Special Judge O P Saini is to pronounce today the orders on framing of charges as well as on bail applications of the Maran brothers and other accused persons. Earlier, a special court had reserved its order on the issue of framing charges against former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and others in the Aircel—Maxis deal case lodged by CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED). All the accused have denied the allegations against them by the investigating agencies and all of them have moved bail pleas in the case. During the arguments on framing of charges, Special Public Prosecutor Anand Grover had claimed that Dayanidhi had “pressurised” Chennai—based telecom promoter C Sivasankaran to sell his stakes in Aircel and two subsidiary firms to Malaysian firm Maxis Group in 2006. The charge was strongly refuted by Dayanidhi.

Today is the last day for declarants under the Income Disclosure Scheme to pay the first instalment of tax under the scheme. Non-payment of tax will make declarations invalid, the Income-Tax department has warned. The IDS was open from June to September, and provided a one-time opportunity to domestic black money holders to disclose wealth and come clean by paying 45 per cent tax and penalty. The first instalment of tax of 25 per cent is due to be paid today, to be followed by another instalment of 25 per cent by March 31, 2017. The remaining amount will have to be paid to the exchequer by September 30, 2017.

Shipments of the Light Phone, an 'anti-smartphone' for those who feel tired of their smartphone's intrusion in their personal space, will begin from its Yantai, China factory from November 30. The company has promised that the first large batch of Light Phones (white in colour) would be delivered in December. Light Phone was launched at $100 (roughly Rs. 7,000) with the aim to be the opposite of a smartphone, and it forwards calls from your primary smartphone with the help of an app. The company at launch claimed that the Light Phone was designed to be used as little as possible. Light Phone can offer a battery life of up to three weeks with a single charge and it doesn't support Internet. The phone features a 2G Nano-SIM and allows calls. It sports a touch module, microphone, and Micro-USB port. The phone has no camera as well.

Trinamool Congress president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will stage a dharna in Patna on Wednesday to demand the rollback of the demonetisation decision taken by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. “Our fight against note ban will continue till decision is revoked,” she said at a protest rally in Lucknow on Tuesday.

Mercedes-Benz is set to launch its 12th vehicle in the country in the form of the new 2017 Mercedes-Benz CLA on Tuesday. The CLA has been one of the best-looking Mercedes-Benz around and the new design updates make it even better. The major changes include a restyled front end with larger air vents, diamond radiator grille and all-LED headlamps. The side profile stays largely the same with new wheel design. The rear-end has been restyled as well with a new bumper and tail lamp design. The update really starts to shine through when it comes to the interiors, as the car gets a new 8-inch infotainment system with Apple CarPlay.

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