New Delhi, May 31: The finance ministry today released a simplified income tax return form ITR 2 and ITR 2A while extending the date for filing of returns to August 31. The earlier form had generated a lot of controversy as the details of foreign trips had also been sought.

* ASKS AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE UP THIS ISSUE WITH CACP Chandigarh, May 31- Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today approved the recommendations of the State Agricultural department asking the Centre to fix the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the crops of Rabi season 2015-16 in accordance withRead More

Chandigarh, May 31: The Punjab Congress President Mr Partap Singh Bajwa, while expressing serious concern over law and order situation deteriorating every day, said it appeared that the state has turned into the best haven for the murders of the NRIs with the latest victim being the UK hotelier MrRead More

* NDA ALWAYS READY TO HELP PUNJAB * THANKS GIVING TOUR IN DHURI ASSEMBLY SEGMENT Dhri (Sangrur), May 31- In a bid to give further fillip to the all round development of the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today announced to observe the year 2015-16 asRead More

CHANDIGARH, May 31: Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s contention that the issue of ‘one rank one pension’ was too complex to be resolved soon. He told Mr Modi if he could dole out one billion dollars to a countryRead More

Jalandhar, May 31:  Sending out a stern warning to the Union as well as state governments for taking the issue of release of political prisoners lightly, the Sikh bodies under the banner of Committee for the Release of Political prisoners (CRPP) today blocked rail traffic for two hours and vowedRead More

* Lays thrust on need of strengthening infra structure in govt fish farms * VISITS GOVERNMENT FISH FARMS AT SANGRUR AND BENRA Benra, May 31-          Reiterating that the ‘Blue Revolution’ in the state could transform the destiny of farmers, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today emphasized theRead More

OTTAWA — At the Ottawa courthouse, a suspended senator’s criminal trial continues. Up the street, on Parliament Hill, a different system of justice is unfolding for senators apparently caught up in some of the same alleged misspending. That asymmetrical response by the upper chamber is expected to come under scrutinyRead More

TRENTON, Ont. — Members of Canada’s Disaster Assistance Response Team are returning home today after spending a month helping the people of earthquake-stricken Nepal. They’re due to arrive later today at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in eastern Ontario. The DART was sent into Nepal within days after a 7.8 magnitudeRead More

Vancouver, The commission that has spent five years examining one of the darkest chapters in Canada’s history is winding up its work with a key question left unanswered — exactly how many aboriginal children died in residential schools? Justice Murray Sinclair, who heads the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, says theRead More