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Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog, BVR Subrahmanyam, dismissed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that her microphone was muted while speaking at the NITI Aayog meeting. He clarified that each Chief Minister was given a designated speaking time, which was displayed on screens at their tables, and that the time allotted to the West Bengal Chief Minister had ended. Addressing a press conference after the NITI Aayog meeting, Mr Subrahmanyam said that the West Bengal Chief Minister requested to speak early before lunch, and "it was accepted." "The Chief Minister of West Bengal requested to be given a turn before lunchtime. I'm just putting facts on the ground, no interpretations. It was a clear request from their side because normally we would have gone alphabetically, starting with Andhra Pradesh, then Arunachal Pradesh. We adjusted, and the Defence Minister called her in just before Gujarat. So, she made her statement," he said. "Ev...

कोरमंगला स्थित एक 'पेइंग गेस्ट' में दो दिन पहले गला रेतकर जिस महिला की हत्या की गई थी उससे जुड़ा एक सीसीटीवी फुटेज सामने आया है जिसमें एक व्यक्ति को उस पर चाकू से हमला करते हुए देखा जा सकता है. पुलिस के मुताबिक महिला की हत्या 23 जुलाई की रात को की गई थी. हमलावर ने कमरे में घुसकर 24 वर्षीय कृति कुमारी को मार डाला था. एक पुलिस अधिकारी ने बताया, 'कृति कुमारी बिहार की रहने वाली थी और वह शहर में एक निजी कंपनी में काम करती थी.' हत्यारे को अभी तक गिरफ्तार नहीं किया गया है. एक सीसीटीवी फुजेट सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल है और इसे कोरमंगला घटना का बताया जा रहा है. पुलिस द्वारा जारी परेशान करने वाले सीसीटीवी फुटेज में व्यक्ति को कुमारी का दरवाजा खटखटाते हुए दिखाया गया है. हालांकि दरवाज़ा दिखाई नहीं दे रहा था, फिर भी वह अंदर चला गया, वीडियो में देखा जा सकता है कि कैसे शख्स युवती को कमरे से बाहर निकाल कर लगातार चाकू से वार कर रहा है. सीसीटीवी में कैद मामला वीडियो में देखा जा सकता है कि एक व्यक्ति पॉलीथीन बैग पकड़े हुए 'पेइंग गेस्ट' में घुसता है. वह दरवाजा खटखटाता है तथा कुछ दे...

A sweeper was taken into custody for allegedly sexually assaulting a visually challenged girl at a government school for blind girls at Malakpet here, police said on Thursday. The minor girl was taken to a state-run hospital on July 15 by her mother after she developed health issues and the doctors there informed the police about the "sexual assault", they said. A police team went to the hospital and recorded the statement of the girl's mother and a case was registered under relevant sections of the POCSO Act on July 16, a senior police official said. After the girl was discharged from the hospital, her statement was also subsequently recorded, the official said. During the course of the investigation, police identified a sweeper in the hostel of the school as the accused. The man allegedly sexually assaulted the girl on July 7, the police said and added that they took him into custody on Wednesday. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV sta...

About 66 per cent of taxpayers out of the over 4 crore filers have opted for the new regime for income tax return (ITR) filing during the current season till now, CBDT Chairman Ravi Agrawal said Wednesday. He told PTI during a post-Budget interview that the focus of the government and the direct taxes administration is on "simplification" of the tax processes including filing of ITRs and conduct of other businesses with the Income Tax Department. "The philosophy (of the government) is that the more you simplify, the more it will make it easy for people to comply leading to increased compliance. "This is also reflected from the fact that, as on date, the number of returns (ITRs) that have been filed till yesterday is significantly more than the returns filed during the same time in the corresponding (last) year," Mr Agrawal said. Last year, the figure of 4 crore ITR filings was crossed on July 25 but this time this number was crossed on the night of July 22,...

क्या राज्य खनिज संपदा वाली जमीन पर टैक्स लगा सकते हैं? सुप्रीम कोर्ट में 9 जजों की संविधान पीठ 25 जुलाई को इस पर फैसला सुनाएगी. यह मामला पिछले 25 साल से कोर्ट में लंबित है. देखा जाए तो सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले से झारखंड, ओडिशा, आंध्र प्रदेश, असम, छत्तीसगढ़, मध्य प्रदेश और उत्तर-पूर्व के खनिज समृद्ध राज्यों के कर राजस्व पर गंभीर असर पड़ सकता है.  अदालत को टैक्स को लेकर केंद्र और राज्य सरकार की शक्तियों से संबंधित संवैधानिक प्रावधानों की महत्वपूर्ण व्याख्या करनी है. 14 मार्च को सुप्रीम कोर्ट कोर्ट में 9 जजों की संविधान पीठ ने फैसला सुरक्षित रखा था. 8 दिनों की सुनवाई के बाद फैसला सुरक्षित रखा गया था. दरअसल राज्यों पर असर डालने वाले मामले को लेकर सुप्रीम कोर्ट में 9 जजों के संविधान पीठ ने सुनवाई  की है. राज्यों के टैक्स लगाने के अधिकार से जुड़ी 85 याचिकाओं पर सुनवाई हुई थी. ये मामला 2011 में 9 जजों की बेंच को भेजा गया था. क्योंकि इस मामले में पांच जजों और सात जजों के संविधान पीठ के फैसलों के बीच विरोधाभास था  तीन जजों की बेंच ने 9 जजों की बेंच...

She eloped with a gangster nine months ago. On Saturday, the 45-year-old woman returned to her IAS husband's home in Gujarat, where she tried to kill herself. The woman, Surya Jay, died during treatment at a hospital a day later, on Sunday. The incident was reported from Sector 19 in Gandhinagar. The husband, Ranjeet Kumar, who is a secretary at Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission, had instructed the domestic staff that his wife, who is involved in a child abduction case, should not be allowed in the house, said police. Sources say Surya might have gone to her husband's home to evade arrest from Tamil Nadu police in the kidnapping case of a 14-year-old boy in Madurai. According to Mr Kumar's advocate, Hitesh Gupta, the couple had separated in 2023 and were heading for a divorce. "Ranjeet Kumar had gone out to finalise his divorce petition with Surya on Saturday. Upset at not being allowed in the house, she ingested poison and called up 108 (an ambulance help...

The conversation with India regarding the allegations of a plot to assassinate a Khalistani terrorist in the US that involved an Indian government official has been “respectful” and “effective” because it's being held behind closed doors, according to Jake Sullivan, the National Security Advisor to the US president. In November last year, US federal prosecutors charged Indian national Nikhil Gupta with working with an Indian government employee in the foiled plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York. Gupta, who was arrested in the Czech Republic in June last year, was extradited to the US on June 14. “We have had a constructive dialogue with India on this issue. And we have made it very clear where we stand on it and what we would like to see. And it's been respectful, and it has been effective, in my view, mostly because it is taking place behind closed doors,”Mr  Sullivan said at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado on Friday responding to a question on allegations r...