5.89 crore ITRs for FY21 filed till Dec 31

New Delhi: Nearly 5.89 crore income tax returns for the 2020-21 fiscal (ended March 2021) have been filed on the new e-filing portal till December 31 deadline, the I-T Department said on Saturday. Of this, more than 46.11 lakh ITRs were filed on the last date or December 31 alone. PTI

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Deoband ex-MLA Chaudhary joins RLD

saharanpur: Former Deoband MLA Manoj Chaudhary Saturday joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) along with his wife and several supporters. The RLD’s district unit chief, Rao Kaiser, said the party’s national president, Jayant Chaudhary, welcomed him in the party at its office in Delhi. Chaudhary was earlier with the BJP. PTI

Asok Kumar takes charge as DG, NMCG

new delhi: Additional Secretary G Asok Kumar on Saturday took charge as the Director General of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti. He took charge after the superannuation of Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, a 1987-batch IAS officer. Asok is a 1991-batch IAS officer belonging to the Telangana cadre. tns