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The deadline to 'Bangla' in all languages. This will of July 31, 2018, has been help the state to climb the alphabetic extended by a month, the Min- sequence when it comes to speaking at istry of Finance said in a series various meetings at the Centre. of posts on microblogging site The Chief Minister of Bengal gets Twitter. That means the assess- to speak at the end or often not at all, as ees can file their income tax per the alphabetical sequence, in which return (ITR) for the financial West Bengal comes last. Imran Khan, chief of PTI party, delivers his address in Islamabad year 2017-18 by August 31 The resolution will now be sent to without any penalty charges. the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is “The Due Date for filing its nod. Parliamentary Affairs minister ready to improve its ties with Highlights of Income Tax Returns for Partha Chatterjee placed the proposal India, Pakistan Tehreek-e- » Imran Khan’s Pakistan Assessment Year 2018-19 is for changing the name of the state from Insaf chief Imran Khan said Tehreek-e-Insaf party is 31.07.2018 for certain catego- West Bengal to ‘Bangla’. Chief Minister on Thursday, asserting that the ries of taxpayers... Upon con- Mamata Banerjee urged the Assem- blame game between the two far ahead sideration of the matter, the bly house to pass the resolution unani- August 2016, the state Assembly had The name is intertwined in our blood, in on the alphabetic sequence. neighbours, detrimental to the » Allegations of rigging Central Board of Direct Taxes mously, in the interest of the state itself. passed a resolution to change the name our heart, in our literature, culture and Banerjee also mentioned that the sub-continent, should stop. and army backing (CBDT) extends the ‘Due Date’ “We had sent a proposal earlier to of the state to "Bengal" in English, "Ban- in our unity in diversity. Our language is previous Left Front government had “If they take one step for the filing of Income Tax change the state's name in three lan- gla" in Bengali and "Bangal" in Hindi. the fifth largest in the world and second also tried to effect a name change for towards us, we will take two, » Imran Khan’s PTI still Returns from 31st July 2018 to guages but after sitting on it for two The Union Home Ministry had largest in Asia," she maintained, adding West Bengal during their tenure. but at least (we) need a start,” short of the majority 31st August 2018 in respect of years, the Union government has sent rejected the proposal for different that leading poets like Rabindranath It may be mentioned that on July 20, 65-year-old Khan said on mark of 137 the said categories of taxpay- a communication recently, advising us names in three languages and made it Tagore and Jibanananda Das have used 1999, the Left Front had passed a resolu- Thursday in his first public ers,” the ministry said. to choose one name instead of three. clear that there should be a single name. the name Bangla in their literary works. tion changing the name of state to 'Pas- address after leading his party He said good India-Paki- Around 6.84 crore income We do not want any controversy on this The state Cabinet had already passed a According to her, many states have chim Banga', but it did not work out. to victory in the general elec- stan relations would be ben- tax returns were filed during issue and therefore we have decided to resolution to change the name of the changed their names, including Mum- The state's capital and also the national tions held on Wednesday. eficial for the entire region and the financial year 2017-18, finally choose the name ‘Bangla’. So let state to "Bangla" in all languages on Sep- bai, Chennai, Gujarat and Odisha. The capital till 1911, Calcutta, was changed His party emerged as the suggested to increase trade ties compared to 5.43 crore filed in the resolution be passed unanimously,” tember 8, 2017. change in the name would ensure that to Kolkata in January 2001 by the Bud- single largest party in the between the two neighbours. the previous year, as per gov- Banerjee said. “We have zeroed in on Bangla, as the the state comes fourth after Arunachal dhadeb Bhattacharjee-led Left Front National Assembly elections, The ties between the two ernment records. It may be mentioned that on 29 name stands for the identity of Bengal. Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Assam government. amid rival political parties’ countries had strained after claim of “blatant” rigging in the terror attacks by Paki- the counting. stan-based groups in 2016 and I can become CM Govt returns names of two Though Khan’s PTI has India’s surgical strikes inside Govt gives final nod to established a considerable lead, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. anytime, but not interested it is still short of the majority The sentencing of alleged judges for elevation to HCs mark of 137 and may have Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav HEMA MALINI to look for allies among the to death by a military court in Vodafone-Idea merger MPOST BUREAU smaller parties and indepen- April last year further deterio- dents. The party’s supporters rated bilateral ties. NEW DELHI: The gov- have already hit the streets The two sides often accuse India’s largest telco created ernment has asked the to celebrate the single largest each other of ceasefire viola- In today’s MPOST BUREAU Supreme Court collegium party status. tions along the Line of Control, to reconsider its recom- Khan said Kashmir is the resulting in civilian casualties. paper NEW DELHI: The government on Thurs- mendation to appoint “core” issue between the two Khan also said that he was day gave final approval to the mega- two lawyers as high court countries and it should be very disappointed with the ... merger of Vodafone and Idea Cellular judges but did not cite resolved through talks. Indian media which had pro- CITY which creates India’s largest mobile oper- any reason for its move, a “I am a person who argu- jected him like a “Bollywood DRI BUSTS GARMENT SMUGGLING SYNDICATE 4 ator with about 35 per cent market share senior government func- appointments of two law- ably knows the most people villain” in recent weeks. and nearly 430 million subscribers. tionary said. yers, one of them a former in India because of my days in On ties with the US, he NATION The new telecom behemoth - Voda- The SC collegium had top court judge’s son, as cricket. We can resolve the pov- said Pakistan wants balanced fone Idea Limited -will dislodge Bharti in 2016 recommended judges of the Allahabad erty crisis in South East Asia. relations with America which ANTIGUA TO CONSIDER ‘LEGITIMATE PLEA’ 5 Airtel, the current market leader with 344 names of Harnaresh Singh High Court was returned The biggest problem is Kash- should be mutually benefi- EDIT million customers from its pole position. ket share and a subscriber base of around Gill and Mohammed by the government citing mir,” he said, suggesting that cial, not one-sided. Addition- A senior DoT official privy to the 430 million. Nizamuddin for appoint- complaints against them. the two sides should come to ally, Khan said he and his party MAN OF MANY COLOURS 8 development confirmed that the final Kumar Mangalam Birla will be the ment as judges of the Pun- The two lawyers are the table to resolve it. wanted stronger ties with both approval had been accorded to the merger non-executive Chairman and Balesh jab and Haryana High Mohammad Mansoor and “We want to improve our Iran and Saudi Arabia. INTERNATIONAL on Thursday and the two entities will Sharma the new CEO of the merged entity, Court and the Calcutta Basharat Ali Khan. Man- relations with India if their “We will strengthen our WHITE HOUSE BARS CNN REPORTER 11 now appraise the Registrar of Companies which will remain listed. High Court respectively. soor is the son of former leadership also wants it. This relations with China. They have (RoC) of the various approvals received, The merger is expected to bolster the While returning the Supreme Court judge late blame game that whatever goes provided us with an opportu- BUSINESS wrapping up the last leg of formalities.