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New Delhi: Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500 notes to be soon withdrawn from circulation ("chalamanthi 500 -1000 ni note nabut karva nirnay") was a prominent headline in Gujarati newspaper 'Akila' not on 9th November when rest of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...
2 deaths at Kerala banks involving men who came to deposit notes
Kerla: In Kerala, where most ATMs across the state were reportedly not working this morning, two men died while trying to change old high-currency notes for new ones. In Alappuzha, 158 km from the state capital of Thiruvanthapuram, a senior citizen...
Old school notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 found floating in Ganga
Lucknow: It was fish, it was weed, no wait - it was the now-defunct currency notes that came floating down the Ganga today. The no-longer-in-use 500 and 1000-rupee notes were spotted by people bathing in the river in Mirzapur in Uttar...
Domestic flight prices set to increase as govt imposes new levy from Dec 1
File Pic New Delhi: Airfares are set to rise with the government deciding to levy up to Rs 8,500 per flight on major routes to fund the regional air connectivity scheme. The levy amount would be for an entire flight and...
BJP has no black money, says Amit Shah on currency clean-up
New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah on demonetisation. Highlights... --The government has targeted terror funds, fake currency and hawala operators. Common people need not worry. -- The government has taken a bold step to crackdown on black money. -- There could be inconvenience, long...
SBI profits plummet
Representational Pic Mumbai: SBI consolidated Q2 profit plummets to Rs 20.7 crore against Rs 4,991.7 crore in the year-ago period. Standalone profit of SBI also falls 35 per cent at Rs 2,538.3 crore during the quarter as compared to Rs...
Centre rejects 43 judges recommended for HC posting:
New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it has returned 43 names recommended by the collegium for appointment as HC judges. Out of the 77 names recommended by the collegium, 34 have been cleared for appointment as HC...
IMF backs Modi government over demonetisation move
The International Monetary Fund has said that it supports India's efforts to fight corruption through the currency control measures announced this week, but stressed taking care to minimize disruptions in the economy. Banks reopened today for the first time since the...
Demonetisation: I-T conducts multiple raids
New Delhi: Income Tax department has conducted multiple raids in Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in the wake of demonetisation of currency. This comes a day after Union Finance Ministry had warned of strict actions against those who will be found...
Punjab law scrapping water sharing with states illegal: SC
Punjab: Punjab law scrapping water sharing with states illegal, says Supreme Court. The case involves sharing of Ravi-Beas river waters primarily between Punjab and Haryana, besides Rajasthan, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh. On March 17, the Bench had directed...
Kejriwal raises eyebrows over PM in demonetisation beneficiary Paytm ad
India woke up to several full page advertisements in national newspapers today by cash-free apps. E-payment apps Paytm and Freecharge, and Ola and Snapdeal had full page ads on the advantages they offered on cashless transactions. Paytm went a step further...
