Indian Navy on Friday denied the Pakistani Navy claim that it had prevented an Indian submarine from entering its territorial water. “Indian Navy categorically denies the statement of Pakistani Navy as blatant lies,” Navy spokesperson Captain D K Sharma said. He added that the Indian Navy did not have any[Read More…]
As soon as people got to know that Sushma Swaraj is undergoing dialysis in AIIMS, the hospital is flooded with calls with kidney donation offers. The phone start ringing hours after Sushma tweeted about her kidney failure on Wednesday. “I cannot remember the exact number of calls that I have[Read More…]
BJP MLA from Ladpura in Rajasthan’s Kota district Bhawani Singh Rajawat has purportedly claimed that Ambani and Adani had prior knowledge of the demonetisation of ₹500 and ₹1,000, as shown in a video released online. “Adani, Ambani atram-satram in sab ko pehle hi pata thha. Inko hint de diya gaya.[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…]
Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed a strong debate on government’s demonetisation scheme. Anand Sharma ,Congress deputy leader in Rajya Sabha ,led the opposition’ charge. “86% of the currency in the markets was 500/1000 notes, was scrapped by just one announcement. Was it all black?” Sharma asked. CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury[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…]
Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said Pakistan cannot be bullied by Indian “tactics” and its restraint should not be “misunderstood” as weakness, warning that his country was fully capable of defending against “any belligerence”. His remarks came a day after the Pakistan Army admitted that seven of its soldiers[Read More…]
A senior lawyer appointed to assist the Supreme Court in the 2012 Nirbhaya fatal gangrape case as “amicus curiae” has urged the judges not to send the four death row convicts to the gallows, saying they are too young to be hanged. The SC is hearing appeals of Mukesh (24),[Read More…]
A 45-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide as he was apparently upset over not being able to get his high-denomination notes exchanged for fresh ones due to serpentine queues in banks. The farmer Ravi Pradhan’s wife Pushplata claimed that he was in urgent need of money to help their two sons[Read More…]
Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday ordered reopening of schools in the border areas of Jammu from Tuesday that were closed following the increasing tension between India and Pakistan post September 29 surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC). At least 174 schools along Indo-Pak border areas were closed[Read More…]
In her first statement released since September, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said that she has taken rebirth because of people’s prayers. “Due to the continuous prayers by people in Tamil Nadu, in other states and across the world, I have taken rebirth and I am happy to share[Read More…]
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday termed the submission of resignation letters by Congress MLAs, to protest the SCruling on SYL issue, as “political stunt” and also claimed that AAP is a party of “hypocrites and opportunists”. The resignation of “treacherous” Congress leaders is aimed at “deriving political[Read More…]
New Yorker’s regretting the catastrophe of Trump’s victory have finally found a solution to relieve their mind- by expressing their political souls onto sticky notes that fit walls of the Manhattan subway station. Democrat candidate Hillary’s loss over Trump had bought many of her New York supporters in deep stress.[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who has been undergoing treatment since September, has recovered and she can leave the hospital whenever she feels like it, Apollo Hospitals said on Saturday. The AIADMK chief was admitted to the Chennai facility with high fever and dehydration on September 22, but news[Read More…]
CPI(M) West Bengal unit on Friday alleged that a huge amount of cash has been deposited in the bank account of the BJP state unit. The deposits were made hours before the demonetisation announcement and using only the bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000, The Hindu Business Line reported. An[Read More…]
As soon as people got their hands on the new notes, a lot of them started pointing out an apparent typo in it and circulated images on social media. On November 8, it was announced that all ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes would be considered illegal currency in India, and that[Read More…]
Family members of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose have appealed to Prime Minister Modi that Bose’s image must also be used in new notes. They say it has been a long standing request which went unnoticed during and the previous Congress regime. “The demand to have Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s photograph on[Read More…]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday joined the queue of commoners at an ATM in central Delhi. Lakhs across India spent long hours at banks and ATMs on Friday trying to withdraw cash after Prime Minister Narendra Modi suddenly declared ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes “worthless pieces of paper”. Gandhi,[Read More…]
A day after Prime Minister announced the withdrawal of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes from circulation, he lost over 3 lakh followers on twitter. On Nov 8th, Modi, in a shock announcement, ordered the withdrawal designed to tackle widespread corruption and tax evasion. Following the announcement, on 9 November,[Read More…]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday alleged that BJP and its “friends” were informed about the demonetisation of high value notes a week before the move was expected. Kejriwal also questioned the logic behind the introduction of Rs 2000 notes. He said it will fan corruption and the black[Read More…]
The government’s decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency has left many high and dry as Assembly elections are barely few months away. Though the parties are tight-lipped on the issue but normally they keep aside a substantial amount of unaccounted funds for the poll campaign. The role[Read More…]
In a setback to the Punjab government, the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped the 2004 Punjab Act that was passed to end all water agreements the state had with its neighbours. Congress leader Amarinder Singh quit the Lok Sabha and other party lawmakers resigned from the Punjab Assembly minutes after[Read More…]
Dispel the perception that Kashmir and Kashmiris are “mere tools to be used for electoral purposes”, a group led by former Union minister Yashwant Sinha has recommended in a report days after visiting the trouble-torn Valley. “Kashmiris believe that today Indian politics has taken such a turn that there is[Read More…]
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Monday asked Rahul Gandhi to take over the party, possibly setting in motion the process for a change of guard in the political party. Gandhi, the 46-year-old, No 2 in the Congress was ‘unanimously appealed’ to by the CWC, to take over the post[Read More…]
