The Supreme Court has ruled that lottery distributors are not liable to pay service tax to the Centre, affirming that only state governments have the authority to impose taxes on lotteries, dismissing the Centre's appeal.
The arrested organisers/sub-organisers have been identified as Vishal Singh (26), Naresh Kumar Chowhan (24), Aniketh Singh (22), and Akshay Singh (26). Seized items include Rs 30,760 in cash, satta chits, a lottery chart, and 15 mobile phones.
Tamil Nadu BJP spokesperson ANS Prasad on Saturday lashed out at actor Vijay and the state's political system, urging the public to reject lottery politics and corporate influence.
The petition moved by Justice for All NGO through Advocates Khagesh Jha and Shikha Sharma Bagga highlights the issue of approximately 1 lakh children who applied online but either failed to secure admission through the lottery system or could not gain entry into any school.
The agency is probing lottery scam case registered in 2012 against lottery baron Santiago Martin and others, in which the Sikkim government was allegedly cheated.
The raids have been underway since Thursday morning in at the premises of suspects in West Bengal's Kolkata, Sikkim, and Tamil Nadu's Chennai and Coimbatore.
While addressing the event, CM Sangma lauded the endeavours being made towards bringing in more transparency and professionalism to the lottery sector by giving it an end-to-end digital touch.
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OPS, who was ousted from the AIADMK was allotted the 'jackfruit' symbol through a lottery organised at the district collectorate in Ramanathapuram on Saturday. On Sunday, he posed with a 'jackfruit' to officially announce the allotment of the symbol at a public meeting in Thiruvadanai.
The Election Commission on Sunday released data received from political parties on electoral bonds, which it had given to the Supreme Court in sealed covers.
Future Gaming and Hotel Services whose managing director is the well-known lottery magnate Santiago Martin is the top purchaser of electoral bonds having purchased bonds worth Rs 1,368 crore, according to data uploaded by the Election Commission of India on its website on Thursday.