80-yr-old patient dies in bank after argument over withdrawal limit
Uttar Pradesh: An 80-year-old farmer died inside a bank in Uttar Pradesh after an argument with authorities who gave him less than half the money he needed to withdraw for his medical treatment, his family said. Baladeen and his son, Rajesh...
Now, even a Rs 2 lakh deposit can land you in trouble
New Delhi: Anyone who's never had more than Rs 2 lakh in his or her bank account but does so now should be worried. Such accounts will be red-flagged and invite scrutiny by RBI, which may report them to the income-tax...
Time to scrap the last 70 years and create a new ‘normal’ says Jaitley
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while addressing the annual general meeting of industry chamber FICCI stated about demonetization: "One of the efforts of this exercise has to be that even though a reduced cash currency could remain, our conscious effort......
Ramdev Baba upset with Modi over after effects of demonetization calling it a major ‘scam’
New Delhi: Baba Ramdev has made the shocking accusation that demonetisation has triggered a scam of "Rs 3-5 lakh crore" because of corrupt bankers, adding that his association with the BJP is "a thing of the past". "Bankers have made crores...
PM’s address would have left Oppn red-faced in Parliament: BJP
With the Congress upping its ante on the last day of the Winter Session on the government's demonetisation drive, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said the opposition would have been left red-faced had Prime Minister Narendra Modi voiced...
Extension of Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes: SC asks Centre to decide
The Supreme Court hears and turns down the petition challenging demonetisation and the extension in the use of demonetised Rs 500 currency notes for some more time. The SC bench transfers the demonetisation matter to a five judge constitution bench...
Cong blames govt for Parl freeze, Oppn blames Cong for disunity
Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge briefs media after meeting President Pranab Mukherjee. Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Rahul Gandhi among leaders at the meeting with the President. Kharge says the government failed completely in running the proceedings...
He listened, but did not comment, Rahul says of meeting with PM
New Delhi: After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a demand to provide relief for debt-ridden farmers, the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the former has accepted that the situation of farmers is critical in the country, but...
4 years after December 16 rape, another woman raped in moving car
New Delhi: Exactly four years after the December 16 gang rape came to light, another case of rape has been reported from Delhi’s Moti Bagh area. The survivor, a 20-year-old, had come to Delhi looking for a job, was allegedly raped...
Remembering the martyrs of the 1971 Indo-Pak war
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar and and the heads of all three wings of the Indian armed forces pay homage at Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate in New Delhi. The day marks India's military victory over Pakistan in 1971 during...
DMK chief Karunanidhi readmitted to Kauvery hospital in Chennai
DMK leader M Karunanidhi was readmitted to Kauvery hospital in Chennai on Thursday night after he complained of difficulties in breathing. A medical bulletin issued by the hospital said the 92-year-old leader was suffering from a throat and lung infection. The...
Flashing news – RBI Governor Urjit Patel manhandled at Kolkatta airport by Congress workers
New Delhi : Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Urjit Patel, who was in Kolkata to conduct the central board meeting following demonetization, was reportedly manhandled by some people present at the airport when he was checking in to board...
‘I feel like resigning’, says an irked Advani
File Pic New Delhi: BJP veteran LK Advani is so unhappy over the state of the non-functioning of Parliament since demonetization that he told a group of lawmakers that he felt like resigning. Almost all of the month-long winter session has...
From April 1, liquor shops on state, national highways to be shut
New Delhi: Taking serious note of increasing cases of drunken drive leading to fatal accidents on national and state highways, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a ban on all liquor shops on national as well as state highways across...
Three dead, 11 injured in a house collapse in Mumbai’s Mankhurd area
Three persons died when a house collapsed in Mankhurd that lies in the eastern suburb of the city on Thursday morning. As per officials, a ground plus one structure collapsed at the Mankhurd Maharashtra Nagar. The area is called Sai Baba...
Ramdev’s Patanjali fined by court for misleading ads
Representational Image"I do not need celebrities to endorse my products, since I alone suffice in doing it. People all over India believe in me" Baba Ramdev has said often. And indeed, he is the top 'model' for almost all...
BJP reacts to PM graft allegations: Rahul’s comical value increasing
BJP reacts to Rahul's allegations of corruption against PM Modi. BJP minister Anant Kumar asks, "Where was Rahul till now. Cong, TMC, Left spreading rumours." BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao added, "Increasingly Rahul Gandhi is becoming comical. His political value is decreasing,...
Have details of personal corruption by PM: Rahul holds media briefing
Joint media briefing of Opposition parties begins, Rahul Gandhi speaks to the media inside Parliament. Both houses of Parliament have been adjourned for the day. Excerpts of Rahul Gandhi's speech: -- Pichle ek mahine se poora opposition Lok Sabha mein charcha karni...
In Arvind Kejriwal vs Centre, SC says: ‘Elected government should have some power or it can’t function’
kejNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who accuses the centre of flagrantly eating into his authority, won some support for his argument in the Supreme Court today with judges observing, "An elected govt should have some power to run,...
The three mantri sons caught with huga amounts of cash
New Delhi: The Intelligence Bureau is in possession of a tape showing the sons of three former Union Ministers in the UPA regime caught on CCTV camera in New Delhi withdrawing huge quantities of money in denominations of Rs from...
BJP minister’s ‘joote khayenge’ comment on corruption allegations
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday brushed aside all allegations of corruption levelled against him and his distant cousin, saying that the ones planting such news would be beaten up with shoes if they...
