Even as the people were grappling for getting their money at Banks and ATMs, RBI is likely to release new Rs 100 series into open market. According to the information, the new series will resemble that of 2005 Mahatma Gandhi series and will have letter R and Governor Urjit Patel’s signature at th

Wagah (Punjab) [India]: India on Saturday reunited a five-year-old Pakistani boy with his mother at the Wagha border crossing, months after he was allegedly taken to India by his father. The child, Iftikhar Ahmed, was received at the crossing by Pakistani officials, who promptly handed over his c

AHMEDABAD: Two persons who were convicted in connection with the 2002 tiffin-bomb blast case, in which the state government had invoked the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) was released from prison after spending 13 years in jail by the Supreme Court on Thursday. The court declared Habib Hawa a

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India]: Around 26 have been acquitted by an additional district court in Kalol in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra Riots case citing lack of evidence. On January 31, the court pronounced the order stating that substantial evidence could not be p

NEW DELHI: Beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya dismissed the charges of financial irregularities brought in against him by the Central Bureau of Intelligence (CBI) as "false and misconceived" in a series of tweets today. "(I) am shocked at the CBI allegations. All false and misconceived to say t

NOIDA: A 26-year-old BTech graduate tricked more than 6 lakh people into giving him their money through a Ponzi scheme that promised big returns for hitting 'likes' online. In a little over a year, Anubhav Mittal's Social Trade perpetrated a fraud of Rs 3,700 crore. The scheme operated through a

New Delhi: Following the Pakistan Interior Ministry’s statement that India should provide concrete evidence against Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the man behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and whom Islamabad put under house arrest earlier this week, India on Thursday said all evidence against

Bulandshahr (UP): BSP supremo Mayawati today warned the Muslim community that any split in their votes would benefit BJP. Addressing a rally here, she said that if elected to power, BSP would not let communal riots erupt in the state. She alleged that the BJP government at the Centre was imple

Mumbai: In a shocking development, a Maharashtra government approved textbook for class 12 suggests that ugly or handicapped girls are the reason for the social evil of dowry in the country. The reasoning appears in the textbook of Sociology under the title, “Major Social Problems in India” presc

Indian Union Muslim League Member of Parliament E Ahamed has passed away. News of his death emerged early today from the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, where Ahamed was admitted after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday. Ahamed collapsed in the Parliament's Central Hall while President Pranab Mukherjee

NEW DELHI: The Income Tax department+ has identified 18 lakh people who have made 'suspicious' cash deposits post demonetisation+ , including those having deposited over Rs 5 lakh. The department will send emails and SMSs seeking explanation about their source of funds. These people will have to

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]: Clarifying his statement on the Sheena Bora Murder Case that led to chaos a day before, Director-General of Home Guards and former Police Commissioner of Mumbai Rakesh Maria today said he was totally misquoted on his comment and it can be verified with the respective jo

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee started off budget 2017 by addressing both the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday. The Economic Survey will be tabled later in the day while the Rail and General Budget will be presented together on Wednesday, a departure from tradition. Some 34 bills will also be i

Gandhinagar: Gujarat's Acting Director General of Police P.P. Pandey, who is an accused in the killing of Ishrat Jahan and associates in an alleged shootout, was given a three-month extension of service on Tuesday, the day he retired. The state government's recommendation to extend Pandey's servi

One-way traffic is allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, a traffic department official said on Tuesday. “Keeping in view the condition of the highway and the inclement weather, one-way traffic from Jammu to Srinagar will be allowed,” the official said. No vehicle would be allowed to move i

Kurnool, 31 January, 2016 - District Immunisation Officer (DIO) Dr R Venkata Ramana said that elaborative arrangements have been made to make the pulse polio drive, a grand success. Addressing a press conference here at District Medical and Health Office, the DIO said, as part of the national immuni

LUCKNOW, 29 Jan 2017:The takeaways from the joint appearance of Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav yesterday are significant, both in terms of optics and substance. Two dapper young leaders from different parties sharing an easy camaraderie was visually pleasing. They brought freshness and warmth

The Ministry of Home Affairs announced the list of Padma Awards, and while the list contains several eminent personalities, we at Twocircles.net were particularly happy to see the name of one person: Karimul Haque, from West Bengal. Why? Read on. In November 2012, Twocircles.net correspondent Zaid