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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday departed for West Bengal to oversee the relief efforts following a collision between a goods train and the Kanchanjunga Express near New Jalpaiguri. The accident, which occurred close to Rangapani station, resulted in at least five fatalities and left approximately 30 individuals injured. Following this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his condolences. «The railway accident in West Bengal is saddening. Condolences to those who lost their loved ones. I pray that the injured recover at the earliest. Spoke to officials and took stock of the situation. Rescue operations are underway to assist the affected,» PM Modi said on social media.

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NEW DELHI : Private retail chains and online grocers such as D-Mart, Reliance Retail, BigBasket, Amazon and Flipkart must now declare the amount of pulses they stock twice a week, as the government tries to curb the sharp rise in their prices. The government recently directed millers, retailers, wholesalers, big retail chains, importers, processors and stockists across the country to disclose stocks every week. However, the norm has recently been changed to twice a week for big private retail chains.

₹3 per litre, reaching ₹102.84 in Bengaluru, up from the previous rate of ₹99.84. Similarly, diesel prices have increased by ₹3.02 per litre, now costing ₹88.95, up from ₹85.93.

Noida: A woman here has claimed she has found a centipede inside an ice-cream tub she ordered through an instant delivery app, said food safety officials, who have launched a probe into the matter. In a post on X on June 15, the woman, who identified herself as Deepa Devi, shared a picture showing the insect inside the ice-cream tub of a popular brand and appealed to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to take action. The Noida food safety department has collected samples of the brand's ice-cream from the store of the instant delivery company for testing, the officials said. «Sample has been taken and sent to the laboratory for testing. We are under process of registering the matter with regard violation of provisions of the Food Safety Act, 2006,» Chief Food Safety Officer Akshay Goyal told PTI.

Rudraprayag bus accident that claimed the lives of 14 people, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that the transportation department has been asked to probe the incident. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, while speaking to said, «The bus accident was very unfortunate. Yesterday I went to Rishikesh and I have taken information from the doctors who are treating those injured, their families have also been informed». «Orders have been given to investigate the Rudraprayag Tempo Traveller accident. We are investigating this matter. We have also taken stock of the hospital where the injured have been admitted,» Dhami said.

referral process, the Union Health Ministry has for the first time issued interdepartmental referral guidelines for hospitals to facilitate better communication and cooperation. The 'Guidelines for Inter-Departmental Referral (within hospitals)' stress that referrals should be initiated promptly as and when patients require specialised care, diagnostic evaluations or consultations beyond scope of admitting department. The referral for a consultant's opinion should only be written by consultants and that post graduate residents should not close referrals on their own without discussing with their consultants, the guidelines released on June 7 stated. Consultant on call should review the referral record attended to by his team the previous day, a step which will help improve patient care and enhance learning of residents.

BJP on Saturday accused Congress of inadequate financial management in Karnataka after petrol prices were hiked in the state. It also announced a protest against the hike on Monday. The Karnataka government announced a price hike of petrol by Rs 3 and diesel by Rs 3.02 on Saturday. The move attracted strong reactions by citizens and opposition alike.

game zone after a fire there last month claimed 27 lives, police said on Sunday. With this, 12 persons, including six government employees, have so been arrested in connection with the May 25 incident at the TRP game zone in Gujarat's Rajkot city, they said The city crime branch on Saturday arrested RMC's assistant town planning officer Rajesh Makwana and assistant engineer Jaideep Chaudhary for their alleged involvement in making changes in an official register after the fire incident, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Parthrajsinh Gohil said. «They made certain changes in government documents related to the TRP game zone after the fire incident. They also forged documents,» he said.

June 16 across various exam centres in India. This examination, originally scheduled for May 26, was postponed due to the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. The exam is the first of three stages in the selection process for officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS), among others. Arrangements in Place for Candidates

Jessica Madsen, known for her role as Cressida Cowper in Bridgerton, recently disclosed an alternative ending for her character in the third season. Throughout the latest episodes, Cressida navigates her scheming ways, including a false claim to being Lady Whistledown and attempted blackmail of Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton, despite forming an unlikely friendship with Eloise Bridgerton.

Socialist president Francois Hollande on Saturday said he is to stand again for parliament in legislative elections — a political comeback that took even his allies on the left by surprise. Hollande, France's president from 2012-2017, left office with record levels of unpopularity and is detested by some within the radical left while even the Socialist leadership regard him with suspicion.

infrastructure projects under the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP), a national master plan for multi-modal connectivity, that brings 16 ministries, including railways and roadways together for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects. Chaired by Additional Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Rajeev Singh Thakur, the meeting was held in New Delhi on June 12, 2024. These infrastructure projects belong to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), the Ministry of Railways (MoR), and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).

The government has kept the interest rate on general provident fund (GPF) and related funds unchanged at 7.1% for the three months from April-June 2024. The Ministry of Finance revises the interest rate for GPF and related provident funds for government employees every three months. The rate has not been chnaged for the last 17 quarters.

Question: As the income tax return filing season has set in, kindly guide on what are the key documents which taxpayers should possess for duly furnishing their tax returns?

Income tax return filing 2024: The deadline to file income tax returns for the financial year 2023-24 (Assessment Year 2024-25) is July 31, 2024. Although there is still ample time for you to complete tax return filing process, it is advisable not to delay until the last day by thinking that you have enough time. Instead, filing tax returns in a timely manner ensures a smoother processing.

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday distributed portfolios among his council of ministers, with his deputy Chowna Mein getting Finance and Mama Natung Home. The council of ministers was sworn in on Thursday. Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein will look after Finance, Planning and Investment departments besides, Tax & Excise, State Lotteries, Economics & Statistics, Power and Non-Conventional Energy Resources, an order issued by state Chief Secretary Dharmendra said. The important Home portfolio was allocated to Mama Natung, besides Inter-state Border Affairs, Public Health Engineering & Water Supply and Department of Indigenous Affairs.

India Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast thunderstorms accompanied by lightning in parts of Andhra Pradesh for five days from June 15 to 19. Thunderstorms are predicted across parts of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh (NCAP), Yanam, South Coastal Andhra Pradesh (SCAP) and Rayalaseema. Heavy rain has been forecast for parts of NCAP and Yanam on Saturday. Gusty winds up to a speed of 40 km per hour (kmph) are expected to blow in these places over the next five days.

tempo traveller in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district fell into a gorge on Saturday. As many as eight are feared dead and at least seven have been injured in the accident. The vehicle was carrying 23 people, reported PTI. The accident happened near the Alakananda River on the Rishikesh-Badrinath Highway.

rainfall triggered massive landslides across North Sikkim. The toll in the state from the recent spate of rainfall and landslides is now nine, with three deaths reported on Monday. Around 1,500 tourists are stranded in tourism hotspots like Lachung, Yumthang and Dikchu. Vast areas of Mangan district, which covers the whole of north Sikkim, are.