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The state government has decided against granting entertainment duty concessions to the charity concert by Zubin Mehta

No tax concessions for Zubin Mehta concert

The state government has decided against granting entertainment duty concessions to the charity concert by Zubin Mehta. We have examined the issue and it has not been agreed upon, a senior state government official said,adding that the show would not be exempt from entertainment tax. He pointed to a government resolution in 2001,which said western classical music shows were not exempt from entertainment tax. The state government had,in 1973,issued a GR that had exempted all music performances from the levy of duty,but the 2001 GR had excluded western classical music from its ambit. According to the provisions of the Entertainment Duty Act,1923,the performance will be charged 25 per cent entertainment tax as it is being held in the BMC limits.

Man caught with hashish

A man was caught with three kg hashish worth around Rs 4 lakh at Bandra Reclamation on Wednesday. The suspect,identified as Shambhunath Yadav (52),had come to deliver the contraband to an unidentified person at Bandra Reclamation. Acting on a tip-off,ANC officials laid a trap and caught Yadav,disguised as a Sikh,with a plastic bag containing the contraband. The drug was Nepali Hashish and he had got it from someone in his native place at UP,Yadav told the ANC.

CR postpones mega block

The Central Railways plan of a mega block starting a little after Saturday midnight has been postponed. Though officials said the reason was technical,it appears that the World Cup final to be played at Wankhede on Saturday evening is one of the precipitating factors.

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