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Mumbai: A workshop for VAT issues and recent amendments to Central Sales Tax rules will be organized by Princeton Academy.

Workshop will cover areas like Changes in recent Union Budget, Composition Schemes, Input Tax Credit & Negative List, Works Contracts- Legal & Composition options, Lease Contracts, VAT for Exporters, Incentives Schemes- Exemption & Deferral, VAT in Service Contracts, Business Models under VAT for Manufacturers & Traders, Compliance under VAT, Specific Areas- Sales Returned, Discounts, Free Gifts / Samples, Closing Stocks, Business purchases, Service Tax, Procedure for Quarterly Blank C, Form Collection and Quarterly, submission CST Forms, Effective CST Forms Collection & Issuance System as well.

S.M. Kulkarni, General Manager (Sales Tax) Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, has invited as chief faculty.

All 4 sessions for workshop will held in New Delhi at Hotel Intercontinental on 8 July and in Mumbai at JW Marriott, Juhu on July 13.

London: The Hindu Council for UK has expressed its concerns on demolition of Lord Krishna temple, the last temple in Lahore.

“Argument given that the demolition was neither political nor religious, is very flimsy and not acceptable by Hindus in United Kingdom. Pakistan government has full responsibility of actions taken by The Pakistan Evacuee Property Board, which ordered the demolition. It is the officially constituted board by the Pakistan Government to administer the properties left by Hindus on their migration to India”, says Suraj Sehgal, Director for Defense & Security at council.

Demolition was undertaken in order to make way for a commercial building. Council has decided to draw attention of the British and European governments to the abysmal treatment of monitories in Pakistan.

Mumbai: Wallet365.com was launched in Mumbai on Wednesday. It is a service that enables secure electronic payments. Users can send money to anyone, receive money from anyone, or make payments to businesses. Wallet365.com will also ease payments for online shopping and utility bills. Using Wallet365.com the user can store money electronically.

Wallet365.com is safe and secure for its users according to its mentors. "Customers are often averse to e-commerce and using credit cards online fearing financial loss. Wallet365.com takes e-commerce beyond credit cards and all financial details are protected during transactions. Customers can use any bank account on Wallet365.com", told an employee to Www.mediabharti.com.

Managing Director Vineet Jain along with actor Amitabh Bachchan formally launched Wallet365.com at a glittering ceremony.

Costa Mesa: Espion International, Inc., company providing artificial intelligence solution for e-mail security and outbound message compliance, announced Stephen C. Dow, 47, as new Chief Executive Officer.

Earlier, Dow was the CEO and Founder of Channel Access, LLC until March of 2006 when it was acquired by the Carlo Gavazzi Group of Companies

Paris: Judge C.G. Weeramantry, former Vice President, International Court of Justice has been awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education 2006 carrying a cash component of US $ 40,000.

This is the first time in the history of this award that a Judge has been selected for this prize. Judge Weeramantry is also the first Sri Lankan to receive this prestigious award. He is also the founder of the Weeramantry International Centre for Peace Education and Research (WICPER), Colombo.

Judge Weeramantry was nominated by City Montessori School, Lucknow for supporting the appeal by 30,000 CMS students on behalf of world’s two billion children asking that their future be safeguarded against the threat of nuclear holocaust and eco-catastrophe.

The Prize award ceremony will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 21 September 2006, on the occasion of the International Day of Peace.