Sandeep was nabbed from the same house where LeT commander Bashir Lashkari was killed on July 1. His arrest led to Shah being caught.
Friendships are not merely severed, but built over scuffles. And just about anything can stir things up -- a long-standing feud, a pointless stare, a disrupted moral stance, a fist that ricochets off a face and smacks another face in the near vicinity, observes Sreehari Nair.
The last few months have been hard on digital wallets which had a short-lived dream run post-demonetisation.
Total payments in the economy grew 24.08 per cent to Rs117.43 trillion in value terms in June, compared to Rs94.64 trillion in May.
In addition to the problem of long queues at automated teller machines, there would be the problem of guiding new cardholders, especially in rural and semi-urban areas, on how to use those cards, some bankers told Business Standard.
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Yes Bank users can now make over Rs 2 lakh payments towards loans, credit cards via other bank accounts.
The RBI 'assured people' that enough cash in small denominations is also available at banks.
'It will cause problems for people who deal in small amounts of cash.' 'I hope it does not cause law and order problems.'
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Explosive devices including battery and red wire, a .32 bore pistol, seven live cartridges, cash, PAN card, four ATM cards, pen drives, metro card, driving licenses and Aadhar cards were recovered from their possession, he said.
Economic activity has regained momentum from late-May after the dent caused by the second wave of COVID-19, and the pandemic's impact on the overall asset quality has been less than expected, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday. However, Das flagged rising data breaches and cyber-attacks as among the risks for the recovering economy, along with others like firming global commodity prices. The governor also said the second wave had a "grievous toll" on the country.
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The economic affairs secretary said that the focus is on production and supply of Rs 500 and lower denomination notes.
The facility is now available at 258 Big Bazaar and fbb stores in over 115 cities and towns across the country
The money was allegedly diverted by an ATM servicing company in criminal conspiracy with bank officials.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairman of country's largest lender State Bank of India said demonetisation of high value notes won't be a problem as the bank has done it before.
The currency ban has changed the lives of the people facilitating this move across India.
The ambiguity arose after notices were sent to lenders for non-payment of service tax under the pre-GST regime
Promising swift action on the debit card data compromise issue, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das on Friday said there was no need to panic over the feared security breach that affected over 32 lakh cards.
Banks now ride on what is defined as a "banking outlet". This is a fixed-point service unit, manned by either the bank's staff or its business correspondent (BC), where all kinds of services - acceptance of deposits, encashment of cheques, cash withdrawal or lending of money - are provided for a minimum of four hours per day, for at least five days a week. Banks are now turning to reposition the manner in which they acquire customers, report Abhijit Lele and Raghu Mohan.
The driver was arrested in the wee hours of Friday from a godown in Okhla area where he was hiding
'What the RBI is doing is trying to catch the mouse when they have to catch the tiger.'
Banking operations including cheque clearance across the country got affected on Monday as bankers under the aegis of the United Forum of Bank Unions have gone on a nationwide strike to protest against the proposed privatisation of two state-owned lenders.
These include all kinds of ATM transactions. In short, you will be allowed eight free transactions, after which there would be a levy, which should suffice for most people.
Reports from Ludhiana, Coimbatore, Moradabad, Tirupur, Indore, Surat, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad, suggest the impact of demonetisation is worsening.
No untoward incident has been reported from the district over the past three days.
The home ministry has deputed three top officials to be in touch with state governments to ensure security of banks, ATMs and cash transporting vehicles.
'The credibility of the messenger here is highly suspect. This is something which the global community is aware of'
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Eco affairs secretary says double counting possible; cash availability to improve in three weeks.
A 35-year-old Chinese man was apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) from along the India-Bangladesh international border in West Bengal on Thursday, with the paramilitary force saying security agencies are probing if he was working for an intelligence agency of the neighbouring country, officials said.
'There was a certain difference that separated him from the rest. That's why his life is so celebrated, his loss is felt globally.'
While lenders create a hype around the services offered on digital platforms, customers think otherwise, given that frustration due to the quality of service has only increased, over the years.
The decision, the Reserve Bank of India said, "is expected to revolutionise the retail payments system of the country".
Customers will not be able to conduct transactions in banks for 4 days in a row as they will be closed from Thursday in many states.
Dairies, milk plants, grocery shops, chemists and petrol pumps, ATMs, e-commerce services of essential items like food and medicines will remain open, he said.
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