Now, a Rs 5,000 fine, 4-yr jail term for possessing old notes

New Delhi: The Centre has approved an ordinance that imposes penalties for possessing old notes beyond a certain limit and indulging in transactions with junked notes of Rs 500 and 1,000. According to the ordinance anyone possessing old notes -- Rs...

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By Nagpur Today On Wednesday, December 28th, 2016

Light of Hope Foundation backs demonetization, cashless concept

Nagpur: A voluntary organization Light of Hope Foundation strongly supported the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetization decision to curb black money and corruption and also the cashless concept. To provide a momentum to cashless transactions, the Light of Hope Foundation...

By Nagpur Today On Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

Not demonetization, this is demoralization! opine the moneyed too

Hindustan Times this photo of old man crying in a bank touches a raw nerve, his spot at the State Bank of India, New Colony branch, in Gurgaon, went viral on Twitter. (Parveen Kumar/HT) Nagpur: Serpentine queues outside banks and...

By Nagpur Today On Sunday, December 18th, 2016

Commercial Sex Workers in Nagpur’s Redlight area accepting payment through Paytm for services

Nagpur: Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetization of the Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes, Paytm and other mobile wallets are enjoying tremendous growth and use among citizens. The lack of cash in hand has favoured digital wallets...

By Nagpur Today On Saturday, December 17th, 2016

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......

By Nagpur Today On Saturday, December 17th, 2016

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...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, December 15th, 2016

‘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...

By Nagpur Today On Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

नोटबंदी में मरनेवालों को चोर कहना उनका अपमान है : नितेश राणे

नागपुर: केंद्रीय मंत्री कृष्णा राज द्वारा मीडिया के सामने नोटबंदी के बाद बैंकों में लाइन में लगे लोगों में से कईयों की जान जाने की घटना से इंकार करते हुए नोटबंदी के कारण किसी की जान नहीं गई ऐसा कह...

By Nagpur Today On Tuesday, December 13th, 2016

Video : Legality of demonitization questionable, says Chidambaram

Nagpur: "Demonetization is the biggest attack on the poor of India ( since independence). It has, and it will serve no purpose but just destroy lives and livelihoods. Over 91 people are...

By Nagpur Today On Monday, December 12th, 2016

डिमोनिटाइजेशन के चक्कर में विदर्भ के सवाल नदारद

नागपुर: शीतकालीन अधिवेशन कामकाज का पहला हफ्ता डिमोनिटाइजेशन की भेंट चढ़ गया। ईद की छुट्टी बाद मंगलवार से फिर एक बार अधिवेशन का कामकाज शुरू होगा इसलिए फिर एक बार सबकी निगाहे अधिवेशन पर लगी है की क्या आखिरी हफ्ते...

By Nagpur Today On Friday, December 9th, 2016

Notes Ban: Supreme Court pulls up Govt. over cash shortage

New Delhi: Supreme Court , that is hearing a slew of petitions against demonetization pulled up the government saying that people are suffering from a huge cash crisis even now, more than a month after it was announced. Defending the notes...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Congress MLAs don black arm bands to protest ‘black decision’ of demonetization

Nagpur: Wearing black ribbons on their arms to denote protest Congress MLAs held a rally against Modi government's demonetization in the premises of Vidhan Bhawan today. Speaking on the subject former C.M. Prithviraj Chauhan said that none of the stated objectives...

By Nagpur Today On Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Paytm means ‘Pay to Modi’ says Rahul Gandhi on the one month anniversary of demonetization

File Pic   New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today compared Narendra Modi to Roman emperor Nero, who fiddled while Rome burned, and also accused him of banning Rs.1000 and Rs.500 notes to benefit a few people like e-wallet company...

By Nagpur Today On Saturday, December 3rd, 2016

‘Notebandi a positive step with long-term benefits’

Patna: Amid growing protest by opposition against demonetisation, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today again voiced support to the Modi government's decision, saying it is a positive step which will lead to benefits. "This 'notebandi' is a positive step which will...

By Nagpur Today On Wednesday, November 30th, 2016

मनपा कर्मचारियों पर पड़ी नोट बंदी की विपरीत मार

नागपुर: नागपुर महानगर पालिका के कर्मचारी भी इससे अछूते नहीं हैं। पहले से ही वेतन की लेटलतीफी से मनपा कर्मचारियों का जीना दुश्वार है ऐसे में नोट बंदी के कारण बैंक द्वारा कर्मचारियों को खाते से केवल एक हजार...

By Nagpur Today On Monday, November 28th, 2016

Does demonetization have its own pecuniary benefits?

Nagpur: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi demonetising all the notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 of the Mahatma Gandhi Series ceased to be legal tender in India from 9 November 2016. A panic like situation prevailed in the whole country...

By Nagpur Today On Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016

DMK to hold human chains against demonetization on 24th November

Tamil Nadu: DMK will organise a human chain in all district headquarters of Tamil Nadu on November 24 to condemn the Centre and the State governments for their failure to make contingency measures to overcome sufferings caused by demonetization...

By Nagpur Today On Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016

Demonetization just the beginning of a long crusade against corruption, says Modi at BJP Parliamentary meet

New Delhi: Speaking for the first time in public after his Goa rally - but not in Parliament - Prime Minister Narendra Modi said "demonetisation is not the end but the beginning of a long, deep and constant battle against...

By Nagpur Today On Monday, November 21st, 2016

Demonetization leads labourers to leave Nagpur, crisis looms large

Nagpur: The after effects of monetization is far from getting settled as it has badly unsettled the economical structure of Nagpur. Worst sufferers are the labourers who had flocked the city to meet their ends. With the cash crunch going...

By Nagpur Today On Friday, November 18th, 2016

Demonetization claims another life in Nagpur; Gandhi Nagar SBI branch exec dies of heart attack

Nagpur: In a rush of affairs following demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000, a bank employee of Gandhi Nagar branch of State Bank India in Nagpur dies of heart attack on...

By Nagpur Today On Friday, November 18th, 2016

Demonetization ke side effects : Doctors, Real estate, satta players feel the pinch in Nagpur!

Nagpur: As the new currency notes float into the markets, gradually easing the cash crunch in retail segment, many customers as well as shopkeepers are heaving a sigh of relief. However, still the defaulters are dying in frustration of what...