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Director Sundar C is back with Vishal for a new commercial entertainer titled ‘Purushan’. The first-look teaser hints at a humorous, mass-packed film with Vishal in multiple roles, serving ‘Tea and Justice’. This reunion with composer Hip Hop Tamizha Adhi follows their successful ‘Aambala’, promising a familiar blend of comedy and action for audiences. Director…
Veteran actor Rajendra Chawla has weighed in strongly on the ongoing debate around paparazzi culture and media sensationalism, triggered by Jaya Bachchan’s recent remarks. Known for his grounded views and blunt honesty, Chawla didn’t hold back as he called out what he described as the media’s obsession with “selling moments.” “Ye masala hai… aap bechte…
Tobacco products and pan masala products are set to face a new tax structure from February 1. This comes as the Centre rolls out additional excise duty and a health cess, above the current GST rates. The new structure will replace the compensation cess which is applied on ‘sin goods.’Tobacco and allied products will now…
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan faces a legal challenge as a consumer commission summons him over a pan masala advertisement. The court ordered a forensic examination of his signature, questioning claims of saffron-infused cardamom. Khan’s team denies the allegations, stating the ad promotes silver-coated cardamom and asserting signature authenticity. He is required to appear in court…
A consumer court in Rajasthan’s Kota on Friday ordered Bollywood actor Salman Khan to appear in person in connection with a complaint alleging a “misleading” pan masala advertisement. The court also directed a forensic examination of the signature on the power of attorney submitted on the actor’s behalf.The court noted that the next hearing in…
MUMBAI: The IPO by Shyam Dhani Industries, a masala maker from Jaipur that was eyeing to raise Rs 38.5 crore from NSE’s SME platform Emerge, saw its offer subscribed an eye-popping 918 times, giving it a book size of a little over Rs 25,300 crore (except the anchor part). In the IPO, the company offered…
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha NEW DELHI: Govt does not wish for India to ever face UPA-era shortages of weapons, ammunition and equipment again, and wants a steady flow of revenue to keep its defence capabilities ready to meet the needs of modern warfare, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Friday as Lok…
NEW DELHI: With the beginning of the Winter Session of Parliament on Monday, the government is set to table two key bills in the Lok Sabha proposing an excise duty on sin goods, like tobacco and tobacco products, and another introducing a new cess on the manufacturing of pan masala. What is Central Excise (Amendment)…
NEW DELHI: The Centre is set to levy a new cess on tobacco, tobacco products and pan masala after the phaseout of GST compensation cess to ensure that price of these products do not fall as they are sin goods.At the time of GST revamp, govt had announced continuation of compensation cess only for tobacco…
British TV personality Piers Morgan fired back at critics who claimed he would trade “English people” for curry after he hailed chicken tikka masala as superior and mocked traditional English food.In a post on X, Morgan wrote: “The most comical aspect of all the repulsive twerps spewing their racist bile at me for my chicken…
