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No counter exchange of old currency notes after midnight today
New Delhi [India]: The Centre on Thursday said that there will be no counter exchange of old Rs. 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes after the midnight today. However, certain exemptions relating to cancellation of legal tender character of old currency notes has been extended up to December 15, inclu
No difference between a militant group and India’s intelligence agency: Former spy
New Delhi: He started off as a taxi driver, went on to become a spy for an Indian intelligence agency, spent 11 years in a Pakistan jail and is now running an association for the welfare of unsung heroes. Disappointed by the lack of support from the Indian government, Vinod Sawhney says there is
No Cash For Fees, Student Kills Himself In Uttar Pradesh
Banda, Uttar Pradesh: An 18-year-old student has allegedly committed suicide after he could not withdraw money to pay his examination fees in Banda district in Uttar Pradesh. According to the police, Suresh had been standing in queue for several days, without luck. After he returned empty-handed
Rs 1.20 lakh crore deposited in SBI: Arundhati Bhattacharya
About the problem of availability of Rs.100 and Rs.500 notes, Bhattacharya said as far as Rs.100 notes were concerned, there were a lot of currencies available. SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya on claimed that nearly Rs.1.20 lakh crore has been deposited during the last 15 days after demoneti
India fire assault on LoC kills 12 Pakistanis, DGMOs speak
Pakistan says 9 on bus killed in shelling, Indian DGMO expresses grief. A day after it promised “heavy retribution” for the killing of three of its soldiers — one of the bodies was mutilated — by Pakistanis who crossed the Line of Control in the Machil sector of north Kashmir, the Indian Ar
No transaction charges on debit card payments till 31 Dec: Govt
All public sector banks and some private lenders have agreed to waive transaction charges on debit cards, economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das said New Delhi Wed, Nov 23 2016:: The government on Wednesday asked banks to waive the merchant discount rate (MDR) or transaction fee charged on debi
Demonetization: Tribal milk producers in Gujarat hit hard
Vadodara , Wed, 23 Nov 2016:The dairy has already deposited Rs 14 crores into the accounts of these cooperative societies to make payments to members who are from poor tribal communities RBI's ban on district cooperative banks exchanging or depositing demonetized notes has hit tribal milk producers
IndiGo launches 28 new domestic flights connecting key cities
TBM Staff | New Delhi, 22 Nov 2016: IndiGo, is further enhancing its customer experience with the launch of 28 new flights on its existing domestic network. The new schedule will see maiden flights on the Guwahati-Lucknow, Lucknow-Ahmedabad, Bengaluru-Indore and Raipur-Patna sectors. With the
No Cash For Fees, Student Kills Himself In Uttar Pradesh
BANDA, UTTAR PRADESH, November 23, 2016 : An 18-year-old student has allegedly committed suicide after he could not withdraw money to pay his examination fees in Banda district in Uttar Pradesh. According to the police, Suresh had been standing in queue for several days, without luck. After he re
Vadodara BJP corporator’s kin found with old notes worth Rs 31 lakh, detained
The Vadodara police on Tuesday detained a man reportedly related to a BJP corporator, for possessing Rs 31 lakh cash of scrapped Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes. Acting on a tip-off, the Crime Branch police detained Vaikunt Pawar, brother of Vijay Pawar, BJP corporator of Ward 14, Tuesday. Commissioner
ED suspects Zakir Naik’s family, trust laundered over Rs 100 crore
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing a layering of funds amounting to Rs 47.69 crore received by televangelist Zakir Naik through banking channels and Rs 64 crore received as donations by his trust, the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). Sources said the money, received through ban
Militants mutilate soldier’s body, kill 2 others in ambush
Army warns of ‘retribution’ after incident in Machhil sector Tensions between India and Pakistan flared up on Tuesday with the killing of three jawans and mutilation of one of them, amid continuing exchange of fire between the two armies along the Line of Control. The Indian Army warned of
Mamata Banerjee Targets PM Modi, To Hit Delhi Streets Against Currency Ban
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was threatening other parties raising voices against demonetisation and said she would hit the streets of Delhi to protest against the Centre's move which caused immense hardship to the people. "Th
JDU, RLD hint at larger alliance in UP for Assembly elections
RLD's record of sticking to an alliance is not good but it has managed to get into the power alliances in the state and at the Centre as well. The Rashtriya Lok Dal and Janata Dal (United) have made a late entry into the electoral battle in Uttar Pradesh and have announced that they will fight th
Farmers can now use old Rs 500 notes to buy seeds
Farmers can now use old Rs 500 notes at state-owned outlets towards the purchase of seeds, the Finance Ministry said in a statement Days after allowing farmers to make cash withdrawals up to Rs 25,000 per week against sanctioned crop loans, the Centre on Monday announced that they will now be allow
Meet the Indian family with 12 fingers and 12 toes
Gaya, 20 Nov 2016:Fifty-year-old daily wage labourer Krishna Choudhary, who lives in a small village in Gaya, has six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. So do his father, grandfather, siblings, children and grandchildren. Choudhary's nuclear and extended family of 25 members have a t
Muslim Law Board For Triple Talaq, Against Uniform Civil Code
All India Muslim Personal Law Board said divine Sharia laws cannot be modified or altered. KOLKATA: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday strongly opposed the central government's move against triple talaq and imposition of uniform civil code, saying divine Sharia laws regardin
At least 120 killed as Indore-Patna Express derails
Pukhrayan (UP), Nov 20, 2016 (PTI) :At least 120 passengers were killed and more than 200 injured, nearly half of them grievously, in the worst train accident in recent years when 14 coaches of Indore-Patna Express derailed here in Kanpur rural area in the wee hours today due to suspected rail fract