Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Revealing the low efficacy of last November’s demonetisation of high-value currency, the RBI said on Wednesday that of the Rs 15.44 lakh crore of notes taken out of circulation, Rs 15.28…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Denying that demonetisation failed to achieve its objectives, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the measure had succeeded in reducing cash in the economy, increasing digitisation, expanding the tax…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea of meat exporter Moin Akhtar Qureshi challenging his arrest in connection…
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) The Balochistan High Court on Wednesday dismissed an application challenging the acquittal of former President Pervez Musharraf and others in the Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti murder case. The application had been…
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Revealing the low efficacy of last November’s demonetisation of high-value currency, the RBI said on Wednesday that of the Rs 15.44 lakh crore of notes taken out of circulation, Rs 15.28…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday said he will soon launch another round of agitation in Delhi for the appointment of Lokpal, Lokayuktas and for farmers’ rights as the Prime…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea by the Central government seeking the transfer of 20 cases pending before various High Courts across the country challenging the Real…
Dhaka, Aug 30 (IANS) The UN’s International Organisation for Migration said on Wednesday that around 18,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in the last few days due to an outbreak of violence that…
Washington, Aug 30 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has said that transgender people already in the military will continue to be allowed to serve pending a study on President Donald Trump’s proposed ban. “In…
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Revealing the low efficacy of last November’s demonetisation of high-value currency, the RBI said on Wednesday that of the Rs 15.44 lakh crore of notes taken out of circulation, Rs 15.28…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Twentyfour years after its introduction in the government, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to extend the concept of creamy layer in OBC reservations to Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and…
Jaipur, Aug 30 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday took suo moto cognizance of a verbal spat between doctors inside the operation theatre at a Jodhpur hospital — the video of which has gone…
Patna, Aug 30 (IANS) The Patna High Court on Wednesday upheld the life imprisonment awarded to former MP Mohammad Shahabuddin by a Bihar district court for giving an acid bath to two brothers and murdering…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the deadline for linking Aadhaar to various government schemes for benefits will be extended till December 31. A bench of Chief…
Kochi, Aug 30 (IANS) A whistle-blower employee of Air India got relief after more than two years of legal battle when the Kerala High Court cancelled his transfer on Wednesday. L.S. Sibu, who worked as…
Los Angeles, Aug 30 (IANS) Actors Chris Pratt and Anna Faris have decided to go ahead with their divorce and have entered couples’ counselling for the sake of their son Jack. “They are going through…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday slammed the city police over the delay in probing the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar in 2014, saying “we want…
Kochi, Aug 30 (IANS) Pulsar Suni, prime accused in the actress kidnapping case, on Wednesday revealed that the so-called “madam” linked to the case is none other than Kavya Madhavan, actress and wife of arrested…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which prohibits the gathering of more than four people, was lifted in the city on Wednesday, police said. Delhi Police Spokesperson Madhur…
Los Angeles, Aug 30 (IANS) A hospital worker who was sacked after she was accused of accessing singer Justin Bieber’s medical records has now filed a lawsuit against her former employers. In May, Bieber made…