Tax-payers have started filing their income tax returns

Tax-payers throng Palace Grounds Bangalore for filing their income tax returns at the stalls specially put up by the Income Tax Department. The Department has set up 40 help desk counters. Ten counters have been set to cater only for those who will file bulk IT returns. There are nearly 90 counters with 160 staff including Assistant Commissioners, Income Tax officers, Inspectors and Tax assistants at the counters.

Citizens will have to bring a copy of their pan card and Form 16 to file their returns. For people interested in the Central government’s ‘Tax Returns Preparer scheme’, the IT department has set up 10 separate counters to help citizens.

Counters of National Securities Depository Limited and Axis Bank, stationery stores and food courts have also been set up.The citizen can also apply for new pan cards here. The stalls function from 9 30 am to 5 30 pm.

Get ready to sip your favorite wine

The two-day Bangalore International Wine Festival is set to kick-start on April 10 at the Palace Grounds.The event will showcase wines from all over the world and allow wine drinkers and novices to experience and understand the vast world of wine.The Bangalore International Wine Festival is going to be held between 10th and 11th April, 2010 and will run from 12:00pm till 10:00pm at White Petals, Palace Grounds, Bangalore.


The festival is expected to provide a meeting ground for international and local brewers, apart from promoting wine as an alternative to hard liquor, organizers said.The festival will feature seminars, grape-stomping, wine-tasting and display of different varieties of wine. An entry fee of Rs 100 will be charged. Get ready to sip your favorite wine between 10th and 11th April at the Palace Grounds-Bangalore.

Source:www.biwf.co.in/index.html