New Delhi [India]: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced that it would soon issue Rs. 100 denomination notes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005, without inset letter in both the numbering panels. However, all the previous Rs. 100 notes issued by the bank will continue to be legal tende

New Delhi: Come April 1, 2017, reservation of rail tickets for senior citizens will be directly linked to Aadhaar or Unique Identification (UID) cards on a mandatory basis for availing concessions at both counter and e-tickets. However, such a requirement will be optional during January-March 2017.

Justice Khehar, who will be sworn in on January 4, will hold the tenure for over seven months till August 27, 2017. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, who led the five-judge constitution bench in the Supreme Court which had struck down the controversial NJAC Act for appointment of judges, was on Tue

Manish Sharma and six others were arrested, they had Rs. 33 lakh in new Rs. 2000 notes. KOLKATA: A BJP leader in Bengal who was the party's candidate in the Assembly polls was arrested with six others in Kolkata with bundles of cash totalling Rs. 33 lakh. Police say most of the notes were brand new

NEW DELHI: 12 people have been injured, three of them seriously, after two coaches of Capital Express train, scheduled from Bihar's Rajendra Nagar to Guwahati in Assam, derailed in West Bengal this evening. The derailment took place close to Samuktala Road Station in West Bengal's Alipurduar distri

She noted that the disputed Babri structure was also demolished by saffron forces to send a message that they do not believe in the Constitution framed by Ambedkar. BSP supremo Mayawati today accused BJP and RSS of trying to change the secular Constitution and establish Hindutva, saying the dem

J Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and one of India’s most charismatic leaders passed away at 11:30 PM on Monday in Chennai. She was 68-year-old. Jayalalithaa had suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening and was rushed to the ICU. The 68-years-old politician who was under the watch

The new Rs20 and Rs50 notes come against the backdrop of the government last month scrapping Rs500 and Rs1000 currency notes to crack down on black money New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Sunday said it will issue new currency notes of Rs20 and Rs50 denominations with numerals in ascend

CHENNAI:  After Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had a cardiac arrest this evening, arrangements have been made to airlift anti-riot police to Tamil Nadu if needed, said Press Trust of India. The news agency said that nine units of the Rapid Action Force with about 100 members each would be airlifte

Nagpur: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray today met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat here. Thackeray, who arrived here this morning, drove to the RSS headquarters where he met Bhagwat. Their meeting lasted for about an hour. What transpired between the two leaders is not known, but Sangh sources cla

Amritsar: In a hard hitting attack on Pakistan, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday accused it of launching an “undeclared war” on his country by covertly supporting several terror networks including the Taliban, and noted that there were no hidden deals in India’s growing engagement in the war-

Veteran poet and former Rajya Sabha MP Bekal Utsahi passed away at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Saturday. He was admitted in the hospital on December 1 following brain haemmorhage. He was 88. ANI quoted poet Ashok Chakradhar as saying: “He was like a father to me, so it is a personal loss.

SRINAGAR | NEW DELHI: On a day when General Qamar Javed Bajwa took over as the new Pak Army Chief, militants struck at two locations in Jammu, leading to firefights that left seven Army personnel dead and at least six militants killed. Several security personnel, including a BSF DIG, have also been

Mumbai: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) on Monday registered a victory by winning 08 wards in the Municipal Council election of Umerkhed, Yavatmal district of Maharashra’s Vidarbha region, reports ummid.com The report further said that AIMIM with 08 seats is so far is the highest tal

New Delhi: Days after UPSC topper, Tina Dabi announced her plans to marry second ranker Athar Aamir-ul-Shafi Khan, the couple has ended receiving a flak for their ‘love knows no boundaries’ relationship. In a letter to Tina’s father, Hindu Mahasabha’s National Secretary, Munna Kumar Sharma asked

New Delhi: Former Army Chief Bikram Singh, under whom the new Pakistan Army Chief Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has served on a UN assignment, tonight said India should be “careful” and watchful with regard to his approach. Gen (retd) Singh described Lt Gen Bajwa as a “thorough professional” who gave

Mumbai: Terming demonetisation as a “once in a lifetime event” that requires mammoth logistics, Governor Urjit Patel today said RBI is taking all necessary actions to “ease the genuine pain of citizens who are honest and who have been hurt” and hoped things will normalise at the earliest. Speakin

Mumbai: Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Sunday claimed that there has been no misuse of funds by his banned NGO and rejected all allegations of involvement in terror-related activities. Remaining non-committal on returning to India, where he has been booked for hate speech and under