Gurgaon: Around 2.5 lakh property transactions — valued at more than Rs 3 lakh crore — in the north-west region of India have come under the scanner of the Income Tax (I-T) department, officials said.Most of these high-value deals originate from Gurgaon and Faridabad, where revenue offices either failed to report transactions or submitted records…
Kolkata: Several electors who are sick and aged below 85 are seeking clarifications from BLOs whether they can avail of the postal ballot facility at home. Recently, a BLO from Shyampukur constituency has written a letter to the public grievance redressal (PGRS) cell of the Election Commission and the governor, flagging concerns about the voters,…
Noida’s new administrative building in Sector 96 was scheduled for inauguration on Friday, but the programme has now been postponed Noida: Noida, founded on April 17, 1976, turned 50 on Friday, but its golden jubilee celebrations were scaled down sharply after the recent workers’ unrest. Noida Authority had planned to inaugurate its administrative building and…
Vasco: Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) on Friday resolved to hand over around 9,000sqm Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) land, which is presently in the possession of the municipality, to Kadamba Transport Corporation Ltd (KTC) on a temporary basis.When several councillors raised queries on the allocation of land to the KTC, MMC chairperson Girish Borkar said,…
Ahmedabad: A sales manager of a private bank has been accused of cheating a customer of Rs 1 lakh on the pretext of opening a current account. The complaint filed with Navrangpura police on Thursday states that the accused, in Aug, took Rs 80,000 first and Rs 20,000 the next day for opening the account…
Chandigarh: The Punjab cabinet on Friday approved changes to the reservation roster for electing chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of zila parishads and panchayat samitis and sarpanches in panchayats.Punjab finance minister Harpal Cheema said the decision follows the boundaries of the blocks in six districts being changed, which legally allows them to change the roster. “The changes…
Guwahati: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Assam, on Friday said even after 45 days of the West Asia conflict, the energy supply situation in the state remains absolutely normal, with sufficient stock equivalent to 21 days of petrol, 46 days of diesel, and 10 days of LPG.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, IOCL executive director…
NEW DELHI: A united opposition on Friday spurned PM Narendra Modi’s last-minute appeal for a “conscience vote” and home minister Amit Shah‘s offer to write into the women’s reservation bill that Lok Sabha seats in all states will go up by 50% to inflict on govt its first legislative defeat in 12 years, with the…
A manhunt is under way in Florida after deputies said a man trying to stop a dog attack accidentally shot and killed the animal’s owner, sparking a large police search and school lockdowns.43-year-old Matthew Lee Pasco fled the scene on foot after the shooting on Friday in Leesburg, in Lake County. Authorities say the incident…
Akshay Kumar has opened up about his son Aarav Bhatia, revealing that the young star kid has consciously chosen to stay away from the film industry and build his own path in fashion. The actor also shared that Aarav has already started working and is learning the ropes from the ground up. “He is working…
