New Delhi : The government on Thursday extended the last date for filing income tax returns for assessment year 2018-19 by a month to August 31. The new income tax return forms were notified early in April and taxpayers (whose accounts are not liable for audit) were allowed to e-file their ITRs till July 31 […]
Islamabad : Pakistan is willing to improve its ties with India, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan said on Thursday, asserting that the blame game between the two neighbours, detrimental to the sub-continent, should stop. “If they take one step towards us, we will take two, but at least need a start,” 65-year-old Khan said in […]
Chandigarh : Envisioned to be operational by 2015, the Shahpur Kandi dam project, which was meant to boost irrigation and power generation, remains far from complete with the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) flagging deficiencies in the execution of the project. There is a shortfall of 63 per cent in physical progress in the construction of […]
Chandigarh : Taking cognisance of marriages being performed by self-styled granthis, pandits, purohits and other “fake institutions” after charging “huge” amounts without following the legal procedure, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered clampdown on all such bogus bodies. “If need be or found guilty, such granthis, pandits and purohits be taken to task by […]
Chandigarh : State BJP president Shwait Malik is facing unrest within the party reportedly because of his style of functioning. While one group calls him authoritarian, the other says he is pushing workers hard while seeking discipline in the party. At least five mandal pradhans, of the total 19, have resigned in Amritsar, which happens to […]