Washington, April 16 (IANS) President Donald Trump’s working families tax cuts have delivered record refunds and broad relief to millions of Americans, the White House stated, citing strong uptake across key provisions such as no tax on overtime and tips. Marking Tax Day on Wednesday (local time), White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration’s tax measures had put “a historic amount of money back into the pockets of the American people.”Leavitt said more than 53 m…

Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) Reality star Rakhi Sawant made a revelation about her love life on Wednesday. The actress spoke with the media during her outing in the city, and said that she is in love. However, she clarified that it is a case of one-sided love. She told the media, “I’ve fallen in love”. When asked if the person is Raqesh Bapat, the actress said, “In our Maharashtrian community, we don’t take the name of our men. But, don’t raise your hopes, it is one-sided”.Raqesh Bapat …

Bengaluru, April 15 (IANS) A shocking incident has come to light in Bengaluru, where a man was arrested for allegedly killing his bedridden mother by throwing her from the fourth floor of a building within the limits of the Rajarajeshwarinagar police station on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as 42-year-old Venkatesh C., also known as Dasharath, a resident of Third Stage, BEML Layout in RR Nagar.The deceased has been identified as 75-year-old Savithramma.According to the police, the a…

Amaravati, April 15 (IANS) Ahead of the three-day special session of Parliament, beginning on Thursday, leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Andhra Pradesh met on Wednesday. Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister and Jana Sena president Pawan Kalyan, state BJP president PVN Madhav, and state TDP president Palla Srinivasa Rao attended the meeting held on Wednesday evening at the Chief Minister’s official …

Patna, April 15 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a supplementary chargesheet against Kundan Kumar, also known as Kundan Bhagat, in connection with a 2024 Bihar case involving the smuggling of illegal weapons.The chargesheet was submitted before the NIA Special Court in Patna, invoking multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Arms Act, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).With this, Kundan Kumar becomes the sixth accused to be chargeshe…

Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said that amendments to the Women’s Reservation Bill were necessitated to ensure the timely implementation of the law, as delays in conducting the Census had disrupted the delimitation schedule.“As everyone knows, the Census process was delayed, and because of this, the delimitation schedule was also disturbed. In such a situation, women’s reservation could have been delayed to 2034 or even 2039. Had there be…

Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anurag Thakur on Wednesday criticised Opposition parties for not supporting the Women’s Reservation Bill, alleging that those with an “anti-women ideology” are opposing the legislation.His remarks come a day before Parliament is set to reconvene for a three-day extended Budget session, during which amendments to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, and a proposed delimitation Bill are expected to be discussed to facilitate one-thi…

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Opposition protests over the three-day special session of Parliament beginning Thursday are centred less on the women’s reservation quota and more on the Centre’s proposed Delimitation Bill, 2026, which seeks to expand the Lok Sabha to 850 seats using 2011 Census data.Several stakeholders, particularly from southern states, fear that the proposal could favour more populous northern states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar over states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala, potenti…

Bhubaneswar, April 15 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday wrote to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, expressing serious concerns over the proposed Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 202, also known as the Delimitation Bill, which seeks to alter the composition of the House of the People (Lok Sabha), claiming that, if passed, it would reduce the political representation of the state. In a letter to the Chief …

Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) The Maharashtra government, in a minor administrative reshuffle, on Monday transferred five IAS officers.Dr B.N. Patil (IAS: Non-SCS: 2014), Director, Tourism, Mumbai, has been posted as Project Director, RUSA, Higher and Technical Education Department, Mumbai.Mangesh Joshi (IAS: SCS: 2015), Deputy Director General, YASHADA, Pune, has been posted as Director, Tourism, Mumbai.Kuladeep Jangam (IAS: RR: 2020), Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Solapur, has been posted…