Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS): As many as 98.04% of the Rs 2,000 banknotes which were in circulation as of May 19, 2023, have now been returned with the total value of such notes outside the banking system coming down to Rs 6,970 crore at the close of business on October 31, 2024, according to an RBI up

Gadag, Nov 4 (IANS): The Karnataka government has invited former U.S. President, Barack Obama, to attend a joint Assembly session organised to commemorate the centenary of the 1924 Congress session, chaired by Mahatma Gandhi in Belagavi. This session marked Mahatma Gandhi’s launch of t

The Mumbai Traffic Police have reported receiving a death threat aimed at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The threat, communicated via a WhatsApp message from an unknown number, demands that Adityanath resign from his position within 10 days or face dire consequences. The message omino

The Delhi Police are investigating a case of security breach after a live cartridge was found in a pocket seat of an Air India flight landing from Dubai recently, PTI reported. A police officer told PTI that an Air India staff found the live round of ammunition during routine cleaning on a flight

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) A heated confrontation erupted again at a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting on Monday, called to review the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024. Opposition MPs protested, alleging that "fake presentations" were being discussed, specifically questioning the validi

Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS): The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to mafia don Rajendra S. Nikalje, alias Chhota Rajan and suspended his life sentence in the case of the sensational murder of Mumbai hotelier Jaya Shetty in 2001. On May 30 this year, a Special MCOCA Court had pronounced Rajan

Kochi, Oct 22 (IANS): On a pleasure trip from Thrissur to the pristine hill station at Munnar, a group of students, all minors landed up in trouble as they were caught red-handed for possessing five grams of ganja and one gram of hashish oil by an Excise official. A case was filed against two min

In a significant development, the Telangana Task Force (T TASKF) arrested popular motivational speaker Munawar Zama and two hotel owners from Maharashtra today. The arrests are connected to the vandalism of an idol at a temple near the Secunderabad passport office, an incident that occurred during t

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS): The Supreme Court, in an interim order passed on Monday, stayed a National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) recommendation asking all states and Union Territories to discontinue funding for Madrasa Boards. A bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and

The new Lady Justice statue in the Supreme Court has shed its blindfold, with the Constitution now replacing the sword in one hand, symbolising that the law in India is neither blind nor punitive. According to an NDTV report, the statue was commissioned at the orders of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud.

Bengaluru, Oct 16 (IANS): The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed the criminal case lodged by the police against two persons in connection with allegedly raising "Jai Shri Ram" slogans inside a mosque. The single division bench headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna, looking into the app

For the second consecutive day, several Opposition MPs walked out of the Joint Committee of Parliament meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, accusing BJP members of using offensive language against them. Meanwhile, ruling party MPs alleged that it was the Opposition who used derogatory remarks to

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS): Assembly elections in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase on November 20, and in Jharkhand in two phases on November 13 and 20, and the results of both will be declared on November 23, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday. The Assemblies of Maharashtra and

Chennai, Oct 12 (IANS): As many as 19 passengers of the Bagmati Express (Train No. 12578), which derailed at Kavaraipettai on the night of October 11, have been admitted to hospital. The condition of four passengers is reported to be serious. Southern Railway has already launched a high-l

Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of one of India's biggest conglomerates, Tata Sons, has died at 86. Just on Monday, the industrialist in a social media post had dismissed speculation surrounding his health and had said he was undergoing routine medical investigations due to his age. "It is

National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah said his son Omar will be the next chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir after the party and its ally Congress crossed the halfway mark in the election results on Tuesday. Speaking to the media, Farooq Abdullah said, "People have given their mandate. T

SBI new charges: India's largest public sector lender - State Bank of India (SBI) has millions of credit card users in the country. Additionally, today, SBI, which is often called the banker of every Indian, has emerged as one of the largest credit card issuers in the country. The bank has over

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS): Soon after the culmination of voting in the Haryana Assembly polls on Sunday, exit poll forecasts have started pouring in. Most have forecast a clear mandate for the Congress in Haryana and a big setback for the ruling BJP. Multiple exit polls have predicted a landslide m