Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) The Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) on Thursday said the government decision to use indelible ink to prevent people from making multiple cash withdrawals from banks was an “eyewash”. The…
Chennai, Nov 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu M.K.Stalin on Thursday blamed the AIADMK government for not putting forth a strong argument in the Supreme Court in favour of Jallikattu, or…
Srinagar, Nov 17 (IANS) After being suspended for over four months due to unrest, train services in the Kashmir Valley resumed partially on Thursday, officials said. The service resumed from Budgam to Srinagar after completion…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday asked the government to scrap the demonetisation decision in three days or face a revolt. Addressing…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Minister and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Thursday offered to tender an unconditional apology to the Bulandshahr gangrape victims for saying it was a political conspiracy. A…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Stressing on higher education’s crucial role in developmental effort, President Pranab Mukherjee has called for a strong interface between industry and higher education sectors, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said on…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The CBI is examining complaints from the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department against two of its former directors vis-a-vis a case involving meat exporter Moin Ahmed Qureshi, an…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (UNI) A senior Janata Dal-United leader on Thursday said the party supported the Modi government’s demonetisation move but had reservations only over its implementation. “As far as the JD-U is concerned,…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The CPI-M has said that the way the demonetisation move has been conducted has exposed “the utter inefficiency and bungling by the government”. An editorial in the party journal “People’s…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Will new notes which replace the demonetised currency find itself in circulation soon? Unlikely, if the capacity of all the currency printing presses in the country is taken into account….
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Visiting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday called on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is suffering from kidney failure, and wished her immediate recovery. “‘Bless you with immediate recovery’….
Pune, Nov 17 (IANS) Six months after they claimed to have become the first married couple in history to scale Mt. Everest, Pune police personnel Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod were suspended from the Maharashtra Police…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said an impression should not be created that human life has lesser value than that of a dog, and stressed that stray dogs can be…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said that by creating a ruckus in Parliament, the Congress was trying to wriggle out of the discussion over demonetisation. The…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Thursday as a united opposition demanded a debate on demonetisation under a parliamentary provision that entails voting, which was not acceptable…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Software giant IBM on Thursday announced the launch of a new state-of-the-art IBM centre in Mumbai that will help clients accelerate their digital transformation journey across industries, with a focus…
Bengaluru, Nov 17 (IANS) Indians who were victims of cybercrime within the past year often continued their unsafe behaviour, still sharing passwords and other risky steps online, a new report by Norton by Symantec revealed…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The chaotic situation and long queues outside banks and ATMs in Delhi and adjoining Noida and Gurugram continued on Thursday with people frantically attempting to withdraw cash for their basic…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday warned the Centre of intense protests if the problems being faced by people over demonetisation are not resolved…
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Will new notes which replace the demonetised currency find itself in circulation soon? Unlikely, if the capacity of all the currency printing presses in the country is taken into account….