Ballari: APMC ASI Shrinivas Rao dies of heart attack while on duty at Janaspandana
Ballari: Assistant Sub-inspector of APMC Police Station Shrinivas Rao (52), reportedly died of heart attack while on duty at the district-level Janaspandana programme here on Monday.
Rao was a part of the police team providing protection to District In-charge Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan who chaired the Janaspandana programme in Ballari on Monday. The officer is learned to have suddenly collapsed as the event was going on.
He was taken to the Ballari Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS) Hospital immediately, but could not be saved as he did not respond to the treatment.
The doctors confirmed that Rao died due to heart attack and attributed it to low blood pressure.
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Gross GST collections rise 6.2 pc to over Rs 1.93 lakh cr in January
New Delhi (PTI): Gross GST collections rose 6.2 per cent to over Rs 1.93 lakh crore in January, mainly on higher revenues from imports, sources said on Sunday.
Total refunds declined 3.1 per cent to Rs 22,665 crore.
Net Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues, however, grew 7.6 per cent to about Rs 1.71 lakh crore in January.
Cess collection (from tobacco products) in January stood at Rs 5,768 crore. This compares to Rs 13,009 crore in collections in January last year when a cess was levied on luxury, sin and demerit goods such as cars, and tobacco products.
Effective September 22, 2025, GST rates on about 375 items were slashed, making goods cheaper. Also, a compensation cess is levied only on tobacco and related products, as opposed to luxury, sin and demerit goods earlier. The lowering of GST rates has impacted revenue collections.
Gross tax collections from domestic transactions grew 4.8 per cent to Rs 1.41 lakh crore, while import revenues were up 10.1 per cent to Rs 52,253 crore in January.
