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The Income Tax Department has now released the e-filing versions of the ITR-1, ITR-2, and ITR-4 forms for the financial year 2023-24 (assessment year 2024-25). This simplifies the process for taxpayers, allowing them to begin filing their income tax returns. The deadline for filing income tax returns (ITRs) for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) is July 31, 2024.

Randeep Surjewala of making objectionable comments against BJP MP Hema Malini from Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The BJP stated that this incident reveals the main opposition party's hatred towards women. Amit Malviya, the head of BJP's IT department, shared a video on social media platform 'X' where Congress MP Surjewala is allegedly making inappropriate remarks about the actress-turned-politician while attacking the ruling party. However, the date of the video's origin is unknown.

Taiwan earthquake: 9 killed, over 1,000 injured after massive quake in Taipei; hotel workers missing | Top 10 updates "Rescue operations began around 6.30 pm. Police teams, revenue officials, members of taluk panchayat and officials from the fire and emergency services department are here at the spot.

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun murder plot. “We have made clear to the Government of India that we want to see them conduct a full investigation, and we continue to look forward to the results of that investigation…," Miller said. The Biden administration earlier stated that the US is working with India to hold accountable those behind a plot to kill Pannun.

Gold prices rise for fourth straight session, silver surges to two-year high On Monday, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Customs Department stopped 36 passengers at Lucknow's airport, travelling from Sharjah. During the frisking, the customs officials seized cigarettes worth over ₹3 crore and cash worth ₹23.90 lakh. Besides, six passengers said they also had gold with them.

₹47,000-61,000 crore. These costs today are likely to be much higher. Compare this with the 2024-25 budget estimate of the ministry of jal shakti of ₹98,418.79 crore, of which only ₹21,028.11 crore goes to the department of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation.

Taiwan on Wednesday morning. Around 42 workers on their way to a hotel in a national park went missing in the rubble, Reuters reported. Here are top 10 updates on Taiwan earthquake, 1) Two Indians — a man and a woman — have been reported missing after the earthquake.

Coal is projected to continue as the backbone of the Indian energy system until the next two decades and its phase-down will require active policies on critical minerals, according to a report by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)- Ahmedabad. The report asserted that net zero is not possible without substantial nuclear power and renewable energy generation by 2070. The report, titled 'Synchronising energy transitions towards a possible Net Zero for India: Affordable and Clean Energy for All,' was released on Wednesday.

Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has named a new head of safety nine months after the last executive to hold the position departed from the social media company

Anti-smoking groups are suing the U.S. government over a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes, which has been stalled at the White House for months

ALSO READ: Orange Cap IPL 2024: Virat Kohli again at top spot; Nicholas Pooran, Quinton de Kock in Top 5 after RCB vs LSG clash Relying more on Virat Kohli in the batting department has affected the team's performance, with the other big stars Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green and Glenn Maxwell failing to find their momentum. Even for Rajat Patidar too, the season has been tough. On Tuesday, following the defeat of LSG by 28 runs, the players including Kohli looked dejected in the dressing room.

Sanjay Shukla, who has quit the Congress and joined the BJP, and three others proposing a fine of Rs 140.60 crore for alleged illegal mining of 'murum' (mixed) soil and stones, officials said on Wednesday. The mining department has unearthed illegal mining in two places of 5.50 hectares and 3.40 hectares in Baroli village adjoining Indore in Madhya Pradesh, they said. A fine of Rs 140.60 crore is proposed to be imposed on Shukla and three others under the Madhya Pradesh Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transport and Storage) Rules 2022 for this illegal mining, the officials said. Besides Shukla, the other respondents in the notice are his brother Rajendra Shukla, president of the Eden Garden Housing Cooperative Society Limited, and Baroli village resident Meharban Singh Rajput, they said.

Bengaluru is in the spotlight for another reason: higher than usual temperatures. Netizens have taken to social media to comment on Bengaluru's weather. Recently an user Diwakar Kaushik shared on X that Gurugram is cooler than Bengaluru. A check of India Meteorological Department website showed that in the past 24 hours, the maximum recorded temperature in Bengaluru was 37.2 degrees Celsius, which is 3.2 degrees Celsius higher than normal. On the other hand, the maximum recorded temperature in Gurugram was 33.2 degrees Celsius. And going by IMD's forecast for next week, there is not much respite for Bengaluru's residents from heat. The weather department has forecast that Bengaluru is expected to have a maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius over the next seven days and minimum of 22 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, Gurugram could have a maximum temperature of 32-36 degrees Celsius over next one week while minimum of 16-18 degrees Celsius.

In many ways, the recently concluded agreement between India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is mainly a confidence building measure for India in the run-up to trade agreements likely to be pursued after general elections with the EU and UK. In most cases, the I-EFTA pact will have limited impact—India’s principal import from the four-nation group, gold, is not subject to pre-determined tariff reductions, while agricultural imports are excluded.

The Biden administration approved a new wind project off the Massachusetts coast Tuesday that is large enough it will provide more electricity than the state’s former coal-fired generating station

The largest fresh egg producer in the U.S. says it has stopped production at a plant in the Texas Panhandle after bird flu was found in the flock

A failed Australian taxi-industry disruptor has told a court that Uber began illegally operating its ridesharing service in Australia a decade ago to gain an unfair advantage over competitors

A Biden administration-appointed review board has issued a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency

Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has the latest on the cleanup effort after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on ‘The Claman Countdown.’

Bring the Law," an action-thriller that marks the directorial debut of actor Scout Taylor Compton, known for her role in 2007's Halloween, according to a Deadline report. Production

Bhupesh Baghel was a «beneficiary» of the proceeds of crime raised through illegal Mahadev betting application, ED claimed that his associates «regularly received the proceeds». The charges have been made in a report, which is part of a 12-page FIR filed by Chhattisgarh Police against Baghel and 20 others. Last month, the state's economic offences wing filed an FIR against 20 accused under various sections of the Indian Penal Code in the alleged ₹5,500 crore Mahadev app case. «Baghel has been named by the promoters of Mahadev Online Book to be the beneficiary of betting funds. It has also been revealed by Chandrabhushan Verma (arrested ASI) that his OSD and political advisor were being paid proceeds out of Mahadev Online Book,» as per the FIR based on ED's probe.