Four people standing trial in a Moscow court were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight that broke out in the court building, a lawyer for the defendants said. The lawyer, Diana Tatosova, told Reuters by telephone that she was told by the chief investigator in the case that of the 11 defendants in the court, four had been killed. TASS […]
» Read moreThe Pakistan Parliament on Tuesday elected ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) nominee Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the interim Prime Minister. Mr. Abbasi secured 221 votes out of 341, while the three candidates fielded by the divided opposition collectively got 84 votes. Naveed Qamar of the Pakistan People’s Party got 47 votes, while the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s nominee secured 33 votes […]
» Read moreArvind Panagariya on Tuesday resigned as vice chairman of government think tank NITI Aayog. Mr. Panagariya will be returning to the United States to rejoin academia. His last day in office will be August 31. He has submitted a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting to be relieved by the end of this month. Mr Panagariya was appointed to […]
» Read moreThe UIDAI has recently filed an FIR in Bengaluru against an individual for allegedly offering “unauthorised” Aadhaar-related services via an app. But the case does not involve breach of privacy or hacking of authority’s own database, CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said. The said app — against which action was initiated by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) — was […]
» Read moreThe government on Monday notified that it has extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar with PAN (Permanent Account Number). The last date for the linking has now been finalised for August 31. In a series of tweets from its verified handle, the Finance Ministry clarified that for e-filing of ITR, it is sufficient to quote Aadhaar or acknowledgement number but […]
» Read moreThe government on Monday extended the deadline for filing the Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for the financial year 2016-17. The new deadline has been set at August 5. The announcement was made by the the Income Tax department’s verified Twitter handle. The I-T department cited ‘difficulties faced by taxpayers’ as the reason behind the extension. In view of the difficulties […]
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