- 1.The new Income Tax Bill passed by Lok Sabha Monday, will allow individuals to claim TDS refunds even if they fail to file I-T return within due date.
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2.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has resolved over 88 per cent of public grievances received during the last 13 sessions of grievance hearing in Bhubaneswar, offi cial sources said Monday.
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3.Puri police Monday arrested 12 men for allegedly extorting money from devotees by impersonating servitors of Srimandir.
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4.According to the latest census, Odisha is home to 2,098 elephants. In 1979, there were 2,044 elephants, mostly confined to rich forested districts.
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5.Under the PM Surya Ghar Yojana, a total of 1,28,336 applications have been received. Of these, 1,27,820 applications have been deemed technically feasible, and 33.6 MW of capacity has already been installed said Deputy Chief Minister and Energy Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo.
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6.Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Monday visited Ranipur Jharial, a unique and ancient Yogini shrine in Bolangir district, and announced a package of Rs 87.93 crore for its development.
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7. Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood said Monday that the government aims to build 21,000 smart classrooms in the next four years.
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8.More than 16 lakh people have been affected by fl oods in Bihar, where several rivers are in spate due to torrential rainfall in the past 24 hours, offi cials said Monday. A total of 32 teams of the NDRF and the SDRF have been engaged in rescue operations, they said.
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9.Parliament Monday approved a bill to provide reservation to Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Goa Assembly. The Rajya Sabha gave its nod to ‘The Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Tribes in Assembly Constituencies of the State of Goa Bill, 2025’ with voice vote without discussion.
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10.The Rajya Sabha Monday returned the Manipur Appropriation Bill, 2025, and The Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025 amid Opposition protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue.
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11.India Monday banned imports of certain jute products and ropes from Bangladesh through all land routes with immediate effect, amid strained relations between the two countries.
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12.The AAP government in Punjab withdrew its land pooling policy Monday in the face of stiff opposition from rival political parties and farmer bodies.
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13.The Supreme Court Monday refused to intervene in a Bombay High Court order directing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to book people feeding pigeons at “kabutarkhanas” (pigeon feeding spots) in the coastal city.
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14.More than 1,900 refugees staying in Mizoram have been enrolled in the ongoing exercise of biometric enrollment for people from Myanmar and Bangladesh, an official said Monday.
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15. Air India will suspend flights between the national capital and Washington DC from September1.