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New Delhi: Devinder Singh Behal, a close aide of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was allegedly in touch with people in the Pakistani high commission here and may have leaked national secrets, including Indian troop movement details, to the ISI.

NIA had raided his premises were on Sunday in the J&K terror funding case. "We suspect that Behal, who has been in close contact with people in Pakistan HC, was passing on classified information to alleged ISI moles, putting national security at risk. This is a serious offence and a potential ground to charge him under Section 121 of IPC (waging war against the state)," a senior NIA officer said.

New Delhi: The imposing memorial of former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 27 here found itself at the centre of a controversy on Sunday with the Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) strongly objecting to the placing of the Quran and the Bible next to a model of the Bhagavad Gita that was part of the small podium on which the statue of the former president has been erected.

The holy books were placed on the podium by Kalam’s family members. The row was initially triggered by protests by MDMK chief Vaiko and leaders of other political parties who questioned the propriety of designing Kalam’s statue with Bhagavad Gita given the late leader’s image as someone who was above religion.

New Delhi: Under pressure to push back the July 31 deadline for filing income tax returns due to the inability of the online server to handle the traffic on the last day, the Income Tax Department on Monday announced the extension of the deadline to August 5.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Monday extended the linking of Aadhaar with PAN (Permanent Account Number) till August 31. The income tax returns will be processed after the linking, a release said.

New Delhi: The Patna High Court today rejected two PILs challenging the formation of the new government by Nitish Kumar's JD(U) along with the BJP. After hearing all parties, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice AK Upadhyay dismissed the PILs saying that no intervention of the court is required after the Floor Test in the State Assembly. 

One PIL was filed by RJD MLAs Saroj Yadav and Chandan Kumar, while the other was filed by Jitendra Kumar, who holds allegiance to Samajwadi Party. They were against the Governor's decision not to invite RJD, the single largest party to form the government.