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09 Jun

Income Tax department launched its new portal on 7th June 2021

editor0 CommentsNorth EastIncome on tax, Income tax, income tax new portal, tax department

The tax department has launched the much-awaited new portal of filing income tax return (ITR) — www.incometax.gov.in — on Monday night. After this the Income Tax department has informed tax payers via an e-mail communication, asking them to re-register their digital signature certificate (DSC) once again on the newly launched IT website. This new portal comes with a lot of new features and is expected to give a smarter and smoother Income Tax Return (ITR) filing experience to the users. Announcing the launch of its new portal, the income tax department tweeted, “We proudly present to our valued taxpayers, the…

09 Jun

Tamil Nadu runs out of stock, halts vaccination

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastcovaxin, Covishield, INDIA, tamil nadu, vaccination

Vaccination in Tamil Nadu has come to a grinding halt as several districts have fallen short of the required doses in the state. 39 out of the 45 health units of the state reported a shortage of vaccines. The state is expecting 63,370 doses of Covaxin on Wednesday and another 40,000 doses on Thursday. A quantity of 3.6 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine is to be received by the state on Friday and health experts feel only after these arrivals would things get back on track. On Tuesday, Virudhanagar MP and Congress leader B. Manickam Tagore refused to take his…

09 Jun

President of France slapped in the face: Two arrested

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastcrime, France, international, President Emmanuel Macron, slapped

In a video circulating on social media, President Macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to Tain-l'Hermitage outside the city of Valence. He was on an official visit to the south-east of France. A man in a green T-shirt slaps Mr Macron in the face before officers quickly move in. The two men have been arrested following the incident, French media report. "We must not let ultra-violent people take over the public debate: they do not deserve it." said Macron. The man reportedly cried "Montjoie, Saint-Denis" - the battle-cry of the old Kingdom of France. Mr…

09 Jun

Baba Back To Dhaba After Restaurant Fails

editor0 CommentsNorth EastBaba Ka Dhaba, Dhaba, Kanta Prasand

"Baba Ka Dhaba" owner Kanta Prasad, who made headlines last year after a YouTuber revealed his grim financial condition triggered by the coronavirus pandemic to the world, has shut down a restaurant he had opened using lakhs received in donations. The reason - the restaurant was bringing hardly any customers and gave him poor returns. "On an investment of ₹ 1 lakh, we only earned ₹ 35,000, that is why we shut it. I am happy running my old eatery as the customer footfall is good here," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. People from across the country…

09 Jun

Retired IAS Anup Chandra appointed Election Commissioner

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastelection commission, INDIA

President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed retired IAS officer Anup Chandra Pandey as Election Commissioner. The appointment restores the three-member commission to its full strength, which will now oversee the next set of crucial assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand next year. Pandey, a 1984-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre officer, has been appointed to the post in the Election Commission with effect from the date he assumes the office. A notification in this regard was issued by Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice on Tuesday. Pandey will now be in the three-member panel of the Election…

09 Jun

Massive fire at Vaishnodevi shrine; no damages, pilgrimage running smoothly

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastfire at vaishnodevi shrine, INDIA, vaishnodevi

The cash counting hall of the Vaishnodevi Shrine was on Tuesday gutted in a massive fire that broke out in the afternoon. It is learnt that the fire started due to a short circuit in an air conditioner. The entire hall near the natural cave was reduced to ruins. Firemen rushed to the spot and succeeded in dousing the massive fire. No casualty has been reported. Chief executive officer of the Shrine Board, Ramesh Kumar, said that the fire has been controlled and there were no damages and that the pilgrimage is running smoothly. Pilgrimage to Vaishnodevi was suspended during…

09 Jun

India records over 92K Covid cases, 2,219 deaths in 24 hrs

editor0 CommentsNorth EastCoronavirus, Covid-19, ICMR, INDIA

India on Wednesday logged 92,596 new Covid infections in 24 hours, less than one lakh cases for the second straight day and 6,098 cases more than Tuesday, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said. On June 8, India recorded 86,498 cases, lowest since April 2 when the country logged 89,129 new cases. In the past 24 hours, 2,219 more people succumbed to the pandemic. India’s overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,90,89,069 with 12,31,415 active cases and 3,53,528 deaths so far. After battling a brutal second wave for weeks, fresh Covid cases came down below the three…

09 Jun

Cong to hold protests on June 11 against fuel price hike

editor0 CommentsNorth EastINC, Indian National Congress

After easing of curbs, the principal opposition party, the Congress, has decided to take on the government on the issue of petrol price hike, after cornering the government on the shortage of vaccine, medical equipment and drugs. The regular petrol is already selling at more than Rs 100 per litre in Mumbai and some other parts of the country. Congress has decided to hold massive protests on June 11 across the country on all petrol pumps and will demand rollback of the prices. The Congress has alleged that the prices were static till the West Bengal polls, but after that,…

08 Jun

Govt confident of vaccinating all adults by Dec with estimated supply of 187 cr doses: Sources

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastcoronavirus vaccine, Covid-19, vaccination

Asserting that India is on track to vaccinate its entire adult population by December, top officials on Monday said a blueprint is in place to ensure a total supply of 187.2 crore doses by the year-end that would be enough for the country’s 94 crore 18-plus population. Refuting questions raised by some critics about the government’s vaccination strategy, they said while India will have 53.6 crore doses between January and July, the supply will zoom to 133.6 crore doses in the August-December period with more firms joining the supply chain and the existing ones ramping up their production. India is…

08 Jun

Vaccination certificate posting on social media could lead to fraud: Police

editor0 CommentsNorth EastCUTTACK, odisha, police

The Cuttack-Bhubaneswar commissionerate police asked the inoculated people not to share their vaccination certificates on social media by saying that the act of this nature could lead to cyber fraud. “Your personal information and some secret data used in the QR code in the certificate can help fraudsters cheat you”, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cuttack, Prateek Singh, tweeted. The certificate carries the name, age, gender as well as vaccination details—the name of the vaccine, dates of the first and as well as the second dose and other important personal information that can be misused, the senior official said. Police had…