Queues persist outside banks for the 12th day
Noida, Nov 21 (IANS) There has been no relief for the common man queuing up outside the banks for the 12th day since the banks reopened after the demonetisation of the Rs 500 and Rs…
Noida, Nov 21 (IANS) There has been no relief for the common man queuing up outside the banks for the 12th day since the banks reopened after the demonetisation of the Rs 500 and Rs…
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Ace mountaineer and Everester Pradeep Sahoo died in Zimbabwe capital Harare following a severe heart attack, sources said on Monday. Sahoo, 50, a popular face in the city’s mountaineering circle, breathed…
Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) Some 37 per cent of the Rs 14,50,000 crore worth of now-demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes that were in circulation have been exchanged or deposited with banks till…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Monday said in the Lok Sabha that a “forensic probe” has been ordered in the Kanpur rail tragedy in which 142 people have died and…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The government on Monday allowed farmers to purchase seeds with the demonetised bank notes of Rs 500 value. The seeds, using old notes, can be bought from the outlets of…
Tirupati, Nov 21 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party MP N. Sivaprasad staged a novel protest in this temple town on Monday over the difficulties faced by people due to demonetisation of high value currency notes. The…
By Akanki Sharma New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) A year ago, when 28-year-old Soma Chatterjee Maiti started using mobile messaging app WhatsApp, she did not know that one day the platform would economically empower her….
Kanpur, Nov 21 (IANS) The death toll in one of the worst rail accidents in the country that took place on Sunday when the Indore-Patna Express rolled off the tracks near Kanpur, rose to 142…
Buenos Aires, Nov 21 (IANS) Argentine cooks prepared a 500-metre-long pizza in order to raise public awareness for Down syndrome. The event, organised on Sunday by the Association of Pizzeria and Empanada House Owners, aimed…
Melbourne, Nov 21 (IANS) Australia has called for tougher guidelines after six deaths here in snorkelling and scuba diving incidents in five days, authorities said. Australian Underwater Federation (AUF) President Graham Henderson said that diving…
Bhiwani (Haryana), Nov 20 (IANS) Bollywood actor Aamir Khan on Sunday attended the wedding ceremony of international wrestler Geeta Phogat in her ancestral village near this Haryana town and termed his upcoming film “Dangal”, based…
Bhopal, Nov 20 (IANS) Even though the cost of living and medical treatment have shot up manifold in the last two decades, the ex-gratia amount given to the kin of those killed in rail accidents…
Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday strongly opposed the central government’s move against triple talaq and imposition of uniform civil code, saying divine Sharia laws regarding marriage,…
Panaji, Nov 20 (IANS) Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu mourned the deaths of over 100 passengers in a train accident near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. At the inaugural ceremony…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) This is one protest that has literally gone sky-high and is forcing authorities to look up to the protesters. In the high-security zone of Chandigarh’s upscale Sector 3,…
By Anurag Dey New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Notwithstanding the suffering of the common people, Kailash Satyarthi supports the governments demonetisation move as it will help curb trafficking, but the Nobel laureate and child-rights crusader…
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) The Global Citizen Festival India secured investment commitments worth $3.37 billion (Rs. 22,940 crores) which would benefit around 50 crore people, an official said here on Saturday. These include 25 commitments…
Bengaluru, Nov 19 (IANS) A 70-year-old man died on Saturday allegedly after he suffered a heart attack while waiting in queue for nearly four hours to exchange old notes at the State Bank of Mysore…
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) To celebrate significant contributions of the male population to society, a car rally was organised in Kolkata on Saturday on the occasion of ‘International Men’s Day’. A state based non-government organisation…
Agra, Nov 19 (IANS) On the occasion of World Toilet Day, the residents of Agra demanded free, safe and clean toilet facilities at a meeting Organised by the Braj Mandal Heritage Conservation Society on Saturday….