23:56
In line with his hardline immigration stance, United States President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to immediately deport up to three million undocumented immigrants, saying 'we are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate'.What we are going to do is get the people that are...
22:36
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has issued a statement from hospital, appealing people to vote for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the upcoming bypolls.In her statement, she said, 'I have taken a rebirth with the prayers of people and party cadre. What can harm me when I...
20:35
The Finance Ministry has increased limit on exchange of old notes from Rs 4,000 per day to Rs 4,500 per day.Weekly withdrawal cap has also been hiked from Rs 20,000 to Rs 24,000, whereas ATM withdrawal limit has been increased from Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,500 per card in a day. Also, the limit of Rs...
20:10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review the demonetisation process at 9 pm, today.Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank of India deputy governor will also attend the meet.Earlier in the day, Jaitley and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had taken stock of the situation across...
19:17
After describing the Centre's move to demonetise high-value currency notes as an 'economic emergency', BSP supremo Mayawati today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should stop the 'emotional blackmailing' of the people who were facing hardships due to the decision.'It is good that Modiji has left...
19:08
Maharashtra government today asked private hospitals to accept cheques from patients in case of emergency treatment.The development comes after the death of a newborn boy after being allegedly refused treatment at a private hospital since the family had the scrapped Rs 500 notes to pay the bill.A...
18:14
A day after she expressed willingness to work with arch rival Communist Party of India-Marxist on the Centre's demonetisation of high-value currency notes, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today called the left partys general secretary, Sitaram Yechury, urging him to wage a united fight...
17:52
JUST IN: New Zealand issues Tsunami warning after earthquake of magnitude 7.4 strikes 91 km off Christchurch: AFP
17:44
First new Rs 500 notes are being issued to people. Visuals from a bank in Bhopal.So far, only Rs 2,000 and Rs 100 notes were being issued by banks to people who went to exchange old Rs 500/1,000 notes.From today, Rs 500 notes are also issued. ANI
17:36
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal briefs media on the issue of demonetisation. Excerpts as reported by ANI- PM came from Japan and sought co-operation for more 50 days to deal with issue; will the common man continue to suffer till then?- I have received a lot of calls; there is a sense of...
16:44
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge was quoted as saying by ANI that the Bharatiya Janata Party had corporate friends earlier about the demonetization and only common man is suffering due to it.We will raise the issue in Parliament, Kharge said.Meanwhile, the Gujarat Congress today alleged that...
15:41
Poonam Azad, wife of suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader and MP Kirti Azad, has joined the Aam Aadmi Party.She had earlier met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence.
15:38
Afghan woman Sharbat Gula, the iconic face of refugee struggle who was deported from Pakistan a few days ago, will travel to India soon for medical treatment.Gula became a worldwide face after her photograph appeared in the National Geographic Magazine in 1984. She was deported from Pakistan to...
15:12
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at valedictory ceremony of the year-long centenary celebrations of the Karnataka Lingayat Education Society in Belgaum, Karnataka. Excerpts from his address:- Even political parties, families can't survive for a 100 years. It is great that this institution...
14:26
Maoist activities are likely to suffer a major setback following the scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes as the ultras may find it difficult to dispose of their cash, apparently in hundreds of crores, concealed in insurgency-hit regions of Chhattisgarh, police has claimed.According to sources,...
13:18
PM Modi breaks down while speaking at Goa; says, I was not born to sit on a chair of high office. Whatever I had, my family, my home-I left it for nation.
12:51
In an apparent dig at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said people who were involved in scams amounting to crores of rupees are now standing in bank queue to exchange Rs 4,000.There were so many scams: 2G, CWG, and many more, you know all about them. And people...
12:36
Speaking at the stone-laying ceremony of Mopa greenfield airport in Goa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended demonetisation of Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes.On November 8 many people of India slept peacefully and a few are sleepless even now. This is important step towards eradicating corruption and...
12:22
Assuring people that enough cash in small denominations available at banks, the Reserve Bank of India has asked people not to draw cash to hoard.'We urge that public need not be anxious; need not come over to banks repeatedly to draw and hoard. Cash is available when they need it,' the RBI...
12:15
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of Mopa greenfield airport in Goa.I want to congratulate the team here; India successfully hosted the BRICS 2016 summit in Goa a few weeks ago, the PM said.I laud Manohar Parikkar for ushering in a political culture in Goa- that of taking Goa to...
11:58
Leaving behind the bitterness of the election campaign, United States President-elect Donald Trump has praised Hillary Clinton whom he defeated in shocking poll results, calling the former secretary of state as very strong and smart.In a television interview after Tuesday's win, Trump described...
11:21
Besides the arduous task of battling snake-like queues outside ATMs to get their hands on the freshly minted Rs 2000 and Rs 500 notes, citizens are now besieged with the herculean task of wrangling for change, as shopkeepers and stores are demanding the exact amount from customers, stoking a war...
11:14
Kerala government will not collect any kind of fine for payments; People can pay bills without fine till November 30, ANI quotes Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
11:03
Currency printing presses are running at full capacity to sustain demand for new notes: RBI
10:49
Police are searching for a suspect after hundreds of shoppers were rushed out of an upstate New York mall when reports spread about possible gunshots being fired near retail stores on Saturday.Guilderland Police Chief Carol Lawlor says no one is in custody yet but are looking for one suspect,...
10:47
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Goa to lay foundation for 2 major infrastructure projects -- a greenfield airport at Mopa plateau and a Electronic City in Tuem.
10:28
Rock star Sting reopened the Bataclan, the Paris concert hall where jihadists massacred 90 people, at a symbolic and emotional show to mark the first anniversary of France's bloodiest terror attack.In a sensational turn of events, the concert hall's co-director said he had prevented two members...
10:26
Meanwhile, DPRK News, official news agency of North Korea tweets: Indian president Narendra Modi guzzles wine aboard Japanese bullet trains, whilst Indian peasants starve due to maladroit currency reform.Indian President?
10:21
Chaos reigned outside banks and ATMs across the nation as panicked customers stood in long, serpentine queues for several hours to withdraw cash.In the absence of proper currency circulation in the system, it is a semi-meltdown of small economic activities in the country, Business Standard...
09:57
A day after the death of a Tamil actor, Malayalam actor Rekha Mohan was reportedly found dead inside her apartment in Thrissur on Saturday.According to a report in thenewsminute, Rekha's husband, after not being able to get in touch with her for the last two days, contacted the Thrissur police to...
09:51
ATMs to dispense new currency from coming week. Machines currently being re-calibrated: Finance Ministry sources tell News18.
09:47
India's bid for a permanent seat in a reformed UN Security Council has received a strong support from many UN member states, including the UK and France, who emphasised that the the world body's top organ must reflect the emergence of new global powers. More than 50 speakers shared their...
09:39
Ami Bera, the only Indian-American in the current Congress, has slightly extended his lead over his nearest Republican as the recounting of votes has continued, as per the latest report. If elected, Bera would be the senior-most and fifth Indian-American to be elected to the US Congress this...
09:25
A senior assistant of Kolhapur zilla parishad in Maharashtra was arrested on Saturday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000, which contained 17 newly introduced Rs 2,000 currency notes, ACB officials said.Chandrakant Sawardekar was apprehended by the sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau while...
09:20
Indian-American Amul Thapar is among the shorlisted potential nominees for Supreme Court judge picked by President-elect Donald Trump. Thapar's name figured in Trump's second list of individuals who would be considered for the nomination of a Supreme Court judge. The list was announced on...
08:42
Nearly 2 lakh heavy diesel vehicles more than 15 years old will not be allowed to ply in the city from Sunday. They cannot be parked here either.The transport department has drawn up a list of 1.91 lakh such vehicles that it has deregistered on the orders of the National Green...
08:39
Though the Centre has claimed that the decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes was known only to a handful of people, the story was broken by a Kanpur-based Hindi journalist almost a fortnight before the dramatic late evening announcement by the prime minister.Brajesh Dubey of the Hindi...
08:35
Pakistan's top civil and military leaders traveled to the country's southwest on Saturday to open a new international trade route by seeing off a Chinese ship that's exporting goods to the Middle East and Africa from the newly built Gwadar port.The first convoy of Chinese trucks carrying goods...
08:28
Two-term Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, the first ever Indian-American to be elected as a state Governor, is among the shortlisted candidates for Trump's Cabinet, according to a media report. If appointed, 45-year-old Jindal will be the first ever Indian-American to be included in the...
08:24
Hillary Clinton has blamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation for her loss at the hands of her Republican challenger Donald Trump, claiming the decision to revive the probe into her email accounts stopped her momentum towards a historic win.There are lots of reasons why an election like this is...
08:14
Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned home tonight after concluding his three-day visit to Japan during which the two countries signed a landmark civil nuclear deal and nine other agreements in various fields. Sayonara Japan! An important friendship stands strengthened as PM @narendramodi...
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