Maha panel to tackle demonetisation fallout
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Maharashtra government will set up a Cabinet sub-committee to recommend measures to avoid inconvenience to people due to demonetisation. The decision was taken at the weekly cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today. The sub-committee will...
Demonetisation: Common man should not suffer, SC says
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court refuses to stay the Centre's notification demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes. The SC asks the Centre to file an affidavit giving details of steps taken to ease inconvenience faced by citizens. The...
PM’s mother walks to bank to exchange currency notes
Ahmedabad: In Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, PM Narendra Modi's mother Hiraba walks to the bank to exchange her currency notes. Heeraben Modi who was assisted by family members was taken to the bank in a wheelchair but was not given any preferential...
With dollar near 14-year high, rupee tumbles to a five-month low
Representational Pic Mumbai: The Indian rupee on Tuesday weakened to over four-and-a-half month low against the US dollar in the opening trade, after foreign institutional investors (FIIs) continued to sell in the local equity markets tracking the fall in global...
Desperately seeking Sonam Gupta. Will she please stand up? from, twitter
In the midst of the currency ban that's taken over the country, people of the Internet have found a way to keep calm and carry on. We use the term 'calm' in its loosest sense. It involves someone named Sonam...
WhatsApp video calling is here, optimised for India’s connectivity issues
Representational Pic Starting today, WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app in India, will let you make video calls; just like FaceTime and Skype, the calls will be free, though if you aren't on Wi-Fi you may have of course to...
Pakistan says 7 soldiers killed in cross-border firing by India
File Pic Islamabad/New Delhi: Pakistan on Monday said that seven of its soldiers were killed in a ceasefire violation by Indian troops late on Sunday night. Pakistan has summoned Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale to the Foreign Office. The ceasefire violation...
Enough cash in RBI, no need to panic: Govt
New Delhi: Shaktikanta Das, Economic Affairs Secretary, gives an update on how the government is planning to tackle the immense hardships faced by customers in the aftermath of demonetisation. Highlights...
- The PM has addressed the supply of cash.
- Enough cash is...
Buldhana: Trouble mounts as 12-year-old student files new sex assault case
Representational Pic Buldhana: Another sexual assault case in Buldhana district of Maharashtra has been reported just a week after Police arrested 11 people in connection with raping minor girls. Amid the ongoing probe of assaults on girls in a...
Gandhi did not have a family life too, DMK rebukes PM’s ‘sacrifice’ speech
Critiquing the Centre's unpreparedness in dealing with the currency crunch after it demonitised Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision is ultimately affecting the livelihood of the general...
Midnight review: Old notes valid for key utilities till Nov 24
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with senior ministers past midnight to review demonetisation and its impact. The meeting at Prime Minister's residence was attended by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, I&B Minister Venkaiah...
After Powerful earth quake New Zealand is hit by tsunami
New Zealand. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck central New Zealand just after midnight (5 pm Sunday IST), the US Geological Survey said, generating a tsunami that hit the northeast coast of the South Island. New Zealand’s Civil Defence warned...
Demonitisation: PM Modi gets emotional, says I left my family and home for nation
PANAJI: An emotional Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that he was voted by the people of the country to fight corruption, adding that he left his family and home for the nation. Here are the highlights of his speech:
Gujarat newspaper ‘Akila’ had published news of denomination of large notes seven months ago…now claims it was “April fool joke”
New Delhi: Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500 notes to be soon withdrawn from circulation ("chalamanthi 500 -1000 ni note nabut karva nirnay") was a prominent headline in Gujarati newspaper 'Akila' not on 9th November when rest of India read this...
Centre releases circular to end salt shortage rumour
Representational Pic New Delhi: The Centre today dismissed the rumours of shortage of salt in the market and said adequate stocks are available across the country, including Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Tamil Nadu. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, which...
6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Eastern Japan
Tokyo/Nagpur: A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Japan Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake, at a depth of 44 kilometres (27 miles), struck shortly after 6:42 am (2142 GMT) near the...
Court’s contempt notice part of ‘pre-arranged drama’: Justice Katju
New Delhi: After the Supreme Court on Friday issued suo motu contempt notice to its former judge Markandey Katju, the latter launched a personal attack on the bench in a series of tweets calling the decision the result of a...
‘Dainik Bhaskar’ scribe shot dead in Bihar
Bihar: Dharmendra Singh, a journalist with the Hindi newspaper Dainik Bhaskar, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Rohtas in wee hours on Saturday. Singh was standing at a tea stall near his house early in morning when three bike-borne...
Rahul Gandhi queues up at ATM on Parliament street to withdraw cash
New Delhi: In a surprise move that has put government on the back foot, Congress V.P. Rahul Gandhi, dressed in a white payjama kurta, made his way to the State Bank of India ATM on Parliament street to withdraw Rs....
Karnataka edu minister says porn was WhatsApp forward, opened it ‘accidentally’
Karnataka: Karnataka's primary and secondary education minister Tanveer Sait was found watching pornographic photographs on his mobile phone on Thursday during the Tipu Jayanthi celebrations in Raichur. On Friday, he told ANI that he had not been looking at the...
Ghaziabad: 13 dead in garment factory fire in Sahibabad, many injured
Sahibabad: Massive fire broke out in a garment factory in Sahibabad early this morning around 4 am on Friday morning. A total of 13 people have been feared dead due to the deadly fire and many have been injured. The...
