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Muslim Ummah is confronting three major problems for varying periods which are lingering ,unresolved and burning issues of Kashmir and Palestine and the mounting threat to the humanity in general and Muslims in particular in the form of increasing menace of Islamophobia in the name of so-called freedom of expression. There is marked difference in the respect which the believers of Islam and other regions and faiths have for their prophets and...

control rooms The Department of Legal Metrology has set up control rooms to address complaints amidst the pandemic crisis. The public can report to the control rooms violations such as charging rates above the maximum retail price printed on packaged commodities, use of illegal weighing equipment, and sale of products in quantities lower than the weight mentioned on the packets, a press release here said. The contact numbers are: Deputy Controller (General) Ernakulam - 8281698058; Deputy Controller (Flying Squad) - 8281698067; Assistant Controller, Ernakulam (Kochi Corporation limits) - 82...

Eromosele Abiodun writes that the reduction of duties on imported vehicles by the federal government has become a charade as officers of the Nigeria Customs Service now use various charges to extort importers and victimise clearing agents at the ports In November 2013, the federal government announced the introduction of a new automotive policy, which was geared towards discouraging the importation of wholly assembled automobiles and encouraging local manufacturing. Specifically, the policy allows local assembly plants to import completely-knocked-down vehicles at zero per cent duty, and semi...

Punch Newspapers Sections CHIDIEBUBE OKEOMA examines the implications of Easter Monday’s jailbreak and other attacks in Imo State The Easter Monday jailbreak at the Owerri Correctional Centre and attacks on the Imo State Police Command headquarters in Owerri and a military base in Ukwuorji on the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway have remained the most vicious onslaught on the state and its citizens since its creation in 1976. Gunmen had attacked the correctional centre around 1am and freed 1,884 inmates. Before attacking the facility, which shares boundaries with the Government House and the polic...

Govind Sharma JAMMU, Mar 31: The failure of the Legal Metrology Department (LMD) to engage driver/trained staff for operating mobile cranes fitted with weigh-bridge testing kits provided by Government of India for an amount of Rs 1.18 crore, not only led to under-utilization of these vehicles but it also defeated the intended purpose to modernize the verification of weigh bridges. This has been pointed by Comptroller and Advocate General (CAG) of India in its latest report. According to the report, Government of India (GoI) under the scheme ‘Strengthening of Weights and Measures Infrastruct...