New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that from Saturday onwards, the entire currency in circulation will be legitimate, Friday being the last day to deposit the demonetised Rs 500 and…
Srinagar, Dec 30 (IANS) Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik was on Friday arrested as he attempted to lead a protest rally against the government’s alleged move to issue Jammu and Kashmir domicile certificates to Hindu…
Shimla, Dec 30 (IANS) Shimla has recorded the warmest December in the past eight years and the second ‘hottest’ since 1918, a Met official said here on Friday. “The average minimum temperature of the town…
Seoul, Dec 30 (IANS) A civic group on Friday installed a statue of a girl symbolising victims of Japanese wartime sex slavery in front of the Japanese consulate in South Korea’s city of Busan, a…
Panaji, Dec 30 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Friday said that he does not agree with Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao’s comments about “rampant corruption and weak governance” in the state, and will meet…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached assets of Odisha-based Artha Tatwa group, its Managing Director P. K. Sethy and others in a chit fund scam. “ED attaches assets worth Rs…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) A court here on Friday extended the judicial custody of two persons arrested in multi-million-dollar AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter scam. Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Sumeet Anand extended the judicial custody of Sanjeev…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Seeking freedom from the “tyranny of arrogance”, a section of intellectuals here on Friday submitted a memorandum to RBI’s regional director in protest against demonetisation. “Nobel laureates from the country and…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The CBI on Friday conducted raids at Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain’s OSD (Officer on Special Duty) Nikunj Aggarwal’s office at the Delhi Secretariat. A separate Central Bureau of Investigation…
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 30 (IANS) FC Barcelona and Brazil football star Neymar has confessed that taking the last penalty of the shoot-out against Germany in the final at the Rio Olympics was his most…
Athens, Dec 30 (IANS) Investigations are continuing into the disappearance of Greece’s ambassador to Brazil Kyriakos Amiridis since Monday, Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Yannis Amanatidis said here on Friday. The minister, however, did not confirm…
Melbourne, Dec 30 (IANS) Australian spinners Ashton Agar and Stephen O’Keefe were on Friday included in the 13-member squad for next week’s third and final cricket Test against Pakistan in Sydney. Australia, who have already…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Art found a new meaning through multiple media artist Ashim Ghoshs creativity, which is being currently showcased at the ongoing Photosphere Exhibition 2016 at the India Habitat Centre (IHC) here….
By Anurag Dey New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) After storming to power in West Bengal for a second consecutive term, 2016 saw Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee striving for a bigger role in national politics…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday approached the Delhi High Court to seek cancellation of bail to former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief S.P. Tyagi in the AgustaWestland chopper…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Rising star Armaan Qureshi on Friday credited his Hockey India League (HIL) franchise Jaypee Punjab Warriors’ coach Barry Dancer for instilling confidence in him to perform in big matches. The…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Calling demonetisation a “decision taken without forethought”, the Congress on Friday said all its stated objectives have failed and the government’s insistence on digital transactions is infested with “serious issues”,…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched an Aadhaar-based mobile payment application at ‘DigiDhan Mela’ here to promote and make digital transactions easier. The app is called BHIM (Bharat Interface…
By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) “Failure”, “chaotic”, “immoral”, “unsettling”, “revolutionary”, “brilliant”. Opinions about the effects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s November 8 midnight bomb wrapped in nationalistic garb differ, depending on whom…