Putting all speculations to rest, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday ruled out roll-back of the demonetisation move that came into effect last week. In an interview, Arun Jaitley said there was no shortage of currency in the country to deal with the millions lined up outside banks and[Read More…]
A traffic constable of Madhya Pradesh Police offered to donate one of his kidneys to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, a day after she tweeted about her kidney failure. “I wish to donate one of my kidneys to Sushmaji,” 26-year-old Gaurav Singh Dangi told PTI. “I got worried about her[Read More…]
India has issued a demarche to Pakistan on continued violation of ceasefire along the LoC and strongly condemned increased concentration of terrorists observed across the border in the vicinity of Pakistani forward posts. The Ministry of External Affairs called in a senior official of the Pakistan High Commission yesterday and[Read More…]
In an appalling incident at a government hospital in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district, a woman was forced to drag her husband to the first floor of the hospital after she was allegedly denied a stretcher to carry the patient. Srivani brought her severely ill husband to the government hospital for[Read More…]
Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee made a scathing attack on the government on Thursday warning that there will be intense protests and unrest if it does not withdraw its ban on ₹500 and ₹1000 rupee notes. They also visited the Reserve Bank of India to check on the progress of[Read More…]
The death toll of people after PM Narendra Modi’s announcement of demonetisation has reached 47. Citizens across the country have been inconvenienced since the announcement. Most of the people died waiting in the serpentine queue before ATMs/ banks for hours. 12 people collapsed to death mainly due to suffocation. 10[Read More…]
The government on Thursday announced that the central government employees up to Group ‘C’ now can draw salary advance up to ₹10,000 in cash that’ll be adjusted against their November salaries. Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech stated that interim provisions have[Read More…]
The Dr YSR Reddy ACA-VDCA stadium will be becoming the 24th Test centre in the country when it hosts the India-England Test match starting today. And the local organisers are leaving no stone unturned to ensure a hassle-free organisation. Yesterday they performed a puja, close to the pitch. Key Andhra[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Thursday said an impression should not be created that human life has lesser value than that of a dog, and stressed that stray dogs can be killed only in accordance with the Animal Birth Control Rules. “Let not an impression go out that human life is[Read More…]
President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday cautioned that a scenario opposite to job creation can spell disaster in the country. Addressing a conference of heads of educational institutions, he said job creation figures were the lowest in past seven years and jobs creation is a priority. Citing incidents of student unrest[Read More…]
Following the government’s decision to mark bank users’ fingers using hard-to-remove ink to stop multiple visits to exchange currency, ‘Indelible ink removal’ was trending on Google. With motive to reduce the crowd at banks to exchange the demonetization, the Economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das, on Nov 15, said banks will[Read More…]
As the country reels under demonetisation effect, people in Assam are compelled to use Bhutanese currency, exchanged against de-valued notes of ₹500 and ₹1000. Local television reports showed areas near the Bhutan border in Kokrajhar district where Bhutanese currency is being used for transaction. While Bhutan currency is used in[Read More…]
Yuvraj Singh and his fiance Hazel Keech are all set to tie the knot on November 30th. While the cricketer’s wedding is sure to make news, a popular daily has some more dope on the wedding nuptials. As per reports, Yuvraj and Hazel will have two weddings – one would[Read More…]
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the hardship arising out of demonetisation may continue for around a month. He described the move as the first step towards achieving economic and social freedom. Speaking at a rally in Haryana, Singh asked the people to bear with the difficulties for[Read More…]
After leading a march of opposition parties to Rashtrapati Bhawan on Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said now common people have to wait for cash to arrive in ATMs, which was initially meant to dispense cash whenever a user needed it. “Initially ATM meant ‘All time Money’ now[Read More…]
Goa government employees have demanded that their salary for the current month be paid in cash rather than be deposited in bank accounts, considering the difficulties faced to withdraw money. Goa Government Employees Association (GGEA), in a written communication to Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, said, “to make the withdrawal of[Read More…]
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday witnessed ongoing military exercises near the border with India. The exercise, in Khairpur Tamiwali in Bhawalpur, Punjab province, is aimed at checking the operational preparedness of the Pakistani military. Tanks, planes, artillery and other heavy weapons will[Read More…]
NGO ‘Common Cause’ moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking a SIT to probe alleged payments of huge amounts by Sahara Group and Aditya Birla Group to politicians. The application was filed through advocate Prashant Bhushan. Have filed an application in the SC seeking thorough investigation into Sahara/Birla docs showing[Read More…]
With a motive to evade scrutiny, Naxals in Jharkhand are forcing elderly people to exchange their unaccounted money after demonetisation of ₹1,000 and ₹ 500 notes. As per reports, in Latehar district, one of the most Naxal-affected areas in Jharkhand, the left-wing extremists, who have extorted crores of rupees by[Read More…]
Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj is suffering from kidney failure and is on dialysis at AIIMS. “Presently, I am on dialysis. I am undergoing tests for a Kidney transplant. Lord Krishna will bless,” Swaraj said in a tweet on Wednesday. I am in AIIMS because of kidney failure. Presently,[Read More…]
A week has passed since Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to ban old ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes, the death toll has reached 33. Citizens across the country have been inconvenienced since the announcement. Punjab Four days before his daughter’s wedding, Sukhdev Singh died of heart attack in Tarn Taran, Punjab.[Read More…]
A minor domestic help was allegedly sexually assaulted repeatedly by a lawyer and his son at their apartment in Hyderabad, the police said on Wednesday. The family, which stays in Greenhills Colony in the city’s Chaitanyapuri area, brought the girl six months ago from Suryapet, around 140 km away. Less[Read More…]
Cricketer turned commentator turned Twitter sensation – Virender Sehwag will be seen acting in a new web series on Video on Demand (VOD) service – Viu that will go on air next week. After a successful cricketing career that included 38 hundreds and 72 fifties across all international cricket formats;[Read More…]
BJP on Tuesday said while Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working to curb black money and corruption with his demonetisation exercise, rival parties have “ganged up” against him. Terming demonetisation as a ‘surgical strike’ on black money, BJP National Secretary Shrikant Sharma claimed that the general public is in the[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the Nov 8 government notification demonetising ₹ 500 and ₹1,000 currency and asked the Centre to take immediate measures to alleviate the hardships and sufferings of the traumatised common man who is “forced” to stand in queues to withdraw a little[Read More…]
