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| As many as 245 income tax commissioners have been transferred across the country based on their performance. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has transferred all officers facing vigilance or other disciplinary charges, as well as those who have held a post for two years or. In a separate directive issued to its top officers, the CBDT asked regional heads of the I-T department to “develop a regional strategy in line with specific profile of their region” and use intelligence data to widen the tax base. |
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| PM Narendra Modi yesterday congratulated the NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind “in advance” of the Presidential elections today. The PM stressed that Kovind’s journey, whether as a lawyer or as a political person, had always been non-controversial and his Presidential poll campaign has been the same. Kovind’s victory against joint Opposition candidate Meira Kumar is a foregone conclusion |
| Congress president Sonia Gandhi said the country cannot be hostage to divisive and communal forces. The Congress chief said at a meeting yesterday with Opposition MPs, that today’s Presidential election represented “a conflict of disparate values”. Admitting that the ruling BJP-led alliance had an edge in the Presidential and Vice-Presidential poll, Sonia appealed for a conscience vote. |
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| The mercy petition of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav is being reviewed by Pakistan’s army chief. Jadhav was sentenced to death by a <a href=”http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kulbhushan-jadhavs-plea-of-mercy-now-with-army-chief-pakistan/articleshow/59624181.cms”>Pakistani military court</a> in April on espionage and terror charges. “All evidence and case proceedings against him (Jadhav) are being examined by the army chief, and he will take a decision on the basis of merit and justice," said the Pakistan army's media wing. |
| South Korea has offered to talk with North Korea to ease tensions along their border. South Korea also said it will resume reunions of families separated by the 1950 war. Seoul’s proposal indicates that its new President Moon Jae-in is pushing to improve ties with Pyongyang despite the North’s first intercontinental ballistic missile test this month. |
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