Indian army being deployed in printing notes
This is definitely being treated as a national emergency - the inadequate printing capacity of new notes post demonetization. The Huffington post reveals that the Indian Army has been deployed to help RBI print new notes. The sudden surge in manpower...
Terrible last move! BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta slams govt U-turn on old notes
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta criticises the Modi government for changing its stance yet again on the deposit of old notes. Dasgupta tweeted: "New caveats on depositing old notes till Dec 30 were unnecessary & will undermine...
No limit on keeping cash at home: Govt
Highly placed government sources on Monday denied media reports that the government is setting a limit on keeping cash at home. Media reports stated that the government would set a limit on the amount of cash that can be kept at...
Video: Russian ambassador gunned down in Ankara
ANKARA The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot in the back and killed while giving a speech at an art gallery on Monday. Turkish security sources said the gunman, who shouted "Don't forget Aleppo", was...
Yasin Bhatkal, Four Others Sentenced To Death For 2013 Hyderabad Blasts
Hyderabad: Indian Mujahideen co-founder founder Yasin Bhatkal and four others have been sentenced to death for the twin blasts in Hyderabad's Dilsukhnagar in 2013. This is the first time that top leaders of the Indian Mujahideen, including Yasin Bhatkal, have...
Demonetisation a fire bomb on the nation’s poor: Rahul Gandhi
Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said demonetisation was not against black money or corruption, but against the farmers and the poor. “The decision made on November 8 was not against black money or corruption,...
PayPal files case against Paytm for copying color scheme
PayPal, a US-based e-wallet company, filed a trademark infringement case against its Chinese-backed Indian counterpart Paytm in the Indian Trademark office, Hindustan Times reported Monday. PayPal alleged that Paytm uses colour patterns in its logo similar to those it uses....
Russian plane crashes in Siberia with 16 injured
An IL-18 aeroplane belonging to the Russian defence ministry has crashed in Yakutia in Siberia with 39 people on board, BBC reports. The defence ministry said 16 people were seriously injured, correcting earlier reports that 27 had died. The plane was carrying...
Govt may now set limit on keeping cash at home, say sources
New Delhi: After the announcement of demonetisation on November 8, the government may now set a limit on keeping cash at home -- anywhere between Rs 3 and Rs 15 lakh. However, being a developing economy, it will be quite difficult...
Lt Gen Bipin Rawat named next Army chief
New Delhi: The government today appointed vice chief of army staff Lt Gen Bipin Rawat as the new Army chief superseding his two senior officers, while vice chief of air staff Air Marshal BS Dhanoa has been made the new...
After clamour from House MOS Patil suspends Mumbai API who showed laxity in infant assault case
File Photo Mumbai: Ranjit Patil, MoS for Home today suspended an Assistant Police Inspector for dereliction of duty in an assault case in which a 10-month-old infant girl was brutally beaten up by the caretaker of a play school-cum-day care...
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...
