Pakistani child Noor Fatima, (2) plays with her mother Tayyaba Nadeem (C) and father Nadeem Sajjad in a hospital in the southern Indian city of Bangalore July 24. Noor underwent a successful heart operation last week in the city hospital after travelling with her parents on the newly resumed bus service between India and Pakistan on July 11. REUTERS

Legal action against VAT defaulters

by Jayantha Sri Nissanka and Bharatha Malawaraarachchi

The government is taking legal action against defaulters of Value Added Tax (VAT), Finance Minister K.N. Choksy told Parliament yesterday.
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Police uncover vehicle registration fraud

by Asanga Warnakulasuriya

Fort Police yesterday uncovered a massive vehicle fraud and apprehended five masterminds who have allegedly falsified hundreds of vehicle documents.
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Pramuka accounts sheets, vouchers to CID

by Sarath Malalasekera

The Maligakanda Magistrate and Additional District Judge Sarojini Kusala Weerawardena yesterday ordered the General Manager of the Pramuka Bank to hand over final accounts sheets and the vouchers issued by the bank up to March 31, 2001 to the Criminal Investigation Department for further investigations.
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