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Gadkari seeks 10 pc additional GST on diesel vehicles as pollution tax

New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said he will seek a ”pollution tax” in the form of additional GST of 10 per cent on diesel vehicles and gensets in order to cut down on air pollution. Speaking at the 63rd Annual SIAM convention here, the Union Road Transport and Highways Minister said the rising level of pollution is a health hazard for citizens. ”I am going to handover a letter to the Finance Minister this evening stating that an additional 10 per cent GST be put on diesel-powered vehicles,” Gadkari said. Most of the commercial

TMC MP Nussrat Jahan appears at ED office for questioning on flat scam

Kolkata, Sep 12 (PTI) Trinamool Congress MP and actor Nussrat Jahan on Tuesday went to the city office of the Enforcement Directorate as she was summoned for questioning in a case linked to alleged duping of senior citizens by promising them flats in New Town on the eastern fringes of the city, a senior officer said. She will be questioned and the entire process will be recorded, he said. “We will question her about her role in the company. We have listed several questions for her. The entire process will be recorded. We will also record her statement,” the officer

Chief secretary proposes, CM Yogi disposes — How IPS lobby got better of IAS in Uttar Pradesh?

Chief secretary proposes, CM Yogi

Luknow (Story by Shikha Salaria, The Print): A new set of guidelines for review of development and law and order in Uttar Pradesh seemingly led to unease among the IPS circles that required none other than Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself to intervene and revoke the order, ThePrint has learnt. The Controversial Order by CM Yogi Adityanath: The order issued 30 August by UP chief secretary Durga Shanker Mishra stated that the district magistrates (DMs) will review the law and order in 68 of the total 75 districts. The now-repealed order — a copy of which is with ThePrint —

Rupee rises, but price action seen not too encouraging

MUMBAI, Sept 12 (Reuters) – The rupee was marginally higher on Tuesday, but some traders reckoned that the recent price action signalled that the currency was unlikely to have much upside. The rupee was at 82.98 as of 10:50 a.m. IST, compared with 83.03 in the previous session. The currency had opened at 82.94. “It’s a bit like yesterday, in that you have good buy orders (for dollar),” a forex trader at a bank said. “Based on what I have seen yesterday and today, would say we are higher (on USD/INR) from here despite what the RBI (Reserve Bank of

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