Driver held with Rs 49.96 lakh in cash
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) A 28-year-old man, who works as a driver, was held while carrying Rs 49.96 lakh in Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes in a car in Delhi, police said…
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Sonia, Rahul attend photo exhibit on Indira’s life
Allahabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday attended the inauguration of a photo exhibition on late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s life to mark her birth centenary celebrations….
Not the right person to decide, says Sonia on Rahul’s elevation
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday said she was not the right person to “decide or reply” on the issue of her son and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi taking…
Bansal case: SC notice to Centre, CBI on plea for SIT probe
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking SIT probe into the harassment and consequent suicide by late Corporate Affairs Ministry officer B.K. Bansal,…
Indira felt extremely uncomfortable with Emergency: Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday said late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi felt “extremely uncomfortable” about the Emergency and if she had not done so, she would not have gone…
No school bags till class II: Upendra Kushwaha
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The CBSE has directed schools affiliated to it to ensure that students do not carry school bags till class II and also to restrict the number of books to be…
Train tragedy death toll up to 146, forensic probe ordered
Kanpur/New Delhi/Patna, Nov 21 (IANS) As the death toll in Sunday’s train derailment tragedy near Kanpur rose to 146, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Monday ordered a “forensic probe” into the accident. Rescue teams called…
Reducing malnutrition is the key focus: Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday said that the key focus of her ministry was to reduce malnutrition. “The key focus is to reduce malnutrition for which…
28 from Madhya Pradesh among train victims
Bhopal, Nov 21 (IANS) A total of 28 persons of the 146 killed in the train accident near Kanpur were from Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Monday. According to officials, 27 of the deceased have…
Opposition steps up attack over demonetisation, to unitedly protest
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Congress on Monday held a meeting with other like minded parties over the issue of demonetisation to unitedly mount pressure on the government, even as the AAP announced it…
Joining politics was my first tough decision: Sonia
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi said on Monday that joining politics was her first tough decision. “Whether to join politics or not was the first tough decision that I took,” Sonia…
Narendra Modi absolutely not like Indira, says Sonia
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) There can be “absolutely” no comparison between Indira Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said emphatically on Monday. In an interview to India Today news channel,…
Taxmen quiz mining baron Reddy on daughter’s fat wedding
Bengaluru, Nov 21 (IANS) The Income Tax (IT) department on Monday asked Karnataka’s mining baron and former BJP Minister Gali Janaradhan Reddy how much he spent on his daughter’s “fat” wedding in the city on…
My first conversation with Indira Gandhi was in French: Sonia
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday said her first conversation with her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi was in French. “I met Indira Gandhi in 1965. She started conversing with me in…
Gunmen loot over Rs 12 lakh from Kashmir bank
Srinagar, Nov 21 (IANS) Gunmen on Monday looted over Rs 12 lakh, comprising most new and withdrawn high-denomination notes from a Jammu and Kashmir Bank branch in the state’s Badgam district, police said. “Four unidentified…
Queues persist outside banks, ATMs on 12th day; one dead
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) A 49-year-old vegetable vendor died on Monday afternoon while waiting for his turn to deposit money as long queues persisted outside bank branches for the 12th day since the banks…
Justice Lalit recuses himself from hearing Haryana’s plea on SYL
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The hearing on Haryana’s plea seeking compliance of the top court’s 2002 and 2004 orders and decree on the completion of the Punjab stretch of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal…
Will ask to raise cash withdrawal limit for exporters: Sitharaman
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) In view of the cash crunch resulting from the demonetisation of high value notes, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said she will take up with Finance Ministry the case…
Japanese PM expresses grief over Kanpur train tragedy
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday conveyed his grief and sadness at the “high toll of human lives” in the Kanpur train tragedy. “On behalf of the Government and…
NGOs allege foul play in maternity entitlement payments
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Inordinate delays in making payments towards maternity entitlement under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and insufficient budgetary allocation for the same have defeated the very objective of the scheme, civil…