The government on Wednesday extended the deadline for filing income tax returns for 2018-19 fiscal by two months till September 30. The government has, in the recent past, extended a slew of deadlines to ease the process of filing original and revised income tax returns for assesses in wake of the coronavirus pandemic and resultant nation-wide lockdown.

CBDT extends the due date for filing of Income Tax Returns for FY 2018-19 (AY 2019-20) from 31st July, 2020 to 30th September, 2020 due to the COVID pandemic and to further ease compliances for taxpayers, the Income Tax Department said in a tweet.

This is the third extension given by the government for taxpayers to file both original and revised tax returns for 2018-19 fiscal.In March, the due date was extended from March 31 to June 30. Later in June, it was again extended by a month till July 31.

Earlier, the government had further extended the deadline for filing income tax (I-T) returns for financial year 2019-20. The last date for filing returns for the financial year 2019-20 (Assessment Year 2020-21) was extended till November 30, 2020. Therefore, the return of income earned between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020, which was due by July 31, can now be filed by November 30.

Courtesy: NDTV

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Agra (UP) (PTI): Four people were arrested, after a prompt response by police following a social media alert, for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and a girl inside a moving bus here, officials said on Tuesday.

According to an official police statement, at 12:27 am on April 27, information was received on the social media platform X about an incident of sexual assault on a bus travelling from Kanpur to Ahmedabad, which was approaching Namner crossing in Agra.

Acting under the direction of Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar, the Agra Police social media team immediately alerted the Rakabganj police station within minutes and coordinated with the victims to confirm the incident and obtain the exact location, it stated.

Police teams launched intensive checking at Namner crossing and intercepted the bus as it reached the spot. The four accused involved in the incident were apprehended on the spot, and legal action was initiated against them, the statement said.

The police said the swift response and coordination between the social media team and field units ensured timely action, bringing relief to the victims and other passengers, who expressed gratitude towards the police, it added.