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CHENNAI: The income tax department on Sunday said it detected undisclosed income of more than Rs 1,000 crore during searches on the premises of two Chennai-based groups on March 4. It seized unaccounted money to the tune Rs 1.2 crore.
The searches were carried out on 27 premises of a leading bullion trader and a leading jewellery retailer. The searches were conducted in Chennai, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, Trissur, Nellore, Jaipur and Indore.
The evidences found on the premises of the bullion trader revealed that there were unaccounted cash sales, bogus cash credits from its branches, cash credits in dummy accounts in the guise of advance for purchases, unexplained cash deposits during the demonetization period, bogus outstanding sundry creditors and huge unexplained stock variations.
The Cologne University campus in Germany; (below) Tamil library at the Indology and Tamil Studies department
Pursuing a BA in Indology and Tamil studies at Cologne University in Germany had always been Balakumaran Ilangovan’s dream. But his plans have been indefinitely postponed as the university decided to discontinue the Tamil studies department’s courses in 2018 due to lack of funds.
The language has been taught at the institution since 1963 and the Tamil library is one of the largest outside India with more than 40,000 books. “The Tamil library and research material in this department stands apart from the other universities in Europe,” says Ilangovan, an engineer who now lives in Stuttgart.
As coronavirus spreads across India, it s time to mask up and stay safe (Image courtesy: maskindia.com)
CHENNAI: Mask compliance in Chennai has come down and Greater Chennai Corporation on Thursday asked officials to enforce Covid protocols again.
The civic body had been collecting more than ₹3 lakh in fines a day until November last year, but that has not crossed ₹20,000 a day on an average in all zones put together this month.
Officials said fall in Covid cases, election work and reduced fear of the pandemic among residents have led to less compliance and lax enforcement.
An official said compliance was poor at parks, malls and election rallies. Those who got vaccinated have stopped wearing masks against the advice of medical experts, he said.
p CPM secretary K Balakrishnan br /p
CHENNAI: After holding a second round of talks with DMK’s seat sharing committee, state CPM secretary K Balakrishnan on Saturday expressed disappointment over the proposed number of seats to the party for the assembly polls and said it was ‘inadequate.’
“On behalf of DMK, the seat sharing committee proposed a number. It is inadequate for us and we have expressed our demands. They said that they will get back after talking to their leader M K Stalin,” said Balakrishnan.
He added that the party would take decisions after discussing the ongoing seat-sharing talks with the leading partner in their party executive committee meeting.