Category: India

ANDHRA PRADESH Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, who was among the first to welcome the Centre’s demonetisation decision, did a turnaround on Tuesday, saying it was “not what we wished for” and pointed out that there was no solution in sight even after…

The Election Commission of India (EC) will soon write to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) informing it about its decision to delist 200-odd political parties. A list containing details of the delisted parties will also form part of the communique…

WITH ASSEMBLY elections around the corner, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is a man in a hurry. On Tuesday, he inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of over 5,500 projects in about six hours, at 13 different places in the state…

New Delhi: India and Kyrgyztan on Tuesday firmed up broad contours of a bilateral investment agreement and inked six other pacts covering a range of areas even as they resolved to work closely to combat the challenge of terrorism, extremism and radicalism.…

An audit of the books of a Mumbai-based cooperative bank has found alleged misreporting of currency notes withdrawn to the tune of Rs 500 crore since demonetisation on November 8, said official sources. The audit conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is…

The Jharkhand government Tuesday claimed that at least four panchayats in two districts have become cashless. The state government had launched an ambitious “Mission Cashless Jharkhand” programme to shift the state to cashless platform on December 2. Holding a meeting with the…

A CID probe was ordered by Karnataka Police after a businessman accused an assistant commissioner of police, a police inspector and four of their subordinates – all attached to the Crime Branch of Bengaluru Police – of pocketing Rs 21.5 lakh in…

The villagers in Rajasthan’s tribal district of Banswara may boast of having three mobile operators vying to serve them, but without electricity at home, there is no way to charge their phones. Everyday, villagers walk a few miles to the neighbouring tehsils…

All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and All India Bank Officers Association (AIBOA) have given a call for demonstration against the problems that various banks and their employees are facing due to demonetisation. The associations have planned to hold demonstrations on December…

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has set the stage for reintroduction of the Class X board exams from 2018. The board approved the proposal at a closed-door meeting here on Tuesday. Under the scheme of examinations approved by the governing…