A look at the headlines right now:
- Unexplained cash deposits to attract 50% tax, four-year lock-in: However, those who do not declare their unaccounted for money voluntarily will have to pay a higher tax and penalty of 90%.
- Baul singer arrested for role in theft of Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel medal: Investigators said Pradip Bauri provided shelter and helped the culprits escape in 2004.
- FIR ordered against Patanjali after death of an elephant at construction site: The animal fell into a 10-feet deep pit on Thursday.
- Delhi lacks the guts to take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, so does Islamabad, says Farooq Abdullah: The former CM said the people of Kashmir were suffering and border residents had become ‘cannon fodder due to escalating tensions’ between the two countries.
- New train station in Mumbai’s Oshiwara suburb will be named ‘Ram Mandir’: BJP leader Vidya Thakur and Shiv Sena leader Gajanan Kirtikar had led a campaign to name the station, which will be between Jogeshwari and Goregaon.
- Tata Steel votes to replace Cyrus Mistry with independent director OP Bhatt as interim head: Officials said an Extraordinary General Meeting will be held on December 21 to decide on the dismissal of the ousted chairperson and Nusli Wadia.
- Water that belongs to India cannot be allowed to go to Pakistan, says Narendra Modi: The prime minister said the Centre has formed a task force to make sure that farmers in Punjab and the rest of the country ‘get each drop of water due to them’
- Waqf board recruitment scam: CBI registers case against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan: In October, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung had declared the reconstitution of the body following accusations against the Okhla MLA.
- Discrepancies in new Rs 500 notes cause concern, but RBI says there’s no need to panic: Different designs were spotted on some of the new notes, while others varied in colour.
- Jayalalithaa now using speakers to communicate, says Apollo hospital: The institution’s chairperson Dr Prathap Reddy said the next target was to get the Tamil Nadu chief minister to start walking.
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