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The order was issued based on a Karnataka High Court order in a case relating to award of compensation to Hemanth, a minor riding pillion who was crippled for life following a road accident in Mysuru in March, 2009 .  Karnataka government has banned riding pillion on two-wheelers with engine capacity of less than 100 CC, giving effect to a 2015 court order. The transport department also banned registration of such vehicles. "Not only has the registration of such vehicles which have seats for pillion rider been banned, but also riding pillion on two-wheelers below 100 CC is prohibited," said a government order issued by the transport department on October 13 last. The order was issued based on a Karnataka High Court order in a case relating to award of compensation to Hemanth, a minor riding pillion who was crippled for life following a road accident in Mysuru in March, 2009. Hemanth and Nithin, who was riding the two-wheeler without a licence, were both aged around 14

A three-member GST intelligence team raided Tamil actor Vishal's production office today. A Times of India report said the raid happened "following information that he had allegedly evaded service tax to the tune of several lakhs of rupees. Vishal, who is the President of the Film Producers Council, had earlier asked a BJP leader, H Raja, how he could advocate piracy, after the latter told a private news channel that he had watched scenes from Mersal on the Internet. Raja's admission invited condemnation from the film fraternity Raja had earlier posted a series of tweets accusing actor 'Joseph VIjay' and the production house of the movie Mersal, saying they had included dialogues criticizing GST and calling the movie a 'Hate Modi' campaign.

Report : Gowri Shankar S Several years back, Hyundai had launched the Santro in India. The car, incidentally, scripted the success of the Korean car maker in India. The entry level hatchback was discontinued eventually from the market. Hyundai had been planning to launch the new car in the Santro segment for some time in India. The car is in development and is called "AH" internally. However, in an interview with an Indian publication, Puneet Anand, Senior General Manager and Group Head - Marketing, Hyundai Motor India Ltd, stated that the Korean car maker is planning to not to use the Santro name on the upcoming small car. The latest statement dismissed all previous reports which suggested that the new car will be named Santro. The small vehicle from Hyundai is expected to make a debut in the Indian market in the second half of 2018. The same was confirmed at a launch event last month. Anand had agreed that Hyundai had initially planned to call the car Santro but lat

Report: Gowri Shankar S NEW DELHI : Petrol pump dealers on Wednesday called off their proposed day-long strike on Friday after state-owned oil firms warned them of strict action, including cancelling their contracts. Various associations of petrol pump dealers had called the 24-hour strike against new Marketing Discipline Guidelines which impose stringent penalties for short-selling, operating automated pumps in manual mode without authorisation, non-provision of clean toilet and not paying minimum wages to employees. "The director marketing of the three oil companies had appealed to us not to go on strike and so we are withdrawing the strike on their appeal," said Ajay Bansal, President of  All India Petroleum Dealers Association . The United Petroleum Front, an umbrella organisation for the Federation of All-India Petroleum Traders, the All-India Petroleum Dealers Association and the  Consortium of Indian Petroleum Dealers , had also threatened indefinite stoppage