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MTV in tie-up with Hutch for interactive show ‘Kya Baat Hai’
MUMBAI: Hutch and MTV Networks India are working together for new interactive chat showKya Baat Hai, billed as a platform for youth across India to express their opinion.
The show kicks off 22 July at 5 pm.
MTV recently launched a slew of interactive shows like Doctor Love, Love Letter, Bol Baby Poll and Ha Ya Na and Kya Baat Hai is the latest in the offering.
The channel will open a discussion on a burning and youth related topic every week. The show will be take place in a Mumbai studio and via satellite simultaneously in Delhi and Bangalore, informs a media release.
Commenting on Hutch’s partnership with MTV, Hutchison Max Telecom operations director Harit Nagpal says, “We see it as an exciting opportunity to create an interactive forum involving audiences in the studio and viewers at home allowing Hutch customers to request for songs, post their views and bid for memorabilia. And all this can be done ‘live’ “.
Kya Baat Ha, hosted by VJ Cyrus Sahukar is in MTV’s trademark wacky style. The show will raise prickly questions like, ‘should smoking be banned in films’, ‘are camera phones being misused – the MMS controversy’, ‘Salman Khan: Hero ya Villain?’, etc.
Those who want to be part of the studio audience can SMS “KBH” to 6882 and keep listening to radio partner 93.5 Red FM.
Brands
Jubilant FoodWorks faces Rs 47.5 crore GST demand, plans appeal
Tax authorities flag alleged misclassification of restaurant services
MUMBAI:Â Jubilant FoodWorks Limited has landed in a tax tussle after receiving a GST demand of Rs 47.5 crore from the office of the additional commissioner of CGST and central excise in Thane, Maharashtra.
The order, issued under the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, relates to an alleged incorrect classification of certain services under the category of restaurant services. According to the tax authorities, this classification resulted in a short payment of goods and services tax for the period between the financial years 2019-20 and 2021-22.
The demand includes Rs 47.5 crore in GST along with an equal amount as penalty, in addition to applicable interest. The order was received by the company on March 13, 2026.
In a regulatory filing to the BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, the company said it disagrees with the order and believes its arguments were not adequately considered.
The company is preparing to challenge the decision and plans to file an appeal. It added that once the redressal process is complete, the demand is likely to be dropped.
Despite the sizeable figure attached to the notice, the company said it does not expect any material impact on its financials, operations or other activities.
The disclosure was signed by Suman Hegde, EVP and chief financial officer, who confirmed that the company received the order at 19:06 IST on March 13 and has already initiated steps to contest it.
The development places the quick service restaurant major in the middle of a tax debate that could hinge on how certain restaurant-linked services are classified under GST rules. For now, the company appears ready to take the matter from the tax office to the appeals desk.
