empowered to intercept phones to detect cases of tax evasion. Howe…

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Mumbai
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High court allows unveiling of mural at Shivaji Park

The Bombay high court on Thursday allowed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to inaugurate the partly beautified Shivaji Park on Friday to kick start the state’s golden jubilee celebrations.The order comes as a relief to the Shiv Sena, which wanted to unveil a mural of Chhatrapati Shivaji at the Dadar park as part of the celebrations of Maharashtra Day. A division bench of justices FI Rebello and Amjad Sayed allowed the corporation’s prayer considering its importance …

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Sports
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Too taxing for RWITC

The state government has increased the tax on race betting from 10 to 20% and that has irked the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) and the punters alike.Incidentally, the state government had reduced the tax in 1998-99 by 10%, but had gone back this year to increase the tax by 100%.?This will definitely have an adverse effect on horse racing,? said chairman of RWITC Vivek Jain. Jain added, ?This was unexpected and is unfortunate. We will represent our case to the government.?<br …

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