Following are the top stories at 1815 hours today:
DEL16 AADHAAR-ITAX-CBDT
New Delhi: The CBDT makes it clear that Aadhaar will be a "must" for filing of Income Tax Returns or for obtaining a new PAN from July 1.
BOM4 CG-SHAH-MAHATMA
Raipur: BJP chief Amit Shah says Mahatma Gandhi was a "chatur baniya", a reference to the mercantile caste to which he was born, who had rightly advised dissolution of the Congress after Independence.
DEL19 MP-FARMERS-LD SOCIAL MEDIA
By Harshwardhan Prakash
Mandsaur (MP): One hand on the tractor wheel and the other on the phone ready to tweet. That was the informal instruction spread amongst protesters here, many of them youngsters who defy the stereotypical image of the traditional Indian farmer.
DEL20 SHAH-MAHATMA REAX
New Delhi: Attacking BJP chief Amit Shah for describing Mahatma Gandhi as a "chatur baniya", Opposition parties demand that he should apologise to the nation and insist that the "denigrating" remark is withdrawn.
DEL21 SHAH-MAHATMA-GOPALKRISHNA
New Delhi: Gandhi laughed at cartoons of himself. He would have chuckled at the "chatur baniya" description also, but for its "utter tastelessness" and the hidden mischief in it, says the Mahatma's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
DEL8 MP-FARMERS-SITUATION
Mandsaur: Mandsaur, the epicentre of the farmers' agitation in Madhya Pradesh, remains peaceful with authorities relaxing curfew for 12 hours from 8 am to 8 pm.
DEL6 JK-INFILTRATION
Srinagar: A militant killed as the Army thwarts an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Gurez sector of Bandipora district in north Kashmir.
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Darjeeling: A day after a 12-hour bandh called by the influential Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) for revival of Gorkhaland agitation, life limps back to normalcy in Darjeeling of West Bengal as people resume their daily work with hotels, shops, eateries and markets opening for regular business.
BOM3 MP-LD-CHOUHAN
Bhopal: As the violent agrarian unrest entered its tenth day in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan begin his indefinite fast at the Dusshera Maidan here for restoration of peace and promised profitable prices to farmers for their produce.
CAL7 WB-MAMATA-GJM
Siliguri: In a stern warning to Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) for resorting to violence in Darjeeling, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says the state government would not go for any compromise and deal with those who violated law.
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