Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) Following the cash crunch resulting from the recent demonetisation, the RBI on Monday imposed stiff conditions for withdrawal of up to Rs 2.5 lakh in cash from bank accounts for weddings,…
Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) The NIA on Monday conducted fresh raids at multiple locations linked to controversial NRI preacher and televangelist Zakir Naik and started blocking some online URLs linked to him and his Islamic…
Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) Five days before the eighth anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday paid tributes to the victims and martyrs at a memorial meeting here. Accompanied by…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Contrary to popular belief, late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was not “terribly keen” to join politics and given a chance, she would have led a normal womans life, her daughter-in-law…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has not deferred repayments by micro-finance institutions (MFIs) consequent to the demonetisation of high value currency notes but only extended these subject to payment…
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…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday expressed confidence that the party would gain strength to be able to come to power on its own. “It is absolutely possible. I think…
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…
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….
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…