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Sd Param Jit Singh Sarna with Capt Amrinder Singh, CM Punjab & a massive gathering at Delhi

GST Impact: After Activa, Honda Gives Big Discount on Amaze, City, Breo, WR-V up to Rs 1.31 lakh

New Delhi, July 3: Days after Honda reduced the prices of its two-wheelers, the Japanese company has also given massive discounts on its cars sold in India. The company has announced a massive discount on Amaze, WR-V, City and Breo. The company has entered the list of car companies reducing prices of their products.

According to reports, Honda has reduced its price of hatchback Honda Brio by up to Rs 12,279. The prices of Amaze has been decreased by Rs 14,825. The prices of Jazz has been reduced by Rs 10,031.

The company has also decreased prices of its car in luxury segments. WR-V’s price has been slashed by Rs 10,064. Honda City’s prices have been reduced by Rs 16,510. BR-V’s price has been decreased by Rs 30,387. It has decreased the price of its premium SUV CR-V by Rs 1,31,663. Toyota had decreased the price of Fortuner by a whopping Rs 2 lakh. Maruti has also decreased the prices of all its cars by 3 per cent. Maruti Suzuki Baleno has a price drop of Rs 6600 to Rs 13100. There is a price drop of Rs 8100 to Rs 15100 for Maruti Suzuki Dezire.

The company Honda had on Sunday decreased the prices of its two-wheelers by Rs 2,500.

with thanks : Yahoo News : LINK

GST : List of items in the 28% slab

List of items in 28% slab of Goods and Services Tax (GST):

• Sugar and sugar confectionery
• Cocoa and cocoa preparations
• Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks’ products
• Miscellaneous edible preparations
• Pan masala
• Beverages, spirit and vinegar
• Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
• Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks.
• Essential oils and resinoids, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
• Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations
• Artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations
• Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
• Chemical products
• Plastics and articles thereof
• Rubber and articles thereof
• Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
• Furskin and artificial fur
• Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal
• Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
• Headgear and parts thereof
• Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feather or of down – artificial flowers; articles of human hair
• Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar material
• Ceramic products
• Glass and glassware
• Articles of iron or steel
• Copper and articles thereof
• Aluminium and articles thereof
• Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
• Miscellaneous articles of base metal
• Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and re-producers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• Vehicles other than railway or tramway rollingstocks, and parts and accessories thereof
• Aircraft; spacecraft and parts thereof
• Ships, boats and floating structures
• Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• Clocks and watches and parts thereof
• Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
• Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories
• Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
• Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
• Miscellaneous manufactured articles
• Project imports, laboratory chemicals, passengers’ baggage, personal importation, ship stores.

with thanks : India.com : LINK : for detailed news

GST : List of items in the 18% slab

List of items in the 18% slab

The list of items in the 18% slab will be divided into two sections. The first section is the goods section and will name the various items that will be in this slab. However, the second section shall include the names of the various services that will be affected and has been put in the 18% slab.

Goods

The products under the 18% slab are:

• Trademark
• Bidi Patta
• Goodwill
• Software
• Biscuits (all categories)
• flavoured refined sugar
• pasta
• pastries and cakes
• preserved vegetables
• jams and sauces
• soups
• ice cream
• instant food mixes
• mineral water
• tissues
• envelopes
• tampons
• notebooks
• steel products
• printed circuits
• camera
• speakers and monitors
• Kajal pencil sticks
• Headgear and parts thereof,
• Aluminium foil,
• Weighing Machinery [other than electric or electronic weighing machinery],
• Printers [other than multifunction printers],
• Electrical Transformer,
• CCTV,
• Optical Fiber,
• Bamboo furniture
• Swimming pools and padding pools
• Curry paste;
• mayonnaise
• salad dressings;
• mixed condiments and
• mixed seasonings
• Footwear costing more than RS. 500

Now coming to the Services part, the top service to be taxed in accordance with the 18 percent slab are:

• AC hotels that serve alcohol
• telecom services
• IT services
• branded garments
• financial services

Notably, Rooms with tariff between Rs 2,500 and Rs 7,500 will attract 18 percent of GST, while restaurants in Five-star hotels will also be charged according to the 18 percent slab.

with thanks : India.com : LINK : for detailed news

Palbinder K. Shergill Of B.C. Supreme Court Becomes 1st Turbaned Sikh Judge In Canada

By any standards, Palbinder Kaur Shergill is an accomplished woman: a trial lawyer with her own firm and a mother of three who speaks three languages (on her way to four).

Last week, Shergill was appointed to the B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, becoming the first turbaned judge in Canada.

"It's ... especially inspiring given that she's a woman and mostly the turban is associated with Sikh men," Balpreet Singh of the World Sikh Organization told CBC News.

with thanks : huffingtonpostCA : LINK : for detailed news.

Man's Racist Snapchat Story Targets Sleeping Sikh On Plane Flight

Sleeping on a plane is hard enough. It’s worse when a fellow passenger mocks you on Snapchat the whole time and suggests you’re a terrorist.

That’s what a Sikh worshipper en route to Indianapolis had to endure last week. Screenshots of the posts are sparking outrage on Twitter.

The prejudiced posts were made by an unidentified man, but were captured for posterity by Dr. Simran Jeet Singh, an assistant professor in the religion department at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

with thanks : huffingtonpost : LINK : for detailed news story

British Sikh couple take legal action after being advised not to adopt

Sandeep and Reena Mander say they were told they were unlikely to succeed as the only children in need were white

A British Sikh couple are bringing a legal case, claiming they were advised by an adoption agency not to apply because of their “cultural heritage”.

Sandeep and Reena Mander said they had wanted to adopt a child of any ethnic background.

But they were told that, as only white children were in need, white British or European applicants would be given preference, meaning they were unlikely to be selected.

Instead, the Berkshire-based couple allege, they were advised to try to adopt from India – a country with which they have no close links.

“Giving an adopted child – no matter what race – the security of a loving home was all we wanted to do,” Sandeep Mander said.

“What we didn’t expect was a refusal for us to even apply for adoption, not because of our incapability to adopt, but because our cultural heritage was defined as ‘Indian/Pakistani’,” he told the Times.

with thanks : theguardian : LINK : for detailed news

Asean India meet

Asean India meet and Keynote address by EAM Sushma Swaraj with delegates from USA, Canada, Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Nigeria etc.

Happy Gurupurab : Lakh Lakh Vadhaaiyaan

DSGMC file a case before NHRC against Capt. Amrinder Singh, in connection of the murder of 21 young Sikh who had surrendered themselves

 In his biography Capt. Amrinder Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab had stated that 21 young Sikhs who had surrendered and a case of murder has been registered by the Police, after which the sensational case has been politicalised. 

President DSGMC S. Manjit Singh G.K. and S. Manjinder Singh Sirsa, General Secretary have stated that Capt. Amrinder Singh has hand in murdering the innocent 21 young Sikhs and in this matter they have announced in today's Press Conference that they will file a case in National Human Rights Commission against Capt. Amrinder Singh.  In fact, after his biography Capt. Amrinder Singh tweeted on his tweeter Account on 17^th May, 2017 that the former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar have deceived him in the matter of surrender of 21 innocent young Sikhs.

G.K. stated that during the year 1980-90 the Sikh Community again and again complained about the practice of murdering young Sikhs by the Police Administration on the recommendation of Punjab Govt., on the basis of terrorism, Capt. Amrinder had proved right this. G.K. had stated that in Punjab during terrorism innocent Sikhs were killed in three ways.  In which the false cases against sikh youths were filed and they were killed in fake encounters by pulling them out from their houses to end the Sikhism.

G.K. also stated that no doubt Capt. Amrinder singh by submitting his confession he had got himself relieved but yet it is to be seen how he will be able to get the grieved families of Sikhs compensated.  While taking a reference to the submission of Mr. Amrinder's confession G.K. had appealed to the judiciary to  suite  a case against the culprits failing which DSGMC will be first to sue Capt. Amrinder Singh by themselves.

G.K. said what was the necessity to offer a bouquet to former DGP K.P.S. Gill by Capt. Amrinder Singh after taking oath as Chief Minister-Punjab.  G.K. said that there were also allegations against KPS Gill of killing Sikhs by fake encounters.  By offering bouquet to KPS Gill what Capt. Amrinder Singh wants to tell the people? Meeting KPS Gill and to shower crocodile tears for innocent killings of Sikhs, is it logical? G.K. also said that they will approach Prime Minister regarding filing a case against Capt. Amrinder Singh as well as will approach the Central Government to have CBI investigation for Police encounters took place in 1990.

Sirsa Said that Capt. Amrinder's silence for 25 years is not sufficient to prove him not guilty, because he himself was Chief Minister from 2002-2007.  At the same time as a MP/MLA his silence through all the Parliament sessions/meetings has created suspense.  Since Capt. Amrinder Singh himself has condemned the massacre of Sikhs in Punjab, it is his moral duty to lodge the FIR against the culprits.   As Capt. Amrinder Singh is the Chief Minister he will be able to apprehend the culprits by his own Police team easily. Sirsa had also demanded that Capt. Amrinder Singh be made a witness in filing the case against the Police Officials in Punjab for the killing of innocent 21 Sikh youths by making public their names and the year of incidents.  

With Thanks

Media DSGMC