MCI prez tenure fixed to maximum 4 years
New Delhi: Government will now be empowered to remove the president or other office-bearers of Medical Council of India if found indulging in corrupt practices or serious offences of “moral turpitude”, as per the amendments in the MCI for which a notification was issued on Friday. The tenure of the president of the elected-body of MCI has been fixed to a maximum period of four years for two continuous terms. Earlier, the president could have a five-year tenure and there was no limit on the total number of terms.
Two tax officials get 2-year jail for graft
New Delhi: Two tax officials have been convicted by a special CBI court in Bangalore in bribery cases and sentenced to two years of imprisonment. A Vanangamudi, then Superintendent of Service Tax, Service Tax Commissionerate, Bangalore will undergo two years Simple Imprisonment with fine Rs 20,000 in a bribery case. Vanangamudi was caught while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a businessman for not imposing heavy service tax liability on his firm and closing the case file. In an another case, D Shashireka, then Income Tax Inspector, working in the office of Commissioner of Income Tax-I, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore was convicted and sentenced to undergo two years Simple Imprisonment with fine of Rs 20,000 in a bribery case.
Ansari to address African Union Summit
New Delhi: Vice-President Hamid Ansari will address the golden jubilee Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa on Saturday, joining around 10 select non-African partners of the 54-member grouping invited for the historic event.