Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) Even after the 50-day deadline of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to end post-demonetisation hardships, the BJP would not like to revert to the pre-November 8 times of ‘cash transactions’, said a…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) With Mongolia seeking India’s help after China hiked transit tariffs on Mongolian trucks, New Delhi on Thursday said that the landlocked country can use an Indian credit line already on…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Congress leader Raashid Alvi opposed Allahabad High Court’s Thursday observation of the Triple Talaq being “cruelty against Muslim women”, saying no one can interfere with personal laws. Alvi claimed the…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Pandemonium continued for the 16th consecutive day in Parliament on Thursday as the government failed to find common ground with the opposition that is protesting in both Houses. However, the…
Kathmandu, Dec 8 (IANS) Nepal’s Supreme Court on Thursday summoned Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar on a plea that has challenged the Constitution Amendment Bill tabled in parliament. A…
Nagpur, Dec 8 (IANS) Bowing to demands from various quarters, the Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to modify the names of two iconic locations — the airport and the main rail terminus in Mumbai, officials…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Pakistan has conveyed to India that an Indian national lodged in a Pakistani jail even after completing his prison term “is safe, secure and in good health”, a senior official…
Islamabad, Dec 8 (IANS) India’s “negativity” at the Heart of Asia conference last weekend “exposed” its claims of “commitment” to prospects of peace in Afghanistan, the Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson said on Thursday. Foreign Office…
Chennai, Dec 8 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Thursday met J. Jayalalithaa’s confidante Sasikala Natarajan at the Poes Garden residence of the late AIADMK leader. Party officials said senior ministers and party…
Ranchi, Dec 8 (IANS) A girl student in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur district committed suicide on Thursday as she failed to get money from the bank to deposit for college admission, police said. According to police sources,…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Following a US Congressional hearing earlier this week regarding an American NGO being subjected to funding restrictions in India by the Home Ministry, a senior official said on Thursday that…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) India on Thursday demanded immediate consular access to one of its nationals arrested in Pakistan on charges of being a spy after Pakistani top diplomat Sartaj Aziz said that there…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday launched Indian Railways website for National Rail Plan (NRP), 2030. “Indian Railways needs to form a concrete plan about its doings in the coming…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Calling demonetisation “a big magnum-sized tsunami”, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Thursday said India’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the current fiscal (2016-17) will take a huge hit…
Srinagar, Dec 8 (IANS) A civilian was killed in one of the clashes that erupted between protesters and security forces in parts of Kashmir on Thursday following the death of three militants in a shootout…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) With foreign missions here expressing difficulties in running their day-to-day affairs due to the government’s demonetisation move, the Finance Ministry has been asked to direct banks to allow diplomats to…
Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) The BJP on Thursday said a “great deal of austerity” was observed at the wedding of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s daughter at Nagpur in Maharashtra on Sunday. There is no ban…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Thursday has called the demonetisation drive started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Allaince (NDA) government a “scam”. “The government’s demonetisation drive…
Kolkata, Dec 8 (IANS) Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday held him responsible for the chaos in the country post demonetisation and said he has lost his moral…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The demonetisation misery hit hard some MPs on Thursday when the State Bank of India (SBI) branch in Parliament politely refused to give them Rs 24,000 each. Three MPs –…