State Bank of India writes off loans to Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher

New Delhi: Around Rs. 1,200 crore in dues owed by Vijay Mallya's collapsed Kingfisher Airlines has been labelled a write-off in the books of India's largest bank, the State Bank of India. The bank said the Kingfisher loan has been moved,...

ATM now means ‘Aayega Tab Milega’, says Mamata on cash crunch

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee addressing the press outside Rashtrapati Bhavan. She is flanked by NC chief Omar Abdullah, leaders from BJP ally Shiv Sena and former AAP leaders. Banerjee had led the march to Rashtrapati Bhavan today...

Govt ignores Opposition, says citizens backing note ban move

New Delhi: After Congress leader Anand Sharma launched a onslaught on the Narendra Modi government for the haphazard manner in which it announced the demonetisation policy, Piyush Goyal is now defending the administrative move. He said: "For the first time, the...

Women will pick up a belan and teach you a lesson, former SP leader warns BJP

Uttar Pradesh/New Delhi: Sacked Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to demonetise high value currency notes has hit the common people and created a crisis. "This did not happen even during...

Rahul queues up at Mumbai ATM

Mumbai: Sharpening his attack on Narendra Modi over demonetisation, Rahul Gandhi today charged that no action was being taken against the "real black marketeers" and the "industrialist friends" of the Prime Minister. After addressing supporters in Bhiwandi near Mumbai where he...

Rahul vs RSS: Cong VP gets bail, next hearing in Jan

Bhiwandi : Congress Party vice-president Rahul Gandhi has been granted bail in the defamation case being heard in a a Bhiwandi court in Mumbai's outskirts. The next hearing of the case is on January 28. Senior Congress leader Shivraj...

I am undergoing tests at AIIMS for kidney transplant, Sushma Swaraj tweets

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who has over 6.52 million followers on Twitter is easily one of the most followed female world leaders. The foreign affairs minister has time and time again offered her assistance to those who've reached...

Ready for any debate, says PM minutes ahead of parliament session: TMC Protests Outside Parliament

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi speaks ahead of the beginning of the winter session of parliament. The PM appealed to opposition to allow parliament to function. "Today the session of the Parliament is commencing. The last session witnessed the historic...

Union budget to be presented on Feb 1, confirms government

New Delhi: The Modi government has finally announced that it will present the Union budget on February 1. The budget session may start in January. The idea behind bringing forward the budget date, according to the government, is so that ministries...

I would stand in the queue myself, not send my mother, says Kejriwal

New Delhi: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal slams PM Modi after pictures of his mother Heeraben exchanging old notes for new at a bank went viral. Kejriwal tweeted, "Modiji has not done the right thing by making his mother queue up just...

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...