New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Expressing concern over the circulation of fake currency notes, Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel on Tuesday said the apex bank will launch new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Claiming to be the “real president” of the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), suspended party leader and MP Arun Kumar on Tuesday announced the National Executive Committee of the party…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) As part of sweeping steps to battle black money, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes will cease to be legal tender from midnight…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 8 (IANS) Kerala residents had mixed reactions to the unexpected announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes will cease to be legal tender from midnight Tuesday,…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that hospitals, railway, bus and airlines ticket counters will continue to accept Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 old notes till the next 72…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced drastic measures to curtail black money, declaring Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes as illegal from midnight. The government will issues new…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Union Finance Ministry on Tuesday said the move to withdraw Rs 500, Rs 1,000 currency notes is the biggest “surgical strike” by the government to curtail black money in…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday backed the Narendra Modi government’s decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes from midnight, saying the move will help in eliminating corruption….
By Amit Kapoor That the environment in cities in India and the broader South Asian region in general is in shambles is not a secret — and Delhi recently has been in a near emergency…
Thrissur (Kerala), Nov 8 (IANS) The Kerala Police on Tuesday registered a case against former Kerala Speaker and CPI-M leader K. Radhakrishnan for revealing the personal details of a rape victim, in which party workers,…
Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) Border Security Force personnel have seized three home-made pistols and cartridges in West Bengal’s Nadia district, officials said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off about smuggling of weapons in the area…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council announced on Tuesday that the schedule for the 2017 season of the lucrative Twenty20 cricket tournament has been finalised and the players’ auction…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a sudden address to the nation on Tuesday, announced that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes are being withdrawn from midnight. He said that…
Nagpur, Nov 8 (IANS) Air India will operate as commercial service its empty aircraft returning from mandatory checks at the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility here as an additional flight to Mumbai on Thursday,…
Chandigarh, Nov 8 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate CII Agro Tech 2016, a four-day agro technology and business fair, here on November 20, it was announced on Tuesday. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin would be…
Patna, Nov 8 (IANS) The Bihar government has hiked to Rs 11 lakh from Rs 5 lakh the compensation to the kin of the state’s soldiers killed in the line of duty. The state will…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes will cease to be legal tender from midnight Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Monday. The Prime Minister said in a nationally…
Port of Spain (Trinidad), Nov 8 (IANS) The Federation of International Players Association (FICA) has announced its opposition to an unprecedented move by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to levy 20 percent of the…